Useful links
Websites:
Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Equality and Human Rights Commission champions equality and human rights for all, working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations to ensure everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.
Acas
Acas stands for Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. They aim to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations. They help with employment relations by supplying up-to-date information, independent advice and high quality training, and by working with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance.
Government Equalities Office
To strengthen further the Government's ability to deliver across the entire equalities agenda, a new Government Equalities Office has been established. The Women and Equality Unit has transferred to the new Office together with a number of staff working on equality policy.
Office for Disablility Issues
The Office for Disability Issues supports government to achieve its vision for disability equality. They work across government to promote a joined up approach, seeking involvement of disabled people, promoting human rights and communicating what the government is doing.
www.officefordisability.gov.uk
The Inter Faith Network for the UK
Promoting good inter faith relations
The Inter Faith Network for the UK was founded in 1987 to promote good relations between people of different faiths in this country. Its member organisations include representative bodies from the Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities, national and local inter faith bodies and academic institutions and educational bodies concerned with inter faith issues.
The Faith Based Regeneration Network
The Faith Based Regeneration Network (FbRN) is the leading national multi faith network for community regeneration and social action. It reaches 9,000 individuals and projects, and all faiths.
Their vision is to enable faith based regeneration practitioners to learn and gain inspiration from each other and to establish a conduit between policy makers and practitioners.
Stonewall
Stonewall was founded in 1989 by a small group of women and men who had been active in the struggle against Section 28 of the Local Government Act.
The aim from the outset was to create a professional lobbying group that would prevent attacks on lesbians, gay men and bisexuals from ever occurring again. Stonewall has subsequently put the case for equality on the mainstream political agenda by winning support within all the main political parties.
Age positive
The Age Positive campaign promotes the benefits of employing a mixed-age workforce that includes older and younger people. They encourage employers to make decisions about recruitment, training and retention that do not discriminate against someone because of their age.
British Federation of Racial Equality Councils
The purpose of the British Federation of Racial Equality Councils is to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and good relations and support and defend the rights of minorities. It fulfils its purpose by representing, promoting and protecting organisations which share the same or similar purpose.
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