Resources to help you;

Please click on the links below

Big Lottery Fund - a guide to developing equality for small and medium sized organisations. This is essential reading if you are applying for lottery funding.

http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Regional Action & Involvement South East - a comprehensive, plain English toolkit for voluntary sector organisations to develop equality practice. This provides a lot of information and guides you through the questions to ask about your organisation.

http://www.raise-networks.org.uk/toolkits/

The University of Wales has produced a series of free e-learning toolkits on equalities and diversity in age diversity, racial equality, disability equality and homelessness awareness. Registration is simple and free and each module takes around an hour.

http://www.equal.newport.ac.uk

Toolkit for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Hampshire.

An excellent resource with reference material on the seven equality strands - gender, race, disability, lesbian, gay and bisexual people, transgender people, religion and belief, and age - and a good practice resource that will help voluntary and community organisations to improve the way we all promote equality and diversity and reach and engage with people and groups from all communities across the county.

Copies of the toolkit can be requested by post or downloaded from the CAH website at: www.action.hants.org.uk

Written by Salma Ahmad; Tunde Bright-Davies; John Palmer; Published by Community Action Hampshire 2008.

Equalities and Human Rights Commission - for information on; legislation, responsibilities of service providers, employment, examples of discriminatory practice, examples of what would not be considered discriminatory, how to tackle discrimination and more.

http://www.equalityhumanrights.com

Welsh Assembly Government; Equality & Diversity pages

http://wales.gov.uk/topics/equality/?lang=en

Disability Powys is a countywide organisation supporting those with physical disability or sensory impairment or long term ill health in matters of housing, care services, health, access, transport, employment and education issues. Provides training and consultancy on all equalities issues

http://www.disabilitypowys.org.uk/index.html

Siawns Teg provides support for people who have come to Powys from other cultures, in search of work, social interaction and community involvement.

http://www.siawnsteg.co.uk/index.html

ACAS provides free e learning resources on a variety of equalities issues in employment, which cover legal issues, rights in employment, recruitment and disciplinary procedures.

http://www.acas.org.uk/elearning/fe/welcome.asp

Stonewall Cymru Speakers, tailor-made training or presence at outreach events on lesbian, gay or bi-sexual issues available on request. Also available are a range of research documents and bi-lingual awareness raising leaflets.

http://www.stonewallcymru.org.uk/cymru/english/across_wales/608.asp

Disability Wales. The national association of disability groups striving to achieve rights, equality and choice for all disabled people in Wales.

http://www.disabilitywales.org/

Chwarae Teg champions education, entrepreneurship, work-life balance and flexible working, helping women to overcome the obstacles that prevent them from making a full and consistent contribution within the economy.

http://www.chwaraeteg.com/

Black Voluntary Sector Network Wales is an umbrella organisation that actively represents, supports and promotes the interests of the BME communities and the BME voluntary sector in Wales.

http://www.bvsnw.org.uk/

Age Concern Cymru's equalities and inclusion team coordinate all Age Concern Cymru's work in relation to older people inclusion, equality and diversity. They work to involve older people in the decision making processes that affect their lives and work towards recognising and promoting the diversity of older people.

http://www.accymru.org.uk/1/2749.htm

Children in Wales is the national umbrella organisation for those working with children and young people in Wales and our aims are to promote the interests of these groups and take action to meet their needs.

http://www.childreninwales.org.uk/index.html

Broken Rainbow support organisation for lesbian, gay and bisexual people experiencing domestic violence.

For more information telephone: 08452 604 060

http://www.broken-rainbow.org.uk

Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) The Equalities and Social Justice Team can provide support and training opportunities on equalities policy and practice. For more information, contact Anna Morgan 02920 468 661 or email: anna.morgan(at)wlga.gov.uk