Equality Impact Assessments

- Making them practical & useful

Duration:
Full Day (9.30am - 4.30pm)

 

Date:

Wednesday 5th May 2010

Venue:

PAiH, 98 West George Street, Glasgow

 

WHO'S IT FOR AND WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

Impact assessments are mandatory for public sector organisations and their partners. This highly popular one day course will give you a practical understanding of such assessments and how to make them practical to your organisations equality & diversity approach.

 

COURSE CONTENT

Presentation , case studies and discussion. Please not you are invited to bring a piece of work that you are required to "impact assess". to carry out an initail assessment.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Public bodies/authorities: who now legally have to carry out assessments. Housing Associations that work with public authorities, and need to be involved in carry out such assessments. Community/Voluntary and other organisations that are funded, or work with public bodies and will need to have a good knowledge/understanding of such assessments.

COURSE OUTCOMES

By the end of the day you will be able to :

•Understand what equality impact assessments mean in practice to your equality & diversity approach

• Develop initial practical experience of carrying out an equality impact assessment

• Review your own organisations practice.

COST

Members: £175
Non-members: £220
Community/voluntary organisations: £195