The equalitiestoolkit is a Learning and Work Institute Equalities and Empowerment [1] website. We have 4 more interrelated sites you may want to look at:
We created the equalitestoolkit website after LSISdefinition [7] closed in 2013. Crowd-owned, sourced and curated, it showcases current equalities work in the FACESdefinition [8] sector and brings together good practice resources to help education and training providers to make a positive impact for their learners (and staff) by meeting and exceeding the requirements of the Public Sector Equalitydefinition [9] Duty (2010).
What people expect to find in a 'toolkit' varies from sector to sector, organisation type to organisation type and practitioner to practitioner. Essentially A toolkit is an assortment of practically useful resources brought together to address a particular problem. Spada (2014) in the Professions for Good Social Mobility Toolkit [10]define a toolkit as
"an assortment of resources brought together with the aim of addressing a specifc problem. It can help us to:
- measure (devices to assess the current situation);
- construct (frameworks with which stakeholders can engage);
- maintain (provisions to monitor the situation and sustain progress)."
In this context the equalitiestoolkit is designed to support the FACES sector to:
We provide information that's specific to the FACES sector, but we don't duplicate information you can already get from specialist organisations like the Government Equalities Office, or the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRCdefinition [11]). Instead, we will signpost you to:
Inspired by the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream...' speech, 28 August 1963 [13], the EqualitiesToolkit was launched at 7 pm (GMT) on 28 August 2013.
Links:
[1] http://www.niace.org.uk/annual-review/2011-12/equalities-and-empowerment
[2] http://www.mhfe.org.uk
[3] http://www.equalitiestoolkit.com/glossary/term/162
[4] http://healthyfe.org.uk%20
[5] http://www.niace.org.uk/community-learning/
[6] http://www.learningandwork.org.uk
[7] http://www.equalitiestoolkit.com/glossary/term/207
[8] http://www.equalitiestoolkit.com/glossary/term/651
[9] http://www.equalitiestoolkit.com/glossary/term/572
[10] http://bit.ly/profgood
[11] http://www.equalitiestoolkit.com/glossary/term/190
[12] http://www.equalitiestoolkit.com/glossary/term/576
[13] https://youtu.be/3vDWWy4CMhE