Equality and Diversity

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Best Practice in Equality and Diversity Training
Heinz Equality and Diversity
Kevin Marron Learning Development Manager
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Overview of Content

• Underpinning Principles
• Resources and Sources
• Reacting to change and developments
• Working with LCC
• Questions

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Underpinning Principles

• Raising awareness (unconscious incompetence)
• Providing evidence (headlines and facts to make
  it real)
• Challenging stereotypes and assumptions
• (but respecting that others have their own point
  of view)
• Examining legislative contexts and backgrounds
  (The imperatives) e.g
• Existing, new and evolving legislation
• Equality standard
• Avoiding mistakes and/or litigation
• Accepting that equality and diversity is far more
  complex than it seems
• Setting the Standards, challenging complacency
  Making change happen

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Making it

• Interesting, where people learn new things
• Meaningful for your audience (the pitch)
• Factual and surprising (and not patronising)
• Aligned with the wider context for the UK and the
  organisations culture and policies
• Win hearts and minds
• Encourage people to explore their own values and
  beliefs
• Which may ultimately
• Influence behaviours and attitudes

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Roots (The heart and mind of the matter)
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Roots
Political persuasion
Education
Intellect
Upbringing
Beliefs
Location
Sexual orientation
Faith or religion
Age/Experience
Personal values
Ethnocentricity
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What the training is not realistically designed
to achieve
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Churning out perfectly balanced, diversity
friendly people..
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Not about

• Instant changes in personality
• Unravelling personal perceptions
• Turning people into a predetermined model
• Dismissing deeply held personal views
• Political correctness
• Vilifying individuals

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It is however about.

• Encouraging you to confront your own prejudices,
  assumptions and personal reactions
• Exploring how we all benefit by valuing diversity
  and treating people equally (common sense
  approaches)
• Highlighting what your authority is trying to
  achieve (and why) and gaining your commitment
• Pointing out your personal responsibilities and
  the part you have to play
• Demonstrating what can happen if we dont get it
  right
• Allowing for discussion, questioning and debate

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Raising awareness (unconscious incompetence)

• Shift understandings and perceptions
• Share the wider contexts and fundamentals of
  Equality and Diversity
• Points of interest and fascination
• Introduce some reasons for why we are all
  different and demonstrate why this is important
• Introduce a global, local and individual focus

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Encouraging Blue Sky Thinking
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Testing popular belief and assumptions

• The user friendly Quiz..

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Providing evidence headlines and facts to make it
realisticrelevantremembered
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Challenging headlines
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• CANDIDATES ARE TO BE ANNOUNCED 0945 - 23
  October 2007 Candidates were due to be announced
  today to contest the seat of county councillor
  Edward Bliss, who died last month.Seven
  candidates so far have announced they will stand
  for the Heighington and Washingborough seat, and
  the final list will be published
  today.Candidates who have declared include
  Michael Clayton, who stood unsuccessfully for the
  BNP in the last local elections, and Tory North
  Kesteven district councillor Ron Oxby.

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Local Authority Equality standards 5 Levels
Achieving and reviewing outcomes
Commitment to a Comprehensive Equality Policy
Assessment and Consultation

Information systems and monitoring against
targets
Setting equality objectives and targets
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Specifically for LCC

• Local policies and procedures
• Progress vis a vis the equality standard
• Diversity training strategy incorporating the
  learning and development plan
• Core (mandatory) element of the councils
  competency framework
• Integral part of the fabric of the councils
  activities
• Risk register for non compliance

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Back pocket stuff

• Allthorpes theory of antilocution
• The 7 challenges of diversity
• Local and wider research
• An ability to avoid the red herrings
• A readiness to challenge positively

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Resources and Sources

• CIPD, EHRC, ACAS, DTi, IDeA
• Legislation and policies, guidance and support
• The experiences of the group
• The culture and aspirations of the organisation
• Case studies and tribunals
• Learning resource organisations and current
  research

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Striking the Balance

• Common sense
• Difference and needs
• Legislation
• Guidance
• Support
• Understanding and Education..
• Leading to change !!

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Reacting to change and developments
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Shift Happens
The ever changing and evolving world of equality
and diversity No matter how qualified or
experienced you think you are tomorrow hasnt
happened yet ! e.g UK age demographic
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Summary

• Underpinning Principles
• Resources and Sources
• Reacting to change and developments
• Working with LCC

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Questions