Taking equal opportunities seriously

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Taking equal opportunities seriously

• Lessons from the positive duty for race relations
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• The journey to race equality

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A national study

• What does race equality mean?
• What are the behaviours influencing progress?
• What do we need to do to improve?

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What does race equality mean?
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Why address race equality?
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What limits success?
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Different stages of the journey
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Success factors in change management

• Organisational Development Model
• Leadership is central
• Each factor needs to be addressed
• Workbook identifies activities and actions which
  support progress

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A positive duty includes.

• Better collaboration, minimalise anomalies,
  rhetoric matched by behaviours and more
  consistent messages
• Rehearsing the business case better use of
  resources, mainstream budgets
• Encouraging local ownership clarity about what
  race equality means, set targets, regular reviews
  and challenge progress

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A positive duty leads to ..

• Improved quality of life for diverse communities
  - impacts on employment, services, information,
  treatment and outcomes
• More inclusive behaviours - promoting a
  user-focus and treating people with dignity and
  respect