As part of the DTI’s initiative of awareness raising of the Employment Equality Regulations 2003, ABL is hosting an event in Bradford next January. This free event – open to everyone - is designed to highlight the key points of the Regulations on religion, belief, and sexual orientation.  

Contact Dr. Ashok Suri tel 01274 223228  

Amount offered: £8,000

Barnsley Disability Employment Consortium (BDEC) is a Strategic Development Partnership (SDP) of voluntary and community sector organisations working to assist disabled people from welfare into work.  Their approach to equality recognises that there are attitude and access issues that prevent the employment of disabled people.   

Their project involves training staff to ensure that they embed awareness of the legislation on sexual orientation and religion or belief within their organisation and those of consortium members so that their clients benefit.  In the longer term they also want to add to the Consortium’s awareness of developments on the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, helping to build their own local knowledge of equality issues. 

Contact Sue Cunningham tel 01226 289391  

Amount offered: £25,000  

The Board of Deputies of British Jews, the representative body of the Jewish community in Great Britain, has produced an employment booklet for Employers and Jewish Employees.  The aim of the booklet is to raise awareness of current legal requirements, and in particular the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, in terms of employment practices for Jewish employees.  This guidance aims to help both employers and employees to understand the particular requirements of practising Jews in the workplace.  The Board’s booklet has thus been extremely useful and in great demand.  The grant from the DTI enables the Board to pursue this project contributing to the production and dissemination of 10,000 more booklets.   

Contact Jessica Rose tel: 020 7543 5400  

Amount offered: £11,000  

Castlemilk Economic Development Agency / Castlemilk Law Centre 

CEDA Consulting is the consultancy arm of CEDA, a not-for-profit organisation working on a wide range of regeneration and inclusion projects within the West of Scotland.  CEDA Consulting has been working for over 5 years to support the ongoing development of social economy organisations.  

This project will be delivered in partnership with Castlemilk Law Centre, which was the first community Law Centre to be opened in Scotland in 1978.  

This is a new project, which will deliver 12 seminars at locations throughout Strathclyde Region.  The seminars will cover details of the new legislation, delivered by legal staff at Castlemilk Law Centre and an interactive training session delivered by CEDA on ‘what this will mean to your organisation and how to imbed this within your organisation’s policies and procedures’.  

Contact Margaret Davison tel 0141 634 1024   

Amount offered: £25,000  

Catholic Bishops Conference of England & Wales are producing awareness raising materials for Catholic organisations so that they understand the specific requirements of the legislation and promoting these items with posters and leaflets.  

Contact Richard Zipfel tel 020 7901 4831  

Amount offered: £3,000

Citizens Advice is receiving funding to raise awareness of the employment equality regulations that protect against discrimination in employment on the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation.  They will use a combination of seminars and dissemination of information materials in hardcopy form, as well as making information available on the web.  The project will raise awareness and understanding within Citizens Advice to enhance the quality of information and advice given by the organisation.  

Contact Sam McQueen tel 01223 356322  

Amount offered: £175,101  

Community Access Group Midlands (CAGM) is a registered charity operating within England and Wales. Their main aims and objectives are to help Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities access the facilities and conduct activities that further their development and improve their quality of life.

As part of the awareness raising strategy, CAGM will be working with its partners the Derby Law Centre and Coventry Law Centre to disseminate information to the Black and minority Ethnic community within the East Midlands. The information will take the form of a leaflet and poster translated into the languages of the target group. Together with this, a set of informal awareness sessions will be held to build capacity, raise the awareness of this legislation, and promote the work of their partners.  

Contact Ashfaq Rasul tel 01332 727744  

Amount offered: £8,000  

Diversiton - Funding support from the DTI will enable Diversiton to develop additional information and training materials on religion and belief issues for employers and individuals. The Diversiton website which was developed in 2003/04 with the support of the DTI will be enhanced with new web based resources. A range of partnership initiatives is also in development.  

Contact Des McCabe tel 028 417 54777  

Amount offered: £12,000  

Dudley REC is being funded to make particular use of its links with the Chamber of Commerce and trade associations to embed awareness of the equality legislation with these key stakeholders.  This approach has the potential to contribute to the development of local knowledge networks on equality issues that will benefit the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.  

Contact: Kenneth Rodney tel: 01384 456 166  

Amount offered: £15,000  

Ealing Racial Equality Council will be using links to their local community in Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon, to educate and inform individuals and employees of their rights and responsibilities under the new Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations.  

Ealing REC will be disseminating existing materials on the Regulations and providing signposting to sources of more in-depth information. They will be working with another project in the area Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara to maximise the reach of their activity.  

Contact Lina Bhatt tel 020 8579 3861  

Amount offered: £8000

East Midland Law Centre Partnership (EMLCP) is working in partnership with other projects to produce and disseminate awareness raising materials.  The information will be accessible to clients at the local level through organizations within the partnership.  

Contact: Bob Clark tel: 01332 6614752
http://emlcp.org

Amount offered: £16,000  

Equality North East is a not for profit company whose aim is to remove the barriers to equality in the workplace. In order to achieve their aims they deliver various initiatives including their website.  

This website is aimed at small businesses and individuals informing them of their rights and responsibilities pertaining to equality in the workplace. The website provides a comprehensive source of equality information including, legislation, news, best practice and a job page.  

Contact Liz Reay, tel 01325 317222  

Amount offered: £6,000  

Ethiopian Community Centre in the UK is being funded by DTI to produce and disseminate awareness raising material on both sets of Regulations specifically to Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali communities.  

Contact Alem Gerbrehiwot tel 020 8801 9224  

Amount offered: £10,000  

Faith Regen UK is a multi faith regeneration agency, working with the government, faith institutions and the housing sector to provide enabling services to empower disadvantaged communities. Their conference will raise awareness and understanding of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations with employers and training providers and disseminate information about new legislation more widely.

Contact Dr Husna Ahmad tel 020 8920 6868  

Amount offered: £20,000  

Faithworks is a specialist infrastructure organisation that provides support to local faith groups within the Christian faith tradition. In the past year they have worked on various ways of helping local groups understand their responsibilities under the employment equality regulations legislation.  

In collaboration with infrastructure organisations from the other major religions in the UK, they are working on an employment manual, which gives information on compliance, and best practice that takes account of the needs of religious organisations and how the legislation applies to them.  

Contact Froukje Cradock tel 020 7450 9071  

Amount offered: £50,000  

Families Black African Association is being funded by DTI to produce Swahili and Lingala versions of the Employment Equality Regulations.  It will also produce awareness-raising materials (leaflets, posters and booklets), which will be available on the web.  

Contact Richard Beya tel 01633 666 447  

Amount offered: £8,500  

Galop and PACE  

Amount offered: £70,000  

Glasgow Homelessness Network 

Glasgow Homelessness Network are producing materials to raise awareness and understanding of the Employment Equality Regulations with a hard to reach community.   

Contact Pat Niblett tel 0141 302 2731 

Amount offered - £2,390  

Contact Catherine Munro tel 01463 732 315  

Amount offered: £20,000

Indian Muslim Welfare Society is being funded by DTI to disseminate awareness raising information and materials at a number of Muslim cultural events in their region.  

Contact Pam Robinson tel: 01924 500 696  

Amount offered: £5,000  

Intercom Trust the South West sub-regional Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender charity, are raising awareness of the SEXUAL ORIENTATION Regulations in the south west through their work with an equality forum of key regional organizations.  

Contact: Michael Halls tel: 01392 201 015  

Amount offered: £30,000  

Kairos in Soho (KiS) is a community organisation and registered charity based in Soho that supports the health and well being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. 

KiS will disseminate existing materials on the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation and Religion or Belief) Regulations and provide signposting to sources of more in-depth information. KiS will be working in partnership with the local community involving voluntary and community groups, statutory services, the police, faith communities and the commercial sector.   

Contact Jane Standing tel 0870 366 5279  

Amount offered: £8000    

London Voluntary Service Council offers expert support and advice on all employment issues including those related to equality, to voluntary sector employers in London. They will be disseminating awareness raising information on the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation and Religion or Belief) Regulations to 4000 organisations, through their email network of members and their Action Link website.  

Contact Mark Clarke tel: 020 7700 8114  

Amount offered: £2000  

Muslim Council of Britain will be raising awareness and understanding within the Muslim Community, with employers and advisory organisations about the provisions of the Employment Equality (Religion of Belief) Regulations. This is being done through a variety of means including: briefing of Imams to help spread the message to the Muslim Community through mosques –and during key religious festivals such as Ramadan; good practice guidance for mainstream agencies and large employers on Muslim issues and cultural awareness; enhancement of the MCB website to include employment FAQs; working with advisory organisations so they have a better understanding of the employment equality regulations and the Muslim faith.  

Contact: Dr Jamil Sherif tel 020 8861 2012  

Amount offered: £250,000  

National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (NACVS)

The National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service is the growing network of over 350 local infrastructure organisations (LIOs – often known as Councils for Voluntary Service or CVS) throughout England. NACVS helps to promote voluntary and community action by supporting its member organisations, by acting as a national voice for the local voluntary and community sector and, by drawing on the experience of LIOs, contributing to the development of national policy.  NACVS is working on an awareness raising tool which will provide guidance/case studies in improving CVS and other 2^nd tier support organisation’s practice in diversity issues, including those relating to the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation and Religion or Belief) Regulations.

Contact Shakila Sharif tel 0114 278 6636  

Amount offered: £2,000

National Children's Bureau are awareness raising with young people, particularly involving black and minority youth, piloting a website and information giving leaflets to inform them of their rights and responsibilities.   

Contact Patrice Lawrence tel 020 7843 1908  

Amount offered: £15,000  

National Councils for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Is awareness raising in the voluntary and community sector for both sets of Regulations.  It is producing awareness raising materials, signposting to other sources of information such as Acas and disseminating information at events focusing on equality, as part of good employment practice.  

Contact Pamela Leuhusen tel 020 7520 2521  

Amount offered: £50,000

Oldham Racial Equality Council will be using their links into their local community to provide advice and information on the new Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations. DTI funding will support production of information materials along with road shows and outreach events to educate and inform individuals and employees of their rights and responsibilities under the Regulations.  

Contact John Tummon tel 0161 626 9128  

Amount offered: £15,000  

Paddington Development Trust will be using links to their local community to produce and disseminate awareness raising materials on the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation and Religion or Belief) Regulations in Arabic. The Paddington Development trust works with Muslims, Arabic Speakers and Refugees in their local area, groups that are often hard to reach when raising awareness of new legislation. The Trust will disseminate existing materials on the Regulations and provide signposting to sources of more in-depth information.  

Contact Neil Johnston Tel 020 7226 2267  

Amount offered: £5000  

Racial Equality Councils' project managed by British Federation of Racial Equality Councils (BFoREC) Project members are producing awareness raising materials, that will be disseminated at a series of regional events for REC staff and key stakeholders.  The events are intended to develop the REC movement's awareness of the Employment Equality Regulations, their impact in the workplace on employees and employers and how their advisors might deal with these issues when the arise.  A website will also be created by the project to share examples of good practice with the site's visitors.

Contact Julie Reay tel 020 8547 2332  

Amount offered: £100,000

Reading Voluntary Action is being funded by DTI to raise awareness of the Employment Equality Regulations through a major Diversity Conference in Reading taking place next March.  The project will play a role in embedding the legislation through engaging the local strategic partnership.

Contact Catherine Surtees tel 0118 957 4123  

Amount offered: £6,000

Scottish Council for Minorities are undertaking awareness raising activity including publicity materials on both sets of Regulations aimed at the local communities.  

Contact Akhtar Shah tel 0131 555 0030  

Amount offered - £15,000  

Scottish Low Pay Unit (SLPU) are working through local organisations, authorities, business and enterprise networks, advice centre and libraries to raise awareness.  Their posters, leaflets and information cards will signpost to sources of further information and advice. 

Contact John Wilson tel 0141 552 5922  

Amount offered - £26,000  

·        Group talks to organisations such as local Rotary and Lions Clubs

·        1-2-1s with individuals and local Companies

·        1-2-1s with other voluntary sector organisations

·        Roadshows to deliver to public at large - Display stands and Powerpoint presentations  

Contact Ian Smelt tel 01754 610 333

Amount offered: £10,395  

South Riverside Community Development Centre is a community-managed local charity and company limited by guarantee operating in South West Cardiff.  Their capacity-building project concentrates on the areas of equality in employment on grounds of religion or belief, they will be consulting on, translating, and producing awareness raising materials which meets the specific needs of employers and employees, and the black and minority ethnic community in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.  

Contact Allan Herbert tel 029 2025 0557  

Amount offered: £38,000  

Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara is an organisation providing services to the Sikh community in the Hounslow area. They will be producing information materials on the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation and Religion or Belief) Regulations and disseminating and sharing the resources with their community through information days for employers and employees.  

They will be working with another project in the area Ealing Racial Equality Council to maximise the reach of their activity  

Contact Satvinder Buttar tel: 020 8538 2525  

Amount offered: £10,000  

St. Anne's Shelter and Housing Action Training Partnership are being funded to hold a series of training events in Sheffield, Wakefield and Leeds to explain the new Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations, using a variety of interactive learning techniques to consider the issue of sexual orientation in employment.  A range of awareness raising material is also being produced.   

Contact Rosemary Crockett tel 0113 281 6920  

Amount offered: £7,950  

Stonewall will be producing a second updated edition of its widely-praised Employer's Guide to the new Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 which includes a best practice toolkit.  They will also be publishing and disseminating a new edition of their 'straight-talking' pocket-sized guidelines for employees, which has proved to be very popular and helpful for lesbian, gay and bisexual employees.  

Contact Alan Wardle tel 020 7881 9450  

Amount offered: £201,591 

Stonewall Scotland 

Stonewall Scotland are concentrating on developing the knowledge and skills of trainers of the Employment Equality Regulations so that they are able to disseminate key messages to individuals and employers.  

Contact Ali Jarvis tel 0141 204 0746  

Amount offered - £50,000  

Tameside Racial Equality Council works in cross-sector partnerships and engagements to ensure that communities in their local area can live together. They will be using these networks to educate and inform individuals and employees of their rights and responsibilities under the new Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations.  

Tameside REC will ensure that information on the new Regulations is included into existing briefings by REC staff. They will also be disseminating existing materials and providing signposting to sources of more in-depth information.  

Contact: Ahmed Ali tel: 0161 343 3399  

Amount offered: £5,000  

Turkish Cypriot Community Association are producing bi-lingual information materials to raise awareness of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation and Religion or Belief) Regulations amongst Turkish speakers in the London area, in particular 30-60 year olds with a lack of understanding of the English language. They will be producing an information card, web based materials and holding a dissemination seminar event.  

Contact Erim Metto tel: 020 8482 5629  

Amount offered: £8,000
 

West Midlands Employment & Low Pay Unit (WMELPU) works to promote fair and effective employment policy and legislation in the West Midlands.  WMELPU is being funded to work in partnership with another project to raise awareness of the Regulations at four sub-regional events in the West Midlands.  They aim to highlight relevant questions that identify discrimination and promote good employment practice. 

Contact Kate Gordon tel 0121 634 2728  

Amount offered: £15,000  

Workers Educational Association (WEA) is the largest voluntary provider of Adult Education in England and Scotland.  The WEA is being funded to develop awareness and understanding of both sets of regulations within its organisation through guidance and training. 

They will use their new skills and expertise to run training for employers and employees of small and medium size enterprises and community organisations within existing work with community and workplace learning and with new organisations within their widening participation strategy.

Contact Liz Cumberpatch tel 0114 255 1311