Equality & Diversity

Equality & Diversity

Aim
To introduce Equality & Diversity and how it can
affect the workplace
Objectives – by the end of the session the group
will:
• understand what ‘Equality and Diversity’ means
• identify ways that people are different
• show an awareness of personal assumptions
and attitudes
• understand differing types of discrimination
 Equality & Diversity
• Equality and Diversity is the current term
used for ‘Equal Opportunities’.
• It is the legal obligation to protect against
discrimination.
• Discrimination can be against a person’s
sex, gender, disability, sexual orientation,
religion, belief, race or age.
• What do you think the definition of
Equality & Diversity might be?
 Definitions
• Equality – ‘equal rights and treatment to all
individuals’

• Diversity – ‘difference from what is normal

or expected’
 Activity
Draw one of the following:
• A Model
• Footballer
• Athlete
• Doctor’s receptionist
• Construction Worker
• Engineer
• Beauty Therapist
 A Model

Dawn French has her

Jean-Paul Gaultier shook the
own clothing range
modelling world in 2006
which she models.
using outsized models.
Footballers
Women’s England
Football Team

The F.A. supports six

international disability squads
for players with differing kinds
of disabilities. These are: Blind,
Partially Sighted, Deaf and
Hearing Impaired, Cerebral
Palsy, Learning Disabilities,
Amputee.
The teams all receive official
England kit, a physio, a fully-
trained technical advisor, and
money towards travel costs for
attending European and World
Championships.
 Athlete

Sumo Wrestling
A competitive contact sport
which originated in Japan
the only country where it is Tanni Grey
practiced professionally. Thomson
9 Gold Medals in the
Oscar Pistorius Paralympics, 30
World record holder in world records 6
amputee races London Marathons
Doctor’s Receptionist

Frank
 Construction Worker

Samantha
 Engineer
Gemma is an Engineer Wang Shuming is a disabled
working for BT engineer working for the Jinlin
branch of China Netcom
Beauty Therapist
Kurt
 Diversity
• What is diversity?
• Diversity means valuing the differences
between people and the ways in which
those differences can contribute to a
richer, more creative and more productive
working environment
 Diversity is about respecting
individual…………..
• Race • Religion
• Culture • Ethnicity
• National Origin • Disability
• Region • Ability
• Gender • Family Structure
• Sexual Orientation • Health
• Age • Values
• Marital Status • Politics

………..and much more

“Discrimination

is prejudices put

into action.”
 Types of discrimination
• Positive Discrimination

• Direct Discrimination

• Indirect Discrimination
 Activity 2
Who is affected by Discrimination?

Match the pictures to the groups titles –

there may be more than one picture in a
group!
If you experience discrimination
• Don’t put up with it!

• Talk to someone – parent, friend, mentor,

supervisor, assessor, line manager.

• Don’t retaliate. Report it and sort it!

 What have you learnt

• Please now complete the evaluation

exercise handed to you by your trainer
 Learning Outcomes
Can you now?
• understand what ‘Equality and Diversity’
means
• identify ways that people are different
• show an awareness of personal
assumptions and attitudes
• understand differing types of
discrimination