Mainstreaming Equalities Subgroup
The Mainstreaming Equalities group is a subgroup of the WYLDA Executive. The group enables West Yorkshire infrastructure support organisations to co-ordinate work on equalities and to think strategically about what they can do to mainstream equalities issues.
Documents and Resources
VODCASTS
WYLDA has produced six vodcasts to date which focus on what specialist organisations do for their clients that mainstream organisations don't do or couldn't do. They also give tips for how mainstream organisations could better meet the needs of specific client groups.
Below are some documents about the work of the Mainstreaming Equalities subgroup and other publications that may be of relevance to your organisation. Please note, some of these documents are works in progress, and as such they will change and develop in due course as the Mainstreaming Equalities group develops its thinking and plans.
From WYLDA:
- Term of Reference - Sept 2008 draft.doc
- Mainstreaming Equalities Planning Triangles 25-11-08.doc
- Mainstreaming Equalities Work Plan 25-11-08.xls
- Equalities Away Day write up 12-12-08.
From WYLDA members:
- Various employment rights publications from PERS
From elsewhere:
- NEP Equality audits peer learning project brief December 2008 (National Equality Partnership)
- Equality and Diversity Toolkit (Hampshire Voluntary Sector Consortium)
- Developing and implementing an equal opportunities policy (LVCS)
- Guide to equality and diversity in the third sector (Olmec). This guide is linked from the Olmec Publications page.
- Equality Impact Assessment Guidance: Equalities and Human Rights Commission
- Equality Impact Assessment (Wakefield City Council)
- Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment Toolkit (Open University)
- Equalities Audit report June 2008 (LVCS)
- North East Equality Standard presentation (Equality North East)
- Various resources from Equality North East website
Links and collaboration on equalities
- WYLDA is a member of VEHRN - the Y&H Voluntary Sector Equalities and Human Rights Network.
- We are in dialogue with the National Equality Partnership, which is the equalities and diversity workstream of the 9 National Support Services.

