Introduction

National Governing Bodies are now working within the framework of the Equality Standard which is designed to ‘assist organisations in developing structures and processes, assessing performance and ensuring continuous improvement in equality’. This section of the Members Area has been designed to support those working towards the Standards by providing a series of templates for organisations to tailor to their individual needs and also by signposting existing examples of good-practice within sport and links to websites where additional information is readily available.

Guidance Notes

General

• Prevent Discrimination and Value Diversity – Business Link
• Making Women and Girls More Active: A Good Practice Guide – Sport Scotland
• Sport Equity Best Practice – Sport England
• Sample Equality/Equal Opportunities Policy – Vaga Associates

Disability

• Disability Equality Duty, Codes of Practice – Disability Rights Commission
• Guidance Notes for Equity Policy Development and Action Planning – EFDS
• Count Me In Index of Resources – Sport England
• Disability and Employment – CIPD
• Mental Health at Work – CIPD
• Governance with People with Learning Disability – NCVO

Racial Equality

• Statutory Code of Practice for Racial Equality in Employment – Commission for Racial Equality
• Race, Religion and Employment – CIPD
• Tackling Crime Against Race and Religion – West Midlands Police

Age Discrimination

• Tackling Age Discrimination in the Workplace – Chartered Management Institute
• Age and Employment – CIPD

Sex Discrimination

• Gender Identity Issues – ACAS

Examples - Policies

• Equality Policy – Badminton Association of England
• Equal Opportunities Policy – Modern Pentathlon Association of GB (middle of page)
• Equality Policy – LTA
• Equality and Diversity Strategy – UK Sport

Examples- Training Aids

• Home Study Pack- British Triathlon

Examples – Monitoring Forms

• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form – England Hockey

Examples – Accessibility Guidance

• Guidelines for Producing Publicity - EFDS
• ‘Am I Making Myself Clear?’ Guidelines for Accessible Writing - Mencap
• Useful Guides to Accessibility - Mencap

Further Information and Useful Points of Contact

Sport England
Vaga Associates
The Commission for Racial Equality
The English Federation of Disability Sport
The Women’s Sports Foundation
Sporting Equals
The Plain English Campaign
The Royal National Institute for the Blind
The British Dyslexia Association
The Disability Rights Commission Easy Read pages
Sport Structures
Royal National Institute for the Deaf