Overview

Everyone has a right to equal opportunities and to live free from discrimination. Maintaining an awareness of issues surrounding equality and diversity is essential to enable us to overcome the barriers which hold our society back from growing.

Not only this, but embracing equality and diversity is vital in order for organisations to reach their potential.

With this equality and diversity training course you will learn about equality, diversity, and inclusion, and the benefits of promoting inclusion and diversity in the workplace.

The course talks about protected characteristics and explains the problems surrounding prejudice and discrimination at work.

Learning Objectives

• Define the terms ‘equality’ and ‘diversity’
• Understand how they can improve their own practice to promote equality and inclusion and know how to recognise and tackle discrimination
• Understand the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce
• Describe the nine ‘protected characteristics’ under the Equality Act and what they mean the legislation and the protection the Act provides

Audience

This course is for anyone who would benefit from developing their knowledge and understanding of issues surrounding equality and diversity.

This course doesn’t have any video content, so does not contain audio either.