The Equality Act

The Equality Act has become law
EHRC is working to update the Statutory Codes of Practice
The act and Codes of Practice will strengthen the Equality Statutory Duty on Public Bodies and suppliers through Public Procurement
Over 350,000 suppliers work with public bodies
According to Government, public procurement amounts to £225bn. There are approx 25,000 organisations who will be subject to an Equality Public Duty (Local Authorities / NHS / Central Government / etc)

The Equality Register

Supports The National Equality Framework
Empowers public procurement
Up to date and verified
Simplifies the management of equality
Enables organisations to take responsibility for their own equality management
Makes good practices easier to recognise
Equality Status
Supports and informs
Gives the ability to report and measure outcomes
Lower cost and less bureaucracy

The Equality Register

The Equality Register is managed through the Association of Equality Scheme Providers (AESP) to provide up to date information on an organisation’s equality status. The Equality Register is in the Public domain and can be accessed online. Click to link to The Equality Register

The Equality Register: an overview

The Equality Register supports and enables the goals embedded in the Equality Act to be implemented
Enables reporting of Equality information to be transparent
Holds and makes up to date and verified Equality Information available
Empowers public sector procurement and simplifies the challenges of managing equality for them and their suppliers
Supports a sustainable Equality framework
Enables individual organisations to take responsibility for their own equality management
Enables Equality Management practices to be made easier
The Equality Register is available online.

Steps to an organisation's Equality Status

All organisations complete a basic registration
They may need to submit evidence of equality policies and practices if they win a Public Tender or Contract
Verification of evidence would be required
Working towards accreditation
Accreditation

Outcomes and responsibilities

The Equality Register enables outcomes, trends and changes to be measured and reported to and by public bodies
It also helps suppliers to meet their contractual equality responsibilities

Equality Management

Managing equality is made simple; by allowing each organisation to take responsibility for its own equality management (meeting any contractual equality responsibilities by achieving its required equality status)

National Equality Framework

Recognise what needs to be managed, what should be managed and what can be managed
Minimise the administrative load and maximise impact on all
Fast, clear and easy to operate
Information to measure progress and change
Sustainable and helps avoid the many pitfalls of equality policing
Lower cost and less bureaucracy

Download the AESP National Equality Framework (pdf)
Click to link to The Equality Register

Contact details

Committed2Equality
Unit 36, 88-90 Hatton Garden
London
EC1N 8PN