THE 2017 NORTH EAST EQUALITY AWARDS APPLICATION FORM 2

Educational & Training Organisations over 50 Staff

Business Name Number of employees

Nature of Description of business activity. (This will be used for publicity Business purposes.)

Contact Details Address

Telephone Email

Contact Name Please provide a contact name should Equality North East need to discuss your application with you.

Category Applied For About The North The North East Equality Awards recognise and reward those employers, East Equality learning providers and individuals who strive to ensure that good equality Awards and diversity practices are implemented in the work place thereby improving recruitment and retention for people from diverse groups.

To be recognised as such an employer not only brings with it positive publicity, improving reputation and image but also real business benefits. Previous winners and short-listed applicants are excellent examples of how good policies and procedures lead to increased chances of winning contracts, better staff retention rates and a greater chance of finding the right people to do the job.

Each section has a word limit of 1000 words.

Please answer the following questions whilst referring to the Application Guidelines where necessary.

1. What have you done to advance Equality in your organisation?

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2. What were your reasons behind the action you took?

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3. What has been the outcome?

NB Please keep typing as the page will continue to expand… 4. What groups of learners are under-represented in your programmes?

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5. What action have you taken to address this?

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6. How successful have you been?

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To be completed In 50-100 words tell us the main outcomes of your equality practices by all applicants, and how they have impacted on your business. (This will be used for publicity purposes)

NB Please keep typing as the page will continue to expand… You must also complete and return the enclosed monitoring form or Monitoring Form visit this link to download a form from our website:-

Monitoring Form

If you would like support in developing your policies as part of the application process, please contact Helen Fletcher at Equality North East on 0191 426 4398 or email: [email protected].

Where to return Helen Fletcher completed Equality North East applications Future Technology Centre, Barmston Court, Nissan Way, Sunderland, SR5 3NY

Tel: 0191 426 4399 Email:[email protected]