Listed below are a number of useful organisations operating in the Equality field. At the bottom of the page is a list of links to useful on-line resources for equalilty.

Equality Organisations

Age 2006
Website providing guidance on the new age regulations
Website www.age2006.org

Age Positive
Government campaign to tackle age discrimination and promote the business benefits of age diversity in the workplace
Website www.agepositive.gov.uk

British Deaf Association
1-3 Worship Street
London EC2A 2AB
Textphone 020 7588 3529
Voicephone 020 7588 3520
Fax 020 7588 3527
Videophone 020 7496 9539
Email [email protected]
Website www.bda.org.uk

British Dyslexia Association
Website www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk

Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
St Dunstan's House, 201-211 Borough High Street, London SE1 1GZ
Telephone 020 7939 0000
Fax 020 7939 0001
Email [email protected]
Website www.cre.gov.uk

Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers
Website www.defend-asylum.org

Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is also the largest funder in the UK of vital research into better treatments for diabetes and into the search for a cure.
Website www.diabetes.org.uk

Disability Net
Huge online resource for disabled people
Website www.disabilitynet.co.uk

Disability Rights Commission
Website www.drc-gb.org

Employers Forum on Age
Website www.efa.org.uk

Equality Challenge Unit
Organisation promoting equal opportunities in higher education
7th Floor, Queens House
55/56 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LJ
Tel: 020 7438 1010
Fax: 020 7438 1011
Email [email protected]
Website www.ecu.ac.uk

Federation of Deaf People
PO Box 11
Darwen
Lancs BB3 3GH
Fax 01254 708071
Email [email protected]

Institute of Race Relations
Website www.irr.org.uk

London Friend
Voluntray organisation promoting the social, emotional, physical and sexual health and well-being of lesbians, gay and bisexual people and those who are unsure of their sexuality Website www.londonfriend.org.uk

Love Music Hate Racism
Website www.lmhr.org.uk

Maternity Alliance
Website www.maternityalliance.org.uk

National Abortion Campaign
Website www.gn.apc.org/nac

National AIDS Trust
Website www.nat.org.uk

NAAR (National Assembly Against Racism)
Website www.naar.org.uk

National Civil Rights Movement
Website www.ncrm.org.uk

National Coalition of Anti-deportation campaigns
Website www.ncadc.org.uk

Race on the Agenda
Website www.rota.org.uk

RADAR (The Disability Network)
Website www.radar.org.uk

Refugee Council
Website www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

RETAS (Refugee Education & Training Advisory Service)
Website
www.education-action.org/retas.asp_ai=mission.htm

Romani.org
Website www.romani.org

Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
Head Office
19-23 Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8SL

RNID Helpline
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People
PO Box 16464
London EC1Y 8TT
Textphone 0808 808 9000
Voicephone 0808 808 0123
Fax 020 7296 8199
Email [email protected]
Website www.rnid.org.uk

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Royal National Institute for the Blind
224 Great Portland Street
London W1N 6AA
Tel 020 7388 1266
Fax 020 7388 2034
Website www.rnib.org.uk/

SKILL
National Bureau for Students With Disabilities
Website www.skill.org.uk

Stonewall
Organisation promoting equality and justice for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals
Website www.stonewall.org.uk

Terence Higgins Trust
HIV & AIDS charity
Website www.tht.org.uk

Unite Against Fascism
Website www.uaf.org.uk

On-line Resources for Equality

Religious & Events Calendar
A listing of days/weeks and events of significance for different cultures.
www.aoc.co.uk/Members/employment/religioneventscal

Disability Discrimination and the DDA
Equality Challenge Unit guide to the Disability Discrimination Act Amendments Regulations 2003 which are in force from 1 October 2004.
www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/

Doing it for ourselves
Information pack for refugee community organisations written by the Refugee Council's community development experts.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/publications/pub008.htm

A double disadvantage
A report looking at gender, race and union activism, by Harriet Bradley, Geraldine Healy and Nupur Mukherjee, Universities of Bristol & Hertfordshire
www.herts.ac.uk/business/centres/
bristolhertsreport.pdf (pdf file)

Employing Transsexual People in Higher Education
Equality Challenge Unit guidance for all managers and members of staff working in higher education institutions.
www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/

The Knitting Circle
A wonderful resource of equality stories and documents by the Lesbian and Gay Staff Association at London South Bank University.
http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/natfhe.html

Multikulti
Information, advice, guidance and learning materials in community languages
www.multikulti.org.uk

NATFHE LMU songs
www.lmu.ac.uk/natfhe/nsongs.htm

Refugees, Asylum-seekers and the Media (RAM) Project Bulletin
Bulletin from RAM Project, an organisation to promote best practice in media representation of refugee and asylum issues.
www.ramproject.org.uk/contents.php

Religion or Belief and the Workplace
ACAS guide to employers and employees on putting the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 into practice
www.acas.org.uk/publications/pdf/religion.pdf (pdf file)

Sexual Orientation and the Workplace
ACAS guide to employers and employees on putting the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 into practice
www.acas.org.uk/publications/pdf/sexual.pdf (pdf file)

Sexual Orientation, Religion or Belief
An Equality Challenge Unit guide to the Regulations containing model policies and answers to frequently asked questions. It can be downloaded from the ECU website at www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/

Yourrights
Liberty's online guide to human rights law for England and Wales
Website www.yourrights.org.uk