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Government
The Women and Equality Unit
http://www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk
The government’s department for women and equality. Here you can find out about government strategies for equality, the Ministers for Women, and what the government is doing about it.
The Women and Work Commission
http://www.womenandwork...commission/
The Women and Work Commission launched a report in 2006 calling for a better deal for women throughout their working lives. Here is more information about it and the government’s response to the report.
The Learning and Skills Council
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/
Responsible for planning and funding education and training for people in England. Here you can find out about apprenticeships on offer, how to enter one, what you can expect to receive in return, or how to develop an apprenticeship programme within your organisation if you are an employer.
Careers Wales
https://www.careerswales.com
People in Wales interested in becoming an apprentice should visit Careers Wales for information on what apprenticeships are on offer and who to contact for further help.
"I went to college and I done a secretarial course. It was the only course that would take me. It was fun because I got to meet different people. I applied for a job in the cheese factory and I got that. It was good, yeah, I really enjoyed that I was getting about 200 a week." Katie
The Low Pay Commission
http://www.lowpay.gov.uk/
Includes information on apprentices entitlement to the National Minimum Wage.
Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP
www.sarahmccarthy-fry.com
Portsmouth MP supports this campaign
Commissions
The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)
http://www.eoc.org.uk/
The Equal Opportunities Commission is working to eliminate sex discrimination in Britain today. If women and men had equal chances in life, things would be different.
The Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR)
http://www.cehr.org.uk/
This new commission will be launched on 1st October 2007 but much is already in place. It will bring together the work of the three existing Commissions, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), Disability Rights Commission (DRC) and Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in this new body. It will aim to reduce inequality, eliminate discrimination, strengthen good relations between people and protect human rights. The CEHR will take an active role in helping to achieve change to benefit some of the most vulnerable and least well represented people in our society.
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
http://www.cre.gov.uk/
CRE work for a just and integrated society, where diversity is valued. They use persuasion and their powers under the law to give everyone an equal chance to live free from fear of discrimination, prejudice and racism.
Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
http://www.drc.org.uk/
At the Disability Rights Commission we have one key goal: "a society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens".
Practitioners
GERI (Gender Equality and Race Inclusion)
http://www.geriproject.org/
The Geri Project is a leading UK Equality and Diversity initiative, created to help you understand and effectively deliver Equality and Diversity Messages. They aim to:
• Promote Equality and Diversity
• Tackle Ageism, Racism, Gender and Ethnic Stereotyping
• Provide Consultancy, Project Management and Training
JIVE
http://www.jivepartners.org.uk/
JIVE is a national partnership led by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science Engineering and Technology at Bradford College. JIVE aims to address occupational segregation in the Science, Engineering, Construction and Technology (SECT) sectors. The under representation of women in SECT sectors is contributing to a continued skills gap, and is a national economic concern.
WISE (Women into Science, Engineering and Construction)
http://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/
The WISE campaign supports a range of partners in encouraging UK girls of school age to value and pursue STEM or construction related courses in school or college, and move on into related careers. We do this by first listening to girls, understanding their concerns, and then ensuring other agencies and policymakers hear their voices.
Business in the community’s Opportunity Now
http://www.bitc...opportunity_now/
Opportunity Now is the only membership organisation representing employers who want to transform the workplace by ensuring inclusiveness for women. They work to build and communicate the business case for this, to share and inspire best practice and to give employers and their people the tools to drive change.
DfES Careers Education and guidance framework
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=6009
To drive up the quality and consistency of career education programmes, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has issued a national framework for careers education, with recommended learning outcomes for each stage. It covers the 11 to 19 age range, and includes support to post-16 learning providers to continue to develop young people's career management skills in post-16 provision.
Read what other websites are saying about us:
eGovmonitor.com
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/13265
Lynda Waltho MP backs our campaign
The Campaign Company
http://thecampaigncompany.typepad.com/tcc/2007/07/ywca-more-than-.html
produced a short film for us
West Midlands Liberal Democrats
http://www.westmidslibdems.org.uk/news/001287.html
Lorely Burt, MP for Solihull, backs our campaign
Celia Hannon in the The Guardian
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/celia_hannon/2007/06/mind_the_gap.html
A debate about the gender divide in the workplace
24 hour dash
http://www.24dash.com/communities/21462.htm
24 hour news media site
British Youth Council
http://www.byc.org.uk/submenu.asp?id=3&menuid=81&subid=456
British Youth Council support our campaign
Young People Now
http://www.ypnmagazine.co.uk/news
magazine for those working with young people