Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Study Pack for Employees
This equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) Study Pack for Employees provides advice, guidance and practical activities to help employees better understand what equality, diversity and inclusion really means.
The aim of this tool is to help staff develop their understanding, knowledge and skills around EDI and provides facilitators with a way of measuring their progress in this area.
The pack will be used as part of workforce development and may be used as part of an employee's induction and as a general reference tool.
There are two resources in this set - the Employee's Pack and the Facilitator's Pack. It is envisaged that an organisation will purchase an Employee's Pack, complete with multi user licence for the number of staff who will access the Pack (cost is just £1 per user), and a Facilitator's pack for the Facilitator (a manager or trainer) to support the staff. See foot of page for licencing details.
What is in the Pack?
This Equality, Diversity and Inclusion employee pack provides staff with advice, guidance and practical activities to help them explore the key issues surrounding equality, diversity and inclusion. The Pack aims to explain apparently complex policies, practice and procedures more simply with a view to helping staff play their part in promoting equality, tackling discrimination and fostering good relationships between diverse groups.
The pack includes 18 activities that will help the staff build their knowledge and skills. Some of the activities have a differentiated version for staff who require a less challenging format.
The Pack is in 6 sections
Click for sampleSection 1: What do we mean by equality and diversity?
This section covers
- Notes on equality law
- Activity to identify an example of equality in action in the organisation
- Activity that draws attention to the unique characteristics each one of us has to offer
- Activity to identify what issues or activities might make people uncomfortable and how to overcome this
- Crossword to help you understand the terms we use when talking about equality and diversity (two versions)
- Matching game to find out what the law says
- Equality legislation quiz to test understanding of how the law protects us (two versions)
- Reflections sheets to help you prepare for giving feedback on your progress to your manager
Section 2: Why is it important to us?
In this section of the pack we look at the range and diversity of the people we come into contact with every day and our rights and responsibilities in the workplace environment
- Notes on rights and responsibilities
- Activity to help you explore the range of people you come into contact with (two versions)
- Activity to look at your own experiences of being different and how it made you feel
- Activity to design a poster to advise employees of their rights and responsibilities
- Reflections sheets to help you prepare for giving feedback on your progress to your manager
Section 3: Barriers to equality
In this section of the pack we look at the four main types of discrimination in more detail.
- Notes on types of discrimination
- Crossword to help you understand the terms we use when talking about equality law
- Equality legislation quiz to test your understanding of the law and how it applies in different situations
- Reflections sheets to help you prepare for giving feedback on your progress to your manager
Section 4: Challenging unacceptable behaviour
In this section of the pack we look at what constitutes unacceptable behaviour and what we can do when we witness it in the workplace.
This section specifically focuses on bullying and harassment
- Notes on what forms bullying takes
- Notes on tackling discrimination
- Acrostic activity to explore what bullying means to you (two versions)
- Activity to review an incident you have witnessed and identify better ways of responding to it
- Activity to revisit a time when you unwittingly supported unacceptable behaviour and what you could have done instead
- Reflections sheets to help you prepare for giving feedback on your progress to your manager
Section 5: Developing cultural and social awareness
In this section of the pack we explore the reasons behind the visible differences we see between certain groups and how this understanding can help us foster better relations between diverse groups. Includes using appropriate language and terminology.
- Notes on using inclusive language
- Notes on what lies behind some of the differences we notice about people
- Notes on fostering good relations between groups
- Activity to explore whether commonly-used terms are actually acceptable to the people they refer to (two versions)
- Activity to consider the cultural difference we must take into account if we are organising a truly inclusive social event
- Reflections sheets to help you prepare for giving feedback on your progress to your manager
Section 6: Promoting equality
In this section of the pack we look at the dangers of making assumptions about people based on what we can see.
- Notes on promoting equality
- Activity to draw attention to the assumptions we make about people just by looking at them (two versions)
- Observation activity to help develop an awareness of and sensitivity towards non-inclusive behaviour (two versions)
- Reflections sheets to help you prepare for giving feedback on your progress to your manager
Facilitator's Pack
The guide has been developed as a practical toolkit to help staff improve their practice, meet their legal and professional obligations and follow a twin-track approach to equality and diversity: that of tackling inequalities and valuing diversity. It aims to:
- remove any mystery and misconceptions and clearly explain the concepts of equality, diversity, inclusion and discrimination
- suggest simple strategies for supporting equality and diversity in everyday situations that employees can put into practice straight away
- offer practical advice on dealing with challenging situations in an effective way
- demonstrate how embracing equality and diversity creates a better working environment for everyone
- improve understanding and social awareness of why people behave differently and thus reduce the incidence of unwitting and unintentional discriminatory behaviour in the workplace.
Click for sampleThe information in the guide is supplemented by a range of activities to help you test your understanding and apply your learning to the workplace or induction process.
Many of the activities will kick start the preliminary thinking, planning and awareness raising processes you will need to embed equality and diversity into your area of work.
Using this guide with the Employee EDI Study Pack
This guide provides you with the awareness, knowledge and understanding about equality and diversity issues necessary to support staff working through the Employees' Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Study Pack.
In addition, answers to the quizzes and puzzles featured in the Study Pack are provided at the end of the guide.
Purchase
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Study pack for Employees: £50.00
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Study pack for Facilitators: £50.00
Purchase both packs for £100.00
Licencing Charge
Resources for single users are distributed under our Single User Licence Agreement.
If you wish to publish any of our resources on a network or intranet, there is a Licencing Cost in addition to the Resource Cost and our Extended Licence Agreement will apply.
The cost for the licence is dependent on the number of people who will have access to the Resource, as follows:
- Where the number of people with access to the resource is 500 or less: £1 per user
- Where the number of people with access to the Resource is in excess of 500, the first 500 are charged at £1 per user and the number in excess is charged at £0.50 per user.
Example:
- 400 Users: £400 (400 @ £1 per user)
- 1000 Users: £750 (500 @ £1 per user, plus 500 @ £0.50 per user)
Licencing for each resource is charged individually, with the exception of the three resources in the Practical Tools Pack which are charged as one resource.
Multiple Resource Licencing Charge
If more than one resource is licenced, the charge for the second and subsequent licencing is reduced by 50%
e.g. Three resources are purchased and placed on an Intranet with 800 users
- First resource licencing cost: £650
- Second resource licencing cost: £325 (£650 less 50% discount)
- Third resource licencing cost: £325 (£650 less 50% discount)
- Total: £1300 plus cost of resources
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