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Welcome to Equality South West

We are dedicated to promoting equality and diversity throughout the South West of England. We are working with partners to tackle discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

 

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  • May
    08

    Disabled jobless to miss out on Clegg help

    A programme for disabled people has been excluded from a government scheme to reduce youth unemployment, leading to accusations ...
  • May
    08

    Anti-bullying charity reports 95% success in improving pupils’ LGBT views

    Diversity Role Models, a charity launched last year to tackle homophobic bullying in schools, say that 94.5 percent of students ...
  • May
    08

    Law to wipe gay sex convictions given royal assent

    The Protection of Freedoms Act, which will enable men to wipe the records of thousands of convictions for consensual gay ...
  • Disabled people’s human rights must be factored into housing benefit

    15 May 2012
    • Burnip v Birmingham City Council (respondent) and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (second respondent)
    • Trengrove v Walsall Metropolitan Council (respondent) and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (second...
  • Commission publishes formal assessment of government’s 2010 spending review

    14 May 2012

    The Commission today publishes its equality assessment of the government’s 2010 Spending Review.

    The Commission's report considers the extent to which the decision-making by ministers and Treasury officials met legal obligations to...

  • Supreme Court rulings on age discrimination make the law clearer for everyone, says Commission

    25 April 2012
    • Homer v West Yorkshire Police
    • Seldon v Clarkson, Wright and Jakes

    The Commission believes the first judgements handed down by the Supreme Court on age discrimination will remind all employers of their...

  • Commission publishes research on European Court of Human Rights judgments relating to UK government

    19 April 2012

    Research released by the Commission at this week’s Brighton conference on the European Court of Human Rights, shows that just a tiny minority of rulings by the Strasbourg Court are against the UK government.

    The research shows...

  • Commission's statement on privacy

    03 April 2012

    A Commission spokesperson said:

    'The Government’s email and web monitoring plans would potentially be incompatible with the right to privacy of many ordinary people in the UK.'

    'The Commission's own research...

  • Commission response to Government's 'Creating the conditions for integration' strategy

    21 February 2012

    Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said:

    "We welcome the government's announcement of its strategy. The Commission's role is to support the creation of a fairer Britain, in which everybody...

  • EHRC comment on Bideford Council prayers court ruling

    13 February 2012

    In response to the ruling on prayers in Council meetings, a spokesperson for the Equality and Human Rights Commission said:

    "Many litigants attempt to use the important protections in the Human Rights Act inappropriately.  We...

  • Civil partners win against gay discrimination appeal

    10 February 2012

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission has successfully defended an appeal in the Court of Appeal against a ruling in the County Court which found that hotel owners had directly discriminated against a gay couple.

    Mr and Mrs Bull...

  • Commission funds first age discrimination cases heard at the Supreme Court

    17 January 2012
    • Seldon v Clarkson, Wright and Jakes
    • Homer v Yorkshire Police Constabulary

    The Commission will use the first two age discrimination cases to be heard by the UK’s Supreme...

  • Commission responds to Metropolitan Police plan to reduce the number of random stop and searches

    13 January 2012

    In response to a Met Police plan to reduce the number of random stop and searches it carries out under s60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, John Wadham, Group Legal Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission said:

    "We...

  • Campaign to increase the number of disabled MPs

    17 May 2012
    Disability Politics UK is urging people to sign an e-petition to help increase the number of disabled MPs....
  • Government responses on the Equalities Red Tape Challenge and reform of the EHRC

    16 May 2012
    On 15 May 2012, the Government published a statement on the Equalities Red Tape Challenge and its response to the consultation on reform of the EHRC....
  • EHRC S31 assessment of the 2010 Spending Review

    16 May 2012
    The Equality and Human Rights Commission published its formal assessment of the Government's 2010 Spending Review in May 2012....
  • New legislation in the Queen’s Speech – 9 May 2012

    16 May 2012
    Legislation announced in the Queen's Speech on 9 May included a draft bill on adult social care, bills on public state pensions and the pension age, and new measures on flexible working....
  • EC ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination.’ advertising campaign

    16 May 2012
    The European Commission ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination.’ campaign launched a series of six adverts in April 2012 to draw attention to rising discrimination at work....
  • European Commission against Racism and Intolerance annual report for 2011

    16 May 2012
    The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance annual report for 2011 was published in May 2012....
  • EDF update on discrimination provision under the Legal Aid Act

    16 May 2012
    On 16 May 2012, the Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) published an update on 'Discrimination provision under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012'....
  • Citizens Advice report on legal aid reform

    16 May 2012
    'Out of scope, out of mind. Who really loses from legal aid reform' was published by Citizens Advice in March 2012....
  • Stonewall guide: ‘Sexual Orientation. The Equality Act Made Simple’

    16 May 2012
    Stonewall's guide 'Sexual Orientation. The Equality Act Made Simple' was published in 2012....
  • Stonewall Equality Act resource: ‘What’s it got to do with me?’

    16 May 2012
    'What's it got to do with me?' from Stonewall gives '10 reasons why you need to keep your local services on their toes'....
  • European Human Rights Court Reforms: Brighton Declaration update

    16 May 2012
    <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">The Council of Europe, under the UK&rsquo;s Chairmanship, adopted the Brighton Declaration - a raft of reforms to the European Court of Human...
  • Universal Periodic Review: BIHR lobbies UN Human Rights Council members

    09 May 2012
    <p>The UK&rsquo;s human rights record is being examined at the United Nations on 24 May, as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). All member countries of the UN participate in the process, which is conducted by the 47-member Human...
  • PRESS RELEASE: BIHR responds to the adoption of the Brighton Declaration on Reform of the European Court of Human Rights

    20 April 2012
    <p>20 April 2012</p> <p><strong>As the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe adopt the much-anticipated Brighton Declaration, the British Institute of Human Rights welcomes the clear message that Governments must do more...
  • BIHR says European human rights system is "gold standard"

    19 April 2012
    <p>BIHR comments on today's proceedings at the Brighton Conference on reform of the European Court of Human Rights.</p> <p>Stephen Bowen, Director of the British of Institute of Human Rights said:</p><p><a...
  • BIHR and leading organisations publish concerns as the UK Government finalises the Draft Brighton Declaration on the future of the European Court of Human Rights

    13 April 2012
    <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The British Institute of Human Rights, together with other groups, is urging diplomatic leaders at Brighton to refrain from endorsing measures which would undermine the universal protection of human rights...
  • Human rights implications of Health and Social Care Act

    11 April 2012
    <p>The Government confirms that all &quot;publicly funded health and care services should indeed consider themselves bound by the [Human Rights] Act&quot;. The Government made this important statement during the passage of the...
  • Civil society organisations raise concerns about UK Government proposals to reform the European Court of Human Rights

    14 March 2012
    <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>BIHR has brought together 30 organisations from across civil society to raise concerns about UK proposals to reform the European Court of Human Rights, some of which may seriously undermine human rights...
  • A Quick Guide to Reform of the European Court of Human Rights

    07 March 2012
    <p>The European Court of Human Rights seems to be all over the headlines at the moment, from Prime Minister David Cameron deriding it a &ldquo;small claims court&rdquo; to mixed reactions to the Court&rsquo;s upholding the absolute...
  • UPDATE: Write to a peer to amend the Health and Social Care Bill

    21 February 2012
    <h3>*UPDATE*&nbsp;</h3> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">The human rights amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill has now been re-numbered from amendment 21A to 292A, which means the House of Lords are likely to...
  • BIHR's Human Rights Tour 2011: 'Making Human Rights Happen'

    31 January 2012
    <p><img align="middle" width="531" height="354" alt="" src="/sites/default/files/userfiles/Roadshow%20assorted%20-%20159.jpg" /></p><p><a...

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  • May
    10

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to close its regional office servicing the South West

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to close its regional office servicing the South West – a move Equality ...

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ESW have now moved offices!!!

 

Equality South West have now moved to a beautiful office within the Learning South West building.

 

Our new address is Bishop Hull House, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA1 5EP and our new telephone number is: 01823 240 260.

 

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