18-Aug-2008: Your Voice - RAISE Consultation Booking Form

RAISE is pleased to announce the venues for its consultation events around the launch of the Government's Communities In Control White Paper: * 11 September at The Friars, Aylesford; * 16 September at Winchester Guildhall, Winchester; * 18 September at The Oxford Centre Oxford. These events will also cover * 'Towards a strategy to support volunteering in health and social care: consultation', which is the Department of Health's strategy for health and social care which articulates the key actions needed to address the perceived obstacles to making a refreshed vision for volunteering in health and social care a reality. * the South East Equalities Network business case * legislating the Compact.

14-Aug-2008: RAISE newsletter - July edition

This is the July 2008 edition of RAISE's monthly newsletter.

12-Aug-2008: UNI South East Regional Black and Minority Ethnic Network- Post Conference Report

The UNI Regional Conference, of the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) regional network, was held on 12th March, at Baylis House, Slough to officially launch the network. Thank you to everyone who attended. We hope you will agree that the event was a great success and certainly something for UNI to build on. We had a fantastic day some great key note speakers and some really good workshops. You can now see a full overview of the day; including the keynote speaker summaries

05-Aug-2008: EQIA Framework - SIPSE BME Action Group

This guidance has been produced to help carry out a robust Equality Impact Assessment, a requirement under the Equalities Legislation. “Impact Assessment is a systematic way of finding out whether a policy, function or service (or one which is proposed) affects different groups differently. It should be part of normal policy making process” (Commission of Racial Equality 2003) An Equality Impact Assessment is a thorough and systematic analysis of a policy, (for the purpose of this document ‘policy’ will encompass strategy, proposal, function or service) and determines the extent of differential impact upon particular groups. Impacts can be positive, negative and even neutral. The process of the Equality Impact Assessment is to ensure that individuals and teams consider the likely impact of their work on users of services, local communities and staff. The process involved in carrying out an Equality Impact Assessment is not an end in itself. The aim of the assessment is the promotion of equality of opportunity and the outcomes are of primary concern.

18-Jul-2008: INVITATION TO BID FOR A EQUALITIES CONTRACT

INVITATION TO BID FOR A CONTRACT TO HELP VOLUNTARY / COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN THE SOUTH EAST BENEFIT FROM: Attending a one day training event that will give them enhanced knowledge and skills in equality, diversity and human rights based on RAISE’s revised Equality Toolkit.