Projects receiving Funding 2004/05 - (Page 1/4)
PROJECTS RECEIVING FUNDING 2004/05
Action for Business (Bradford) Limited (ABL) is a community enterprise based in the heart of the Manningham district of Bradford
As part of the DTI’s initiative of awareness raising of the Employment Equality Regulations 2003, ABL is hosting an event in Bradford next January. This free event – open to everyone - is designed to highlight the key points of the Regulations on religion, belief, and sexual orientation.
Contact Dr. Ashok Suri tel 01274 223228
Amount offered: £8,000
Barnsley Disability Employment Consortium (BDEC) is a Strategic Development Partnership (SDP) of voluntary and community sector organisations working to assist disabled people from welfare into work. Their approach to equality recognises that there are attitude and access issues that prevent the employment of disabled people.
Their project involves training staff to ensure that they embed awareness of the legislation on sexual orientation and religion or belief within their organisation and those of consortium members so that their clients benefit. In the longer term they also want to add to the Consortium’s awareness of developments on the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, helping to build their own local knowledge of equality issues.
Contact Sue Cunningham tel 01226 289391
Amount offered: £25,000
The Board of Deputies of British Jews, the representative body of the Jewish community in Great Britain, has produced an employment booklet for Employers and Jewish Employees. The aim of the booklet is to raise awareness of current legal requirements, and in particular the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, in terms of employment practices for Jewish employees. This guidance aims to help both employers and employees to understand the particular requirements of practising Jews in the workplace. The Board’s booklet has thus been extremely useful and in great demand. The grant from the DTI enables the Board to pursue this project contributing to the production and dissemination of 10,000 more booklets.
Contact Jessica Rose tel: 020 7543 5400
Amount offered: £11,000
Castlemilk Economic Development Agency / Castlemilk Law Centre
CEDA Consulting is the consultancy arm of CEDA, a not-for-profit organisation working on a wide range of regeneration and inclusion projects within the West of Scotland. CEDA Consulting has been working for over 5 years to support the ongoing development of social economy organisations.
This project will be delivered in partnership with Castlemilk Law Centre, which was the first community Law Centre to be opened in Scotland in 1978.
This is a new project, which will deliver 12 seminars at locations throughout Strathclyde Region. The seminars will cover details of the new legislation, delivered by legal staff at Castlemilk Law Centre and an interactive training session delivered by CEDA on ‘what this will mean to your organisation and how to imbed this within your organisation’s policies and procedures’.
Contact Margaret Davison tel 0141 634 1024
Amount offered: £25,000
Catholic Bishops Conference of England & Wales are producing awareness raising materials for Catholic organisations so that they understand the specific requirements of the legislation and promoting these items with posters and leaflets.
Contact Richard Zipfel tel 020 7901 4831
Amount offered: £3,000
Citizens Advice is receiving funding to raise awareness of the employment equality regulations that protect against discrimination in employment on the grounds of religion or belief and sexual orientation. They will use a combination of seminars and dissemination of information materials in hardcopy form, as well as making information available on the web. The project will raise awareness and understanding within Citizens Advice to enhance the quality of information and advice given by the organisation.
Contact Sam McQueen tel 01223 356322
Amount offered: £175,101
Community Access Group Midlands (CAGM) is a registered charity operating within England and Wales. Their main aims and objectives are to help Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities access the facilities and conduct activities that further their development and improve their quality of life.
As part of the awareness raising strategy, CAGM will be working with its partners the Derby Law Centre and Coventry Law Centre to disseminate information to the Black and minority Ethnic community within the East Midlands. The information will take the form of a leaflet and poster translated into the languages of the target group. Together with this, a set of informal awareness sessions will be held to build capacity, raise the awareness of this legislation, and promote the work of their partners.
Contact Ashfaq Rasul tel 01332 727744
Amount offered: £8,000