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Equality Bill receives Royal Assent
13 April 2010
The Equality Bill, which contains a series of measures for tackling inequalities, received Royal Assent last week. The Equalities and Human Rights Committee hopes this will help Britain to become a fairer society.
Some of the specific measures in the bill include:
► Making the law easier to understand and implement bysimplifying 116 pieces of equality legislation into a single Actfor individuals, public authorities and private organisations.
► Giving people the right not to be treated less favourably by public authorities because of their age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or transgender status; as well as their disability, gender, or race which were already covered.
► Extending anti-age discrimination rules to include goods, facilities and services, thereby stopping people being unfairly refused insurance or medical treatments based on what age they are, for example.
You can find moreinformation about the Equality Bill athttp://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legislative-framework/equality-bill/
Featured Event
Open Public Services - Passage of a bill workshop
This VSNW/Parliamentary Outreach Service event will explore the stages that the bill would go through, their relative importance and ways to engage and influence
Featured News
Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund results announced
The beneficiaries of the £30 million fund to help transform and modernise local charity support services have been announced by Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society.
Relaunch of Voluntary Sector Cuts Website
The Voluntary Sector Cuts website has now been relaunched with additional functionality to enable VCS organisations to records cuts to funding and their effects
Views sought on Department of Health draft statutory guidance
VSNW are requesting your views on draft statutory guidance as support for joint strategic needs assessments and health and wellbeing strategies
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VSNW’s list of events & training opportunities for VCS groups in the North West
