1. Equality South West Paul Dunn CEO paul.dunn@equalitysouthwest.org.uk

2. ESW organisational structure Chief Executive 2 x Equality Development Officers, Office Manager and 1x Admin staff Board of Directors from the equality strands and regional agencies and organisations Funding – Change Up, SWRDA (& BASIS?) Company Ltd by Guarantee (soon Charity)

3. ESW main work support capacity building in equalities work –help secure funding –events –newsletter and website –share good practice –develop sub-regional networks develop an information and intelligence resource support, campaign for and influence policy

4. ESW Equality Networks Support and develop 7 equality networks Age Disability (SWDEN) Gender (FPSW) Race (SWREN) Religion/Belief (with faithnet.southwest) Sexual Orientation (LGBSWN) Transgender

5. Developing cross-strand strategy… Often equalities is seen as ‘us’ and ‘them’ – separate ‘strands’. Single strands can be seen as ‘safe’ for many organisations. People have multiple identities / suffer multiple deprivation. Changes in legislation will impact on people from equalities’ communities in differing ways.

6. ESW work includes… Events: –Age Discrimination –Gender Duty Consultation Event – diverse groups –Disability Duty training event –Disability Duty consultation event (DRC) Research: Equality Proofing the Voluntary and Community Sector (Change-UP Consortia) – ways of improving delivery Equality Standard for the VCS Newsletter Website – award winner!

7. Future initiatives include… Organise CEHR event, 3/7, about EU Year of EO for All Regional Consultation on Human Rights Developing 3 rd Sector E&D strategy for SW Road testing the Equality Standard for the VCS Research on Migrant Workers