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Equality and Diversity Resources

Equality and Diversity UK have produced and collated various resources, information, publications and statistics to improve understanding of issues relating to equality and diversity. We have various packs available for practitioners - PDF files, documents, presentations, quizzes and activities to use in colleges, schools and work based learning organisations. These resources also support other providers who work with diverse groups of people and individuals.

Prices shown are for packs sent in electronic format by email. If preferred, we can post on a USB (add £10) or send printed copies (add £20)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Pocket Books - All Pocketbooks £10

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Good Practice Pocket Books
£10 each or £75 for all 9

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Good Practice Pocket Books

These 9 EDI Pocketbooks are for those with responsibility for managing, supervising or influencing others. Easy to carry around and a quick read to update your knowledge, skills and understanding around a range of aspects of EDI

Protected Characteristic Pocket Books
£10 each or £75 for all 9

Protected Characteristic Pocket Books

The 9 Pocketbooks cover each of the protected characteristics. They offer managers, trainers, supervisors, HR personnel and trade union representatives an insight into how discrimination can occur in the workplace and how it can be dealt with.

Equality Act Highway Code Pocket Book
£10

Equality Act Highway Code Pocket Book

Focuses on helping you to; understand what employers are required to do under equality legislation, identify what you as an individual and in your job role need to do to comply with the legislation and identify competencies that you need to develop.

Equality Impact Assessments Pocket Book
£10

Equality Impact Assessments Pocket Book

A practical tool to help identify discrimination by analysing your policies, practices, processes, procedures, services, decisions etc. to make sure they do not discriminate or disadvantage people and will help towards improving or promoting equality.

Selection and Recruitment Pocket Book
£10

Selection and Recruitment Pocket Book

This Pocket Book offers senior managers, trainers, supervisors, line managers, HR personnel, employees and employee/trade union representatives a guide to avoiding discrimination within the selection and recruitment process.

Definitions and Terminology Pocket Book
£10

Equality and Diversity in the Workplace Pocket Book

This pocketbook focuses on helping employers and employees to understand their rights and responsibilities under the Equality Act and how to manage and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into everyday practice.

Public Sector Equality Duty Pocket Book
£10

Public Sector Equality Duty Pocket Book

This guide has been developed for organisations that are covered by the specific public sector equality duties, as contained in the Equality Act 2010. Includes details on the general duty, specific duties, compliance, responsibilities and procurement.

Online meetings and EDI Considerations Pocket Book
£10

Online meetings and EDI Considerations

As online meetings become more frequent, risks of subtle acts of exclusion, harassment and discrimination can be displayed.

This pocket book addresses the risks and puts forward ideas to counter these risks and make meetings more equitable.

LGBT Mental Health Pocket Book
£10

LGBT Mental Health Pocket Book

Some people who identify as LGBT may experience difficulties that affect their health and well-being. LGBT people can face prejudice and discrimination as part of a minority. This Pocket Book looks at some of these issues and solutions.

Deaf Awareness Pocket Book
£10

Deaf Awareness Pocket Book

This Pocket Book provides an insight into how disability discrimination specifically related to hearing loss can occur in the workplace, how it can be managed and how to reduce the chance of future discrimination.

Protected Characteristic Pocket Books
£10

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Governors

Focuses on helping Governors to recognise why championing EDI is an important part of a their role, understand what FE and skills providers are required to do under equality law and identify what governors need to do to ensure the organisation fulfils its equality obligations to all

Definitions and Terminology Pocket Book
£10

Definitions and Terminology Pocket Book

Offers senior managers, trainers, supervisors, line managers, HR personnel, employees and employee/trade union representatives a guide to Equality and Diversity terms relating to nine protective characteristics and the Equality Act 2010.

Post 16 Teaching and Learning Packs
£10

Gender Diversity Booklet

This booklet is suitable for staff at all levels who need to learn more about their responsibilities to contribute to making the organisation welcoming to trans* people on the Gender Diversity spectrum.

Racism in Learning Organisations
£10

Reasonable Adjustments Pocket Book

This Pocket Book offers senior managers, trainers, supervisors, line managers, HR personnel, employees and employee/trade union representatives an insight into the legal requirement and value in providing reasonable adjustments in the workplace.

Post 16 Teaching and Learning Packs
£10

Disability Awareness in the Workplace

This booklet is suitable for anyone who wishes to learn more about their responsibilities regarding disability in the workplace.

Disability in Goods, Services and Facilities
£10

Disability in Goods, Services and Facilities

This Disability Awareness booklet is for organisations providing goods and services and is suitable for anyone at management level who wishes to learn more about their responsibilities regarding disability in the provision of goods, services and facilities.

Everyday EDI Good Practice for Freelance Artists
£10

Everyday EDI Good Practice for Freelance Artists

This Pocket Book focuses on helping you to understand why freelance artists need to know about equality law, recognise how ‘Equality aware’ you are and what you need to improve, be more inclusive in what you say and do and challenge discriminatory language and behaviour

Unconcious Bias in Recruitment and Selection
£10

Unconscious Bias in Recruitment and Selection

Those involved in the recruitment processes may like to think that logic drives their decisions but often it can be driven by implicit instinct and bias. This Pocket Book provides a guide to avoiding unconscious bias and discrimination within the selection and recruitment process.

EDI Pocketbook for Airports
£10

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Pocketbook for Airports

This Pocket Book provides guidance for airports in providing services for people with mobility limitations and disabilities.

It also includes the legal responsibilities regarding disability in the provision of goods and services and facilities.

Unconscious Bias Case Studies
£20

Unconscious Bias Case Studies

12 Case Studies from Tribunals. Organisations must be proactive in preventing any form of discrimination influencing a disciplinary process and assess whether sufficient safeguards are in place to maintain fairness and prevent unconscious bias influencing decisions.

EDI for Senior Managers FE College
£10

FE College - Managers, teachers and support staff Lesson Plan

This booklet has been produced to help managers, teachers and support staff at FE Colleges to explore EDI information and guidance relating to common operational situations and issues.

Equality Act Good Practice Guide
£10

Equality Act Good Practice Guide

An overview of the Equality Act, the groups it covers, and the responsibilities it places on employers. It offers advice and guidance to assessment, strategies and to practical application for embedding EDI.

Creating inclusive and respectful working environments
£10

Creating inclusive and respectful working environments

A comprehensive guide for organisations and individuals who are committed to creating inclusive and respectful working environments. It provides valuable insights, practical tips, and actionable strategies

Recruitment and Selection: Guide for reaching and retaining diverse talent
£10

Recruitment and Selection: Guide for reaching and retaining diverse talent

Guide for recruiting and retaining ethnically diverse and neurodiverse talent and for recruiting women into male dominated roles and men into female dominated roles. Includes checklist and questions to evaluate your practice

Recruitment, Selection, and Inclusive Practices Pocketbook for Schools
£10

Recruitment, Selection, and Inclusive Practices Pocketbook for Schools

Strategies to ensure that schools meet the Public Sector Equality Duties (PSED) when recruiting teaching and management staff. The aim is to reach underrepresented candidates for teaching, and management staff positions, and promote an inclusive recruitment process.

Recruitment, Selection, and Inclusive Practices Pocketbook for Schools
£10

Courageous Conversations Game

This engaging and informative game is designed to foster understanding, awareness, and open dialogue about the Equality Act 2010, protected characteristics, various types of discrimination, reasonable adjustments, inappropriate language, leadership and management of EDI, and bullying. This is done through the context of the 5Cs framework:

Recruitment and Selection: Guide for reaching and retaining diverse talent
£10

Looking at learning and development in a different way

This publication is designed to provide teachers and management with the tools and knowledge to create an anti-racist curriculum that not only reflects the diverse histories and contributions of Black and Asian people but also actively challenges and dismantles systemic racism within education.

Race Pocket Books - All Pocketbooks £10

Race Equality Pocket Book
£10

Race Equality Pocket Book

This pocketbook is a guide for making workplaces inclusive. It has been produced to get people talking about race, ethnicity, discrimination, diversity and inclusion. It offers an insight into the key issues and barriers we face in having honest, open conversations about race and racism in the workplace.

Racism in Learning Organisations
£10

Racism in Learning Organisations Pocket Book

This booklet gives a step by step guide in how to identify and begin to tackle racism your institution, including identifying types of racism and racial harassment. It refers to existing research and reports in educational organisations

Lets Talk anour Racism
£10 each or £20 for all 3

Lets Talk about Racism Resources

Teachers sometimes feel hesitant to raise issues of race; strong emotions can emerge and teachers may feel they don’t have enough information or background to design, plan or deliver the topic well. This resource provides suggestions and strategies for having conversations with young people about race and racism.

Introduction to Anti Racism pocketbook
£10

Introduction to Anti-Racism Pocket Book

This pocketbook gives insights into how to work towards being actively anti-racist in the workplace. We hope that this resource helps all individuals to raise their awareness, knowledge and understanding around supporting ethnically diverse individuals.

Racism in Learning Organisations
£10

Addressing Racism in Schools

This resource is designed to support those wanting to improve their anti- racist practice in schools. It will help teachers and other practitioners in understanding how racist behaviour occurs, what it looks and sounds like, and how it impacts on those experiencing it

Anti Racism pocketbook for schools and academies
£10

Anti-Racism Pocket Book for Schools and Academies

This resource is designed to support learning and raises awareness of the needs, rights, and lives of ethnically diverse parents and carers within your school/academy.

Anti Racism pocketbook for schools and academies
£10

Anti-Racism Pocket Book for Universities

Looks at the impact of racism on ethnically diverse staff and students within higher education. Because of entrenched white privilege, it is important that these organisations are able to understand the need for more inclusive recruitment and selection processes.

Anti Racism pocketbook for schools and academies
£10

What is Racism Pocketbook

This pocketbook gives insight into how racism has continuous impact in our workplaces and beyond. With such a diverse wealth of people in the UK, it is important to understand what it means to be racist, how to work towards being actively anti-racist, and being an advocate for all ethnically diverse individuals.

Challenging Discriminatory Language
£10

Challenging Discriminatory Language Pocketbook

Offers teachers, senior leaders, lecturers and support staff guidance in challenging discriminatory language/ behaviours by raising awareness of the importance of inclusive workplace/learning environments.

Allyship: Supporting Black colleagues in the workplace
£10

Allyship: Supporting Black colleagues in the workplace

This Pocketbook gives insight on how you can be an ally in the workplace, and how to navigate courageous and difficult conversations surrounding race. With such a diverse wealth of people in the UK, it is important to understand what it means to be an ally and how to be actively anti-racist.

Race Equality in the Veterinary Sector
£10

Race Equality in the Veterinary Sector

This Veterinary employers/employee guide aims to build on good practice and assist Vets in developing policies, processes, procedures, and practice as part of their commitment to promote equality, tackle discrimination and foster positive relationships between diverse groups of people.

Supporting the Agenda
£10

Supporting the Agenda

Designed to encourage and support open and constructive conversations about racism in the workplace. It will be useful to staff at all levels including Race Equality Leads, senior management, staff and others working with groups to raise their awareness of racism and how to address it.

Let talk about racism pocket book
£10

Let's Talk about Racism Pocket Book

This resource provides suggestions and strategies for having conversations with young people about race and racism.

Racism in Learning Organisations
£10

Let's Talk about Racism Presentation

This resource provides suggestions and strategies for having conversations with young people about race and racism.

Lets talk about Racism activities
£10

Let's Talk about Racism Activities

A set of activities to promote discussion about challenging racism and how to deal with racist incidents.

 Purchase all 3 Let's Talk about Racism Resources for £20 Purchase
Black and Ethnically Diverse Children in Foster Care
£10

Caring for Ethnically Diverse Children in Foster Care

A Handbook for Foster Carers.

It is not sufficient that we think about the needs of ethnically diverse children and young people as merely providing the right foods, skin care and hair products but also to address their emotional and social needs.

Customs and Cultures of Children and Young People
£10

Customs and Cultures of Children and Young People Pocket Book

The UK's diverse wealth of culture make it is important to understand what it means to be culturally aware, the different customs of some religious groups, and how positive interactions with these groups should look like.

Intersectionality Pocket Book
£10

Intersectionality Pocket Book

Whether the topic is disability, race, sex, sexual orientation, or other protected or non-protected characteristics, it is important for organisations to understand the full identity of each individual in the workplace. This way, they are able to commit to proactively developing intersectional strategies for growth and development.

Managing and avoiding microaggressions in the workplace Pocket Book
£10

Managing and avoiding microaggressions in the workplace

Aims to equip you with 20 practical tips to avoid and address microaggressions, shedding light on how staff and managers can actively support individuals from ethnically diverse backgrounds who encounter such experiences in the workplace.

Anti-Racism Toolkit: Understanding Race Equality
£10

Anti-Racism Toolkit:
Understanding Race Equality

Designed to provide comprehensive guidance and resources for promoting race equality and combating racial discrimination. Its purpose is to support individuals and organisations in understanding and addressing racial inequalities and creating fair and inclusive workplaces or communities

Race Equality and Anti-Racism Toolkit
£10

Race Equality and Anti-Racism Toolkit

Sections include: Explaining Racism in its different guises; Unveiling White Privilege; A Closer Look at its Manifestation in Professional Environments; Promoting Dialogue and Reflection; Discussing Racist Microaggressions and What/How to avoid them

Equality and Diversity Resources

Practical Tools for the Delivery of Equality and Diversity
£50 each - £100 for all 3

Practical Tools for the Delivery of Equality and Diversity

This is the set of the three resources: Gender Equality, Building Equality and Diversity into Teaching & Learning and the Practitioners Pack. Purchase all 3 for £100

Employees' Study Pack and Facilitator's Study Pack
£50 per pack

Employees' and Facilitator's Study Pack

These packs provide advice, guidance and practical activities to help staff better understand what equality, diversity and inclusion really means.

Gender Equality
£50

Challenging Gender Inequality

This pack gives details on the legislation and guidance pertaining to Gender Equality and includes 12 practical activities that can be easily adapted as required for different audiences.

Practitioner's Pack for the Delivery of Equality and Diversity
£50

A Practitioner's Pack for the Delivery of Equality and Diversity

Suitable for learners of all ages and all sectors, this activity pack contains 19 practical tried and tested activities specifically aimed at raising staff and learner awareness of equality and diversity issues.
Part of the Practical Tools set

Design, Planning and Delivery of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning
£50

Design, Planning and Delivery of EDI in Teaching and Learning

A practical toolkit to help practitioners improve their practice and meet their legal and professional obligations by designing, planning and delivering teaching, learning and assessment activities that engage learners.

Embedding Equality and Diversity into Everyday Practice
£50

Embedding EDI into Everyday Practice

This pack covers the basic concepts of equality and diversity to the legal picture. It goes on to look at the quality processes of inspection and self-assessment before looking in detail at embedding EDI in teaching and learning and learning support.

Equality Case Studies
£50

Equality Case Studies

38 case studies covering the following protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010: Age, Disability, Race, Religion and/or Belief, Sex (Gender), Sexual Orientation and Transgender. Includes solutions to all Case Studies

Good Practice Handbook for Education Providers
£50

Good Practice Handbook for Education Providers

This pack is to help learning providers to ensure they comply with the law by meeting their obligations under the public sector equality duty and meeting Ofsted requirements to develop awareness of diversity in relation to the protected characteristics

Learners' Study Pack and Facilitator's Study Pack
£50 per pack

Learners' Study Pack and Facilitator's Study Pack

This equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) Study Pack for Learners provides advice, guidance and practical activities to help learners better understand what equality, diversity and inclusion really means. There is also an accompanying Facilitator's Pack

Induction Pack for Trainers
£50

EDI Induction - Trainers Pack

This resource provides an induction and refresher package for staff working in a range of capacities in all sectors. It can be used to form the basis of induction training or guided self study for new and existing staff, including temporary staff, volunteers and people on work placement.

Induction Pack for Learners
£50

EDI Induction - Learners Pack

This pack provides teaching staff with advice, guidance and Session plans that will help them to explore the key issues with learners, explain complex legislation simply and clearly and act on the organisation's race, disability and gender equality duties.

Managing Equality and Diversity in the Working/Learning Environment
£50

Managing Equality and Diversity in the Working/Learning Environment

Thinking about equality and diversity means considering the experiences and needs of all, whatever their characteristic, special educational needs, or social and cultural background.

EDI Self Assessment Toolkit
£50

Self Assessment Toolkit

Toolkit to help staff improve EDI considerations in the self-assessment process. This forms an important part of the evidence submitted in the inspection process. Primarily aimed at schools, colleges and skills providers, but other service providers in different settings will be able to benefit.

Train the Trainer pack
£195

Train the Trainer Pack: Organisations

Set of 6 packs at a discounted price. These resources can be used by trainers when delivering on the EDI agenda. Includes EDI Study Packs - Employees and Facilitators, Induction packs - Trainers and Learners, Facilitator's Guide and Equality Case Studies

Train the Trainer pack
£195

Train the Trainer Pack: Education

Set of 5 packs at a discounted price. These resources can be used by trainers when delivering on the EDI agenda. Includes the three packs in Practical Tools set, Facilitator's Guide and Equality Case Studies

diversity booklet for the workplace
£50

Diversity Booklet for the Workplace

Includes 20 activities to help managers, employees and volunteers to: understand the importance of EDI within your own environment, consider some of the "truths and myths" around discrimination and integrate new team members.

diversity booklet for the education sector
£50

Diversity Booklet for the Education Sector

Includes 20 activities to help colleges, schools, work-based learning facilities to understand the importance of EDI within an educational establishment, consider some of the 'truths and myths' around discrimination and integrate new staff members or learners

EDI Self Assessment Toolkit
£50

Pack for Education Providers preparing for Ofsted Inspection

This pack will help you to understand the steps you need to take in order to embed EDI into all teaching and learning practice and activities, and to meet Ofsted requirements for schools, colleges and work based learning providers.

Who wants to be a Millionaire - Equality Act 2010
£50

Who wants to be a Millionaire - Equality Act

A fun activity to help learners understand some of the main points of the Equality Act. The questions become more difficult as the learner goes from £100 to the million pound question and aims to provoke discussion and learning around the Equality Act.

Managing Equality and Diversity for Support Workers
£50

Managing EDI for Support Workers

Look at meeting the needs of learners who require additional or special educational support. It provides an overview of equality legislation and how it applies in the workplace. It focuses in particular on the role of the support worker in an educational setting.

Teaching and Learning Standards
£50

Teaching and Learning Standards

A detailed look at the standards that managers, staff, tutors and support staff need; identifying what they must be able to do and what they should know and understand in order to do it. It also outlines behaviours that underpin personal and professional conduct

Building Equality into the Curriculum Toolkit
£50

Building Equality into the Curriculum Toolkit

This Toolkit acts as a guidance document, an induction resource and a resource to support teams and managers to explore issues related to effective EDI within the curriculum. For further developed organisations, it acts as a refresher.

Equality, Diversity, Citizenship & Inclusion
£50

Equality, Diversity, Citizenship & Inclusion

Packed with guidance and tools to help education providers design an equality curriculum that inspires and challenges learners. It covers topics that fit in with the PSHE national curriculum Can be used with adult groups in staff development and induction.

Practical Tools for the Delivery of Equality and Diversity
£50 each - £100 for all 3

Practical Tools for the Delivery of Equality and Diversity

This is the set of the three resources: Gender Equality, Building Equality and Diversity into Teaching & Learning and the Practitioners Pack. Purchase all 3 for £100

Facilitator's Pack
£50

Facilitator's Pack

The Facilitator's Handbook - an Equality and Diversity Training self-study pack - has been has been specifically developed for use with teams. Updated to include the 2010 Equality Act, it includes examples of designing your own Equality and Inclusion Workshops and Training, as well as example session plans.

Legal Services Pack
£50

Legal Services Pack

This pack provides advice and guidance for legal services firms on their duties and responsibilities to good equality and diversity practice. It is aimed at solicitors, barristers and other legal services companies that deal with the public and who are bound by the SRA Code of Conduct 2011.

Sports and Community Clubs Induction Pack
£50

Sports and Community Clubs Induction Pack

An induction and refresher package for staff and volunteers working for public, private and 3rd Sector organisations involved in the provision of opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to participate in and enjoy sporting activities.

Building Equality into the Curriculum
£50

Building Equality into the Curriculum

This resource is designed to help you learn more about embedding equality and diversity into both leadership and curriculum development and the competencies needed to achieve this.

Equality and Diversity Toolkit for Local Authorities
£195

Equality and Diversity Toolkit for Local Authorities

This equalities toolkit has been developed to provide some of the practical tools managers need to embed equality and diversity into the development, design and delivery of local authority services and into the recruitment and employment of staff.

Building Equality into Teaching and Learning
£50

Building Equality into Teaching and Learning

This pack contains practical activities designed for teachers/tutors and support staff. Each activity comes with accompanying guidance notes and is all ready to use.

Managing Race Equality in the Workplace
£50

Managing Race Equality in the Workplace

Provides employers and employees with information and insights about racism in society, how it develops, and its impact on the organisation, staff, service users and clients. Contains practical approaches to creating a fair and inclusive environment for all.

Managing Diversity and Inclusion in the NHS
£50

Managing Diversity and Inclusion in the NHS

The pack has been developed as a practical toolkit to help staff meet their legal and professional obligations and follow a twin-track approach to equality and diversity: that of tackling inequalities and fostering good relations between different groups.

Managing Diversity and Inclusion in the NHS
£50

Recruitment and Selection for a Diverse Workplace

This toolkit looks at the impact of racism on diverse applicants during the many stages of the recruitment process. Implementing diversity and inclusion practices during the recruitment and selection process is one of the first steps to developing a more diverse workplace if this is a current struggle.

Multi User Licencing

Licencing Charge

All resources are distributed under our Licence Agreement. If you wish to publish any of our resources on a network or intranet, there is a Licencing Cost in addition to the Resource Cost depending on the number of people who will have access to the Resource, as follows:

Where the number of people with access to the resource is 500 or less: £1 per user

Where the number of people with access to the Resource is in excess of 500, the first 500 are charged at £1 per user and the number in excess is charged at £0.50 per user.

Example: 

400 Users: £400   (400 @ £1 per user)
1000 Users: £750 (500 @ £1 per user, plus 500 @ £0.50 per user)

Licencing for each resource is charged individually.

Multiple Resource Licencing Discount

If more than one resource is licenced, the charge for the second and subsequent licencing is reduced by 50%

e.g. Three resources are purchased and placed on an Intranet with 800 users

First resource licencing cost: £650
Second resource licencing cost: £325 (£650 less 50% discount)
Third resource licencing cost: £325 (£650 less 50% discount)

Total: £1300 plus cost of resources

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