On 18 August 2010, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg confirmed the appointment of former Labour MP Alan Milburn to undertake independent, annual reviews of progress towards a more socially mobile society. (more…)

On 19 August 2010, the Charity Commission announced that it has decided that it will not give consent to the charity Catholic Care to amend its charitable objects to restrict its adoption services to heterosexual prospective parents only. (more…)

On 19 August, the Government Equalities Office launched ‘Equality Act 2010: The public sector Equality Duty: Promoting equality through transparency. A consultation’. (more…)

Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) published in August 2010 ‘shows that, once all of the benefit cuts are considered, the tax and benefit changes announced in the emergency Budget are clearly regressive as, on average, they hit the poorest households more than those in the upper-middle of the income distribution in cash, let alone percentage, terms’. (more…)

Runnymede is attending all three party conferences this year, and will be blogging throughout on all the race equality developments.  (more…)

On 9 August 2010, the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) launched a consultation on guidance about the definition of disability in the Equality Act 2010. (more…)

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) are holding a specialist consultation to select a set of indicators and measures to populate the Human Rights Measurement Framework (HRMF). (more…)

The Winning the Race Coalition, hosted by Race on the Agenda (ROTA), published a coalition update on 27 August 2010. (more…)

brap and Macmillan Cancer Support want to find out if different people have different experiences of cancer services in the UK. (more…)

The Care Quality Commission has joined together with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to create guidance for inspectors and assessors. This consultation seeks views on the guidance from people who use services, providers, commissioners and others. (more…)

The End Violence Against Women Campaign asked the candidates for Labour party leadership about their policies on violence against women and girls and has published the candidates’ replies. (more…)

The Electoral Commission is inviting views on its draft Single Equality Scheme. (more…)

The Barrow Cadbury Trust Summer 2010 newsletter includes updates on Barrow Cadbury’s Criminal Justice, Migration and Europe and Poverty and Inclusion programmes, plus features on ‘The Big Society’, the new Social Impact Bond, the Better Banking Campaign and ’speaking truth to a different power’. (more…)

The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) is holding a training session on ‘Human Rights and Health and Social Care’.
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‘Getting the most out of the Equality Act 2010’ is a leading edge conference from the Discrimination Law Association looking at the practical implications of the Equality Act 2010. (more…)

Fair Play South West are holding an event to develop awareness about structural and policy changes being implemented by the new government, and the rights and opportunities that women can deploy to ensure that women’s interests are fully recognised in policy decisions affecting their local areas. (more…)

Inside Government is holding a conference on ‘Creating a Health and Social Care Service Fit for an Ageing Population’. (more…)

‘Managing Migration in the UK: Tackling the Challenges for Border Security, the Economy and Our Society’ will discuss the impact of migration on the UK economy and society and what developments are expected under the new government. (more…)

Independent Academic Research Studies (IARS) is pleased to announce that it has two vacancies for paid apprenticeships to start in September for a period of 6 months. (more…)

Asylum Aid is currently recruiting for two volunteers for its Women’s Project: a Women’s Asylum News volunteer and a Women’s Charter volunteer. (more…)

The Equality and Diversity Forum is advertising for interns. (more…)

The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) is recruiting a Policy Advisor. (more…)

Breakthrough UK has issued a call for papers to address the issues around the Right to Live agenda for disabled people. (more…)