Gain Assurance with Equality Impact Assessments
Comply with Public Sector Equality Duty
Increase confidence in decision making
Demonstrate best practice
Quality assured with EHRC Code
Reduce risk and cost
Inform monitoring of equality impact
Added value - reuse database and template
Currently working with
Published work
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Health Education England
Equality impact assessment of pandemic recruitment processes and diversity review.
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General Optical Council
Equality impact assessment and development of recommendations to enhance diversity.
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Watford Borough Council
Equality impact assessment and Human Rights review of Compulsory Purchase Order.
Uniquely Qualified
Clare Fraser has over 20 years’ experience in equality and diversity. Having originally practised law, she joined a global HR management consultancy and has operated on a freelance basis since 2006. She is a non practising member of the Law Society of Scotland.
At November 2022, she is working with Sport England on assurance of its 10 year vision and advising the Department for Transport on the Zero Emissions Bus Regional Applications.
Subway Modernisation Programme
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Glasgow Subway owner and operator Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is undertaking a modernisation programme which is the first full scale upgrade since 1980. The programme includes the refurbishment of all stations on the network and the instruction of a new smart ticketing system.
We were asked to produce an Equality Impact Assessment on how the Programme paid due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty and to assist with mainstreaming equality in the Programme.
Glasgow City Deal
East Renfrewshire Council
East Renfrewshire Council appointed us to assess the impact of the M77 Strategic Corridor Programme with reference to the Public Sector Equality Duty and the Fairer Scotland Duty.
This Investment Programme was part of the Glasgow City Region City Deal initiative; a 20 year, £1.13 billion infrastructure investment programme to promote economic development and business growth.
How an Equality Impact Assessment Specialist Can Help
Impartial Expertise
A specialist’s objectivity will enhance the assessment and increase confidence in the outputs. You will gain from our insight which is based on our wide experience in supporting the UK public sector in meeting the statutory requirements.
Cost Effective
Our productivity correlates with our significant experience. We have a wide evidence base which we can readily refer to, and our turnaround is quick. The assessments we produce are high quality, comprehensive and evidence based.
Added Value
You can use our assessments to inform best practice in future internal equality impact assessments. We will suggest revisions to your existing EQIA template or we will provide you with one at no extra cost which you can use in the future.
Need a Specialist to advise on an Equality Impact Assessment?
Please get in touch to let us know how we can help. We would be happy to arrange a call or video conference with you to discuss your needs, on a no obligations basis of course. If there’s anything we can help you with quickly, like a review of a draft or template, then we are happy to do so without charge. You can also pick our brains, and we can point you towards useful resources and/or examples.
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How You will Benefit from Outsourcing Equality Impact Assessments
Save Time – We can do the back end work which gives you more time for implementation of policies, organisational development and engaging stakeholders in your diversity agenda.
Reduce Risk – Our lead consultant is legally qualified and a non practising member of the Law Society. Her expertise will ensure that your equality impact assessments comply with the duty to pay due regard to the General Equality Duty.
Reduce Effort – Equality and diversity is a highly specialised professional field and you may not have the in house resources to produce equality impact assessments. It takes some time for beginners to learn how to do an equality impact assessment. We can produce comprehensive assessments in short time frames as we can refer to our inhouse research material.
Increase Quality – We do not do “tick box” assessments. Our equality impact assessments review how you can better meet the three elements of the General Equality Duty in policies and practice. The output will assist you in continuous improvement.
Reduce Cost – Equality impact assessments of decisions and practices, such as a prospective restructuring, can be time consuming and resource intensive. Given our vast experience, we can produce these for you at a cost which is lower than the equivalent internal resource cost.
Inform Future Practice – You can use the assessment which we draft for you as a benchmark for future equality impact assessments. You can also refer to the equality evidence which we produce in other similar assessments.
Catalyst for Change – When used correctly, equality impact assessments can support change and drive continuous improvement. An assessment can support you in making change that improves the provision of services and employment to protected groups.
Help Difficult Decisions – In these times particularly, public authorities may need to make difficult decisions about how services are delivered, and to what extent. COVID-19 may also necessitate staff restructuring or changes to work patterns. We can assess the equality impact of these decisions and reduce the risk of discrimination and/or non compliance with the General Equality Duty.