Why Equality and Diversity and Why me?

We will be holding a series of awareness raising events during October and November on the impact of the Equality Act 2010.

Held across the North East region, the events will help delegates understand what impact the Equality Act 2010 is having on the public sector procurement process.

If you are a provider of services, goods or works to the public sector - or would like to be - we recommend that you register for one of these events now.

You'll learn how the Act and the public sector duties within it are already influencing equality and diversity practices in the private and third sector supply chains. You'll also be given clear pointers as to what you might need to do to evidence best practice as the public sector looks to its suppliers to help them comply with their equality duties.

You'll gain an insight in to what you, as employers and service providers, also need to be doing to ensure that your own duties and obligations under the legislation are being met.

The events are free to attend, but places will be strictly limited to one person per organisation and will be offered on a first come first served basis. In the future, we are planning events in other parts of the country and if you are interested to attend then please send us a short email and we'll make sure that send you more details.

All events will be held between 09:00 - 11:00 at the venues and on the dates detailed below:

Date	Venue	To book
26 October 2011	Cobalt Business Exchange, North Tyneside, NE28 9NZ	Click Here
10 November 2011	MTLC, Middlesbrough, TS3 8PE	Click Here
23 November 2011	ITEC North East, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6XP	Click Here
*NEW 7 Dec 2011	Business and Innovation Centre, Sunderland, SR5 2TA	Click Here

To register for any of the events just click on the link above for your chosen venue or call us on 0191 516 6464.