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Equality Act guidance for charities: act carefully, lawfully and without panic

Charities are being encouraged to begin preparing for the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s revised Code of Practice on services, public functions, and associations, which is expected to take effect on 5 August 2026. The Charity Commission has issued a provisional update advising charities to take reasonable steps towards ensuring that their policies, services, and

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What the UK’s 2026 Headlines Are Telling Us About Protected Characteristics — and Why Intersectionality Must Shape Our Response

Since January 2026, equality issues linked to the protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010 have continued to surface across UK policy, public debate, and everyday life. Some have dominated headlines. Others have remained quieter. But together, they reveal something important: Inequality in the UK is not isolated, and it is not experienced one characteristic

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More than Stereotypes: How Systemic Racism Shapes the Lives of Black Men and Women in Britain

Systemic racism doesn’t always announce itself through slurs or laws. More often, it operates through the quiet but corrosive power of stereotypes. Black men are too often cast as “dangerous” or “angry.” Black women are labelled “loud,” “aggressive,” or reduced to the trope of the “strong Black woman.” These labels might seem casual to some,

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Single-Sex Changing Rooms: What Health Centres and Gyms need to know in 2025

Why this matters to the Fitness and Wellbeing Sector Fitness environments involve intimate space changing rooms, showers, therapy suites. These settings demand special care, particularly when accommodating people of different sexes, gender identities, trauma experiences, and religious needs. The legal responsibilities of employers and service providers, including leisure and health centres, have shifted in very

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Accelerate Action: Supporting Ethnically Diverse Women and Children Facing Domestic Abuse and Violence

Every year, International Women’s Day (IWD) serves as a moment of reflection and action in the fight for gender equality. In 2025, the theme ‘Accelerate Action’ calls for urgent and decisive steps to dismantle systemic barriers that continue to disadvantage women across the globe. With gender parity projected to be over 130 years away, we

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International Women’s Day 2025: A Celebration of My Journey, My Impact, and My Gratitude

As we approach International Women’s Day on 8th March 2025, I take a moment to reflect on my journey, a journey of resilience, advocacy, and unwavering commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). This is not just a celebration of the work I have done but a tribute to the people who have supported, inspired,

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