Equality and diversity policy statement and employment policy 1 1.1 Equality and Diversity Policy statement The Trust’s equality and diversity policy statement is as follows: The London Ambulance Service is committed to equality and diversity. One of our values states: ‘We will value diversity and will treat everyone as they would wish to be treated‚ with respect and courtesy.’ In practical terms this means: • Everyone‚ including patients‚ colleagues and health and social care partners‚ will
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legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. There are several current pieces of legislation relating to equality and diversity‚ including • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (see……) • Every Child Matters • Children’s Act 1989 • Children’s Act 2004 • Human Rights Act 1998 The most recent act is the Equality Act 2010. Previous to this‚ equality legislation in this country was somewhat fragmented. The purpose
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Marriage Equality Constructing social problems begins with making claims about any perceived condition. These claims are the first component of the social problems process. When a claim is made that a condition should be recognized as a social problem‚ the claimsmakers must bring attention to the topic and convince others that it should be recognized as troubling and that something needs to be done about it (Best‚ 2013). One reoccurring frame is on the topic of marriage equality‚ which is typically
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Equality in Education Ch.2 of Bryan Wilson‚ ed.‚ Education‚ Equality and Society‚ London‚ 1975‚ pp.39-61. I To speak of equality in education is rather like speaking of equality in love. Young men sometimes wax indignant about the unfairness of their lot‚ and say there ought to be arrangements whereby the available girls should be shared out equally‚ so that everyone should get his whack; or‚ more sophisticatedly‚ that the most desirable girls should be made to bestow their favours on egalitarian
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Although freedom and equality are values that American’s hold dear to their hearts‚ they are difficult to enforce to an entire nation from the perspective of the US government. Freedom was easier breaking from the colonial days to a new constitutional government‚ one reason was because there was less people to govern‚ and secondly because only first class citizens (white male) had any true freedom to do whatever they we interested in. This was the case because all men were not created equal in the
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A Woman’s Journey for Equality Throughout history‚ the subject of women and their rights has been obscured by the dominance of the world created by the male gender. However‚ Canadian women have made significant achievements over a brief period of time to change the obstinate and incapacitated society people still live in today. Despite the tenacious crusade of over a century‚ the absolute attainment of women’s equality still remains out of reach. With business and government roles‚ pay equity
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Gallo March 7 2013 Daft 1 Total Equality In the short story “Harrison Bergeron “ the author Vonnegut’s lets the readers get a good look on American society in 2081. The government wants the world to be equal to everybody in every aspects of their life. The author also shows us the danger of trying to achieve total equality‚ which affects the country‚ and their citizens. He shows us theme of forced equality by altering beauty‚ strength‚ and intelligence rather then
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Human Equality During his 1912 visit to the United States‚ Abdu’l-Baha met an old man early one morning on a deserted New Hampshire street. The man was ragged and dirty. His filthy trousers barely covered his legs. After speaking with the man‚ apparently trying to cheer him up‚ Abdu’l-Baha stepped behind a porch‚ fumbled under his robe‚ stooped and his trousers fell to the ground. “May God go with you‚” Abdu’l-Baha said‚ giving the trousers to the old man. Then Abdu’l-Baha proceeded as though nothing
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Equality and Diversity In my assignment I am going to discuss promoting equality and diversity. A description of the importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality to access. The importance of supporting the rights of children and young people is that not all children are the same. They learn at different paces and many need support to help them e.g. one to one teaching‚ speech therapy‚ disability problems ect. They all deserve the right to learn
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Corzo Many think a hero has to be gorgeous and have super human-like abilities‚ but that is not the truth. Batman was based off an everyday average guy who wore leggings and ran around a city all day long saving lives. A hero can be considered many things‚ but mostly a hero is someone who is intelligent and carries selfless acts. What many don’t consider is that a hero is a casual civilian that rises to any challenge and accomplishes a deed of a “superhero.” The thing is a hero can be an ordinary
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