Welcome
Welcome to the National Equality Evidence Database. This is designed to assist anyone working in the public, private or third sectors to
- carry out research on protected groups so as to produce effective evidence based strategies, policies, plans or activities
- find qualitative or quantitative research to assess the potential impacts of changes
- share best practice widely to avoid 'reinventing the wheel'
Upcoming events
Latest news
NHS staff guidance for Ramadan
Guidance for NHS staff on issues to consider during the holy month of Ramadan, including clinical interventions and assessments of patients, and the needs of…
Making Equality Work - The essential 'how to' handbook available FREE for a limited period
MAKING EQUALITY WORK is available for a limited period as a downloadable e-Pub book, FREE to users of NEED
New report on drug & alcohol treatment for LGB&T people
A new report examines how drug and alcohol treatment services can be improved for lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans (LGBT) people
New Book Documents British Trans Campaigning History
Pressing Matters - part history and part memoir - documents how the seeds of trans activism were first sown and cultivated in the UK
External news
- Julia Unwin: ‘The Prime Minister’s real test lies ahead’
- Runnymede on ‘Race and the 2015 General Election’
- Fawcett on the ‘Cabinet breakthrough for women’
- Sanchita Hosali says ‘The Human Rights Act, Protect what protects us all’
- Scottish Parliament Devolution Committee report
- EU discrimination booklet – Know your rights!
- Tobias Lock and Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou on the implications of repealing the Human Rights Act
- Don Flynn says ‘the future still doesn’t need to be anti-immigrant’
- Peter Purton on why there’s a long road to true LGBT equality…
- Smith Institute breakdown of ‘who governs Britain’
Protected characteristics:
New documents
- License to be yourself
27 August 2014 - Timeline of BME People's Contributions to the NHS in England
18 July 2014 - LGBT History Timeline (2nd Edn)
18 July 2014 - Rising ambulance life-threatening call demand in high and low socio-economic areas
17 July 2014 - Violence Against Women and Girls - Communications Insight Pack
16 July 2014
Recently added sites
- UK Trans Info
19 August 2014 - Equality North East
29 July 2014 - Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Equality and Diversity
21 July 2014 - Bullying UK
17 July 2014 - The Independent Hate Crime Hub
17 July 2014