Race Equality Training Programme

Course Outline

An introductory Race Equality training workshop giving an overview and opportunity to discuss issues around Race Equality and Cultural Diversity.

Aims

Race Equality training workshop participants will:

Help to address the issues in a safe environment, to explore the challenges we may face when we encounter individuals, groups or social situations that are alien to us. Our interest on this course is in offering a balance between informing people about specific racial and cultural differences, and giving them some skills in recognising and working with those issues
Consider ways of minimising all forms of race discrimination in the workplace using the F.A.I.R Approach

Objectives

As a result of this Race Equality training participants will:

Demonstrate an awareness of one’s own personal values and beliefs that have been influenced by cultural and historical experiences
Know what constitutes individual discrimination, group and institutional discrimination within the organisation and society as a whole
Appreciate the experiences and differences of various minority groups
Be able to relate more confidently to people whose background and experiences are different to their own
Be able to recognise race discrimination and know how to respond if they see or experience it

Participant Group

All staff should receive this Race Equality training.

Topics

Workshops can include:

Understand multiple realities
How stereotypes and biases can lead to discrimination
Overview of Britain’s diverse culture
Consideration of common perceptions of different groups and how they affect day-to-day interactions
Discussions around discrimination and its various forms
Consideration of inequalities in society
Overview of legislation and how it relates to a diverse workforce
How to resolve day-to-day issues using the F.A.I.R approach

Links

This course will also create a greater understanding in relation to the following areas: Communication Skills - Change - Cultural Sensitivity.

Note

We are aware of the responsive nature of this work, through accepting and exploring these feelings in a non-judgemental environment, we aim to deliver the race equality training in such a way that appropriate though creative dialogue may be made possible.