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Diversity and Equality Training Consultancy 

Having a diversity strategy has now become integral to the evolvement of many organisations’ vision. The benefits to all are becoming clearer - we can support you achieve that vision from conducting a diversity audit to writing a strategy, training your staff and finally supporting you in putting the strategy into action – often the most difficult aspect.

Diversity is a subject that can be viewed with fear: fear of saying and doing the wrong thing, inadvertently causing offence, losing your job, being seen to be ignorant, being labelled. Our approach is holistic; listening, valuing and guiding; that all are equal and deserve to be heard and that fairness is integral in all that we do.  

Services offered:

  • Trainer training for Diversity/Equality internal trainers, consultants, managers and HR personnel
     
  • Diversity & Equality audits
     
  • Diversity & Equality senior management training
     
  • Staff awareness workshops – one/two days or more as required
     
  • Diversity training design and delivery
     
  • Specialised awareness workshops e.g. awareness re: gender, sexual orientation & gender identity, disability, age, race and community relations, religion/belief
     
  • Other specialised workshops e.g. Challenging Inappropriate Behaviour; Single Equality Duty, Equality Impact Assessments; Fairness in Recruitment and Selection; Legislation (including the Equality Bill 2009).
     
  • E.learning packages - developed with our partners Academy Internet
  • Management Consultancy and Coaching - supporting, guiding and advising on how to meet your diversity and equality requirements and prepare for regulatory inspections.
 

Benefits of equality and diversity training:

  • Compliance with the law reduces litigation and the likelihood of costly tribunals
  • Increased productivity and staff retention
  • Seen as good organisation for staff and customers/clients
  • Improves creativity and innovation in meeting the needs of your customers/clients.
  • Seen as an accessible company to all - assisting in recruitment of best staff from the whole of community (in a reducing labour market).
  • Demonstrates being a listening, caring company, impacting on the values, attitudes and behaviour of staff and in attracting customers
  • Shows fairness, respect and trust - reducing conflict internally and externally Knowing how to respond positively where there are cross-cultural needs
  • Better equipped to meet demand of a diverse customer/client base  
 

Our methods:

  • We offer a complete tailor-made diversity and equality consultancy package, assisting you through the whole process of organisational cultural change: but you choose how much of that package you want to buy in
  • Our training is participatory and up-beat: we create dialogue, we don't lecture
  • We take a positive approach to diversity and equality, stressing its benefits for the individual and organisation and appealing to hearts and minds rather than simply highlighting punitive aspects of legislation or policy
  • We use case studies and theatre sketches based upon realistic scenarios from your organisation to make the training more interesting and relevant
  • We give participants concise handouts in ordinary language summarising the main issues and key points of legislation
  • E-learning which we offer with our partners Academy Internet one of Europe's leading provider of e-business training, consulting & e-learning solutions, complementing your learning programme by connecting the face to face training with an e-learning package that can be tailored for your organisation adding extra versatility and value

 


 

 

Related workshops:

·     Gender Awareness

·     Diversity In-depth

·     Facilitation skills (for managers and trainers of diversity)  

 

Latest Diversity & Equality News

To download the latest diversity & equality news see the Latest Diversity & Equality News page

 

“I thought it was an excellent day with plenty of time to practice skills and pick up odd tips all day. It was a very relaxed, stimulating and productive day. I thought the trainer was really responsive and seemed to have got a grip of our level and skills.” Senior manager

“The best training I have done so far (and I’ve done a lot!) Really varied, and a good mix of exercises, with room to take into account individual interests and experiences.”  Diversity trainer

Jonathan Heath
Email: jonathan@samtosha.co.uk
Tel: 01672 513738
  Mobile: 07977 540524
Address: Samtosha, Mildenhall, Marlborough SN8 2LR
Website: www.samtosha.co.uk