Resource Library

Welcome to our resource and reference library page. On this page you will find a selection of reports, studies and documents covering equality issues like race, gender, disability, age and sexuality. They are drawn from government departments, equality agencies and voluntary organisations.

Please click on any of the headings below to go straight to the issue or document of your choice:

• Age
• Disability
• Gender
• Race
• Sexuality

Age

•  Living Alone Safely (pdf format 96kb)
  2003 (Help the Aged)
•  Planning for Later Life as a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender person (pdf format 124kb)
  2003 (Age Concern)
•  The Older Population (pdf format 65kb)
  2003 (Help the Aged)
•  Age Diversity at Work: a practical Guide for Business (pdf format 831kb)
  2002 (Age Positive/Department for Work and Pensions)
•  Older People: Statistical Information Autumn 2002 (Word format 102kb)
  2002 (Department for Work and Pensions/Office for National Statistics)
•  Older People: Statistical Information Spring 2002 (Word format 90kb)
  2002 (Department for Work and Pensions/Office for National Statistics)
•  Ageism: Attitudes and Experiences of Young People (Word format 203kb)
  2001 (Department for Work and Pensions)
•  Good Practice, Recruitment and Retention of Older Workers: Summary (Word format 116kb)
  2001 (Department for Work and Pensions)
•  Older People: Statistical Information, Spring (Word format 644kb)
  2001 (Department for Work and Pensions/Office for National Statistics)

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Disability

•  Mental health and social exclusion: Summary (pdf format 211kb)
  2004 (Social Exclusion Unit)
•  Challenging Disability Discrimination (Word format 78kb)
  2003 (Disability Rights Commission)
•  Creating an Inclusive Environment (Word format 84kb)
  2003 (Disability Rights Commission)
•  Disabled People in Refugee and Asylum Seeking communities (pdf format 135kb)
  2002 (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
  
  

Gender

•  Facts about Women and Men in Great Britain (pdf format 345kb)
  2003 (Equal Opportunities Commission)
•  Pay and Income (pdf format 46kb)
  2003 (Equal Opportunities Commission)
•  Towards Closing the Pay Gap (pdf format 533kb)
  2003 (Women and Equality Unit)
•  Equality and diversity: Making it happen (Word format 230kb)
  2002 (Women and Equality Unit)
•  Ethnic minority women in the UK (Word format 1218kb)
  2002 (Women and Equality Unit)
•  Key indicators of women's position in Britain (Word format 44kb)
  2002 (Women and Equality Unit)
  
•  Better Services: Better Working Lives (pdf format 1114kb)
  2001 (Women and Equality Unit)
•  Women and Men in Britain: Professional Occupations (pdf format 162kb)
  2001 (Equal Opportunities Commission)
•  Women and Men in Britain: Sex Stereotyping from School to Work (pdf format 127kb)
  2001 (Equal Opportunities Commission)
•  Women and Men: the Lifecycle of Inequality (pdf format 146kb)
  2001 (Equal Opportunities Commission)
•  Report on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the UK (Word format 458kb)
  1999 (Womens National Commission)

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Race

•  Ethnic Minorities and the Labour Market (pdf format 1496kb)
  2003 (Cabinet Office)
•  Guidance notes on completing the grant application form (pdf format 135kb)
  2003 (Commission for Racial Equality)
•  Public Procurement and Race Equality: Guidelines for Local Government (pdf format 242kb)
  2003 (Commission for Racial Equality)
•  A Single Equality Body: Lessons from Abroad (pdf format 925kb)
  2002 (Commission for Racial Equality)
•  Poverty and Asylum in the UK (pdf format 423kb)
  2002 (Refugee Council)
•  Attitudes towards minority groups in the European Union (pdf format 370kb)
  2001 (European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia)
•  Racial Attacks and Harrassment: Factsheet (pdf format 66kb)
  1999 (Commission for Racial Equality)
•  Stereotyping and Racism (pdf format 306kb)
  1998 (Commission for Racial Equality)

Sexuality

•  Equal in Love (pdf format 295kb)
  2003 (Stonewall)
•  Equal in School (pdf format 285kb)
  2003 (Stonewall)
•  Poverty and HIV: lessons from the Hardship Fund (pdf format 307kb)
  2003 (Crusaid/Terence Higgins Trust)
•  Responses to Civil Partnerships (Word format 145kb)
  2003 (Women and Equality Unit)
•  Out and About: Advice for Young Gay and Bisexual Men (pdf format 818kb)
  (Terence Higgins Trust)
•  The Human Rights Act & HIV (pdf format 98kb)
  2001 (National AIDS Trust)

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To find out more about the departments, agencies and voluntary organisations referenced on this page go to the Useful Links page.