• Tackling health inequalities in private rented housing,
  26 November 2014, London
  
  
• Equality Act toolkit training 26 November 2014, Stratford
  
  
• Ensuring violence prevention works for children and young people from all communities,
  28 November 2014, Sutton / 01 December 2014, Ealing
  
  
• Safeguarding children and young people and equalities,
  03 December 2014, Sutton
  
  
• Exploring intimate relationship experiences of Asian disabled women,
  09 December 2014, London
  
  
• NEW! Better health and social care for black and minority ethnic communities
  10 December 2014, Bradford / 16 December 2014, London / 15 January 2015 (TBC) Bristol
  

Tackling health inequalities in private rented housing
26 November 2014, London

This event will bring together community, voluntary and public sector action on private rented housing. It will identify and seek solutions to health inequalities that affect private tenants, and their underlying causes.

Nine million people now live in private rented housing. It is the fastest growing housing sector in the UK and more people now live in private rented housing than social housing. In London it is estimated to become the largest housing sector by 2025, and nationally 20.8% of renters are families with children. A third of private rented homes are classified as ‘non-decent’. The costs of poor housing to the NHS are estimated at £600m a year. However, 12 per cent of tenants have not asked for repairs to be carried out in their home, or challenged a rent increase in the last year because they fear eviction. Shelter estimate that 324,172 are evicted, served with notice or threatened with eviction each year because they complained to their local council or their landlord about a problem in their home.

This event aims to:

• bring together perspectives on private rented housing and health from faith and community groups, enforcement agencies, and health policy from local and regional government.
• highlight examples of good practice in addressing health inequalities in private rented housing, and explore how these can be used elsewhere.
• identify and seek to address the issues faced groups living in private rented housing who are disproportionately affected by poor housing, and have poorer health as a result.

The event will include:

• the launch of a new briefing looking at the relationship between ethnicity, health and the private rental sector
• presentations from key people involved in health, community renter groups, and housing enforcement
• workshops on the effectiveness of local regulation, raising awareness among renters, and delivering health & social care in private rented housing.

Book here: tiny.cc/healthandhousing

Equality Act toolkit training
26 November 2014, London

This programme will introduce London’s CVSs, and infrastructure organisations working with London’s children, young people and families’ voluntary and community sector to use the Engage London Equality Act Toolkit. The aims are to: a) improve their own approach to equality of opportunity; and b) better support London VCOs working with children, young people and their families.

This training session will:

• Enable organisations to demonstrate that their services are better able to meet the needs of equalities groups; and
• Increase knowledge of new approaches to engage with protected equalities groups

Book here: http://subscribercrm.childrenengland.org.uk/Event-Booking/EventId/1129

Ensuring violence prevention works for children and young people from all communities, 28 November 2014, Sutton / 01 December 2014, Ealing

Beyond the immediate impact of children and young people experiencing violence, research increasingly records that is has long term and multiple impacts, including: lower education attainment; poorer physical and mental health; as well as difficulties in forming and maintaining supportive relationships.

Our course will explore this evidence.  It will look at experience of different communities as well as boys and girls.  Our course will then consider what works in violence prevention through a case study based on the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities programme.

The aims of the course are:

• Increased knowledge of the children and young people’s experience of violence;
• Better understanding of the long term impact of this violence on children and young people from different communities; and
• Better understanding of what works in children and young people experiencing violence.
• Provide resources to consider the implications for different equality groups

We will also signpost participants to a range of national and international resources on violence prevention and children and young people.

Sutton booking: http://subscribercrm.childrenengland.org.uk/Event-Booking/EventId/1124

Ealing booking: http://subscribercrm.childrenengland.org.uk/Event-Booking/EventId/1127

Safeguarding children and young people and equalities, 03 December 2014, Sutton

This is a free one day workshop for staff and volunteers in voluntary and community sector organisations working with children, young people and families.

This training will increase awareness of effective safeguarding practices that meet the needs of children and young people from all communities.

This training will:

• Define child abuse and demonstrate awareness of signs and indications of possible child protection concerns
• Increase knowledge around equalities considerations in safeguarding
• Identify and share good practice in engaging with different equality groups

Booking: http://subscribercrm.childrenengland.org.uk/Event-Booking/EventId/1125

Exploring intimate relationship experiences of Asian disabled women,
09 December 2014, London

There is a dearth of evidence on intimate relationships of disabled people in general and disabled women in particular. This is even more pronounced in relation to black and minority ethnic disabled women.

There is evidence, particularly relating to the Government’s wellbeing agenda, which suggests that social relationships can have a positive impact on wellbeing, particularly those that are intimate in nature.

The Race Equality Foundation has recently completed a small study exploring the intimate relationships experiences of Asian disabled women. We looked at the impact of relationships such as such as marriage, civil or other partnerships and cohabitation.

By using a combination of methods, we gathered the views of Asian disabled women to:

• add to the knowledge base on the experiences of Asian disabled women in forming and maintaining intimate relationships
• help identify policy implications for service providers in relation to Asian disabled women and the wellbeing agenda.

This seminar will present the research and provide an opportunity to discuss the findings.

Book here: http://tiny.cc/asiandisabledwomen

Better health and social care for black and minority ethnic communities,
10 December 2014, Bradford / 16 December 2014, London / 15 January 2015 (TBC) Bristol