Written Question · S5W-21253 · Session 5
How much of the £750,000 committed to the Workplace Equality Fund in the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan has been spent; which employe…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £750,000 committed to the Workplace Equality Fund in the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan has been spent; which employers have received funding, and how they have spent it.
The answer
There are 22 projects, involving a range of employers, receiving funding through the Scottish Government’s £750,000 Workplace Equality Fund. The Fund is being delivered by Impact Funding Partners, who were formally known as Voluntary Action Fund.
With regard to the nine projects being funded through Round 1, I refer the member to the answer to question S5W- 17292 which was answered on 22 June 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
With regard to Round 2, a further thirteen projects were approved for funding these include:
Name of Project
Organisation
Aim of Project
Cost
SPECTRUM
Enable Scotland
Working with 20 employers across 8 sectors (Digital Technology, Finance, Creative Industries, Low Carbon, Health, Engineering, Tourism & Education) in Glasgow to understand specific industry practice and identify barriers to inclusion. Training sessions for the employers are co-delivered by a disabled person from a Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) background. Employers will facilitate work experience opportunities for 18 disabled BME people with the aim of moving around 10 trainees into employment.
£35,000
Diversity Works
Adopt an Intern
Internship programme for 5 BME women and 4 events across Scotland targeting 40 employers to meet with BME women to discuss how best to create accessible pathways to employment. The companies hosting the internships will be supported to improve their recruitment processes and workplace policies to support equality and diversity.
£44,539
Equality Works
In To Work Ltd
Supporting 3 companies to improve their knowledge and practice around the recruitment and retention of disabled people. This will be done in consultation with disabled employees. Be spoke training will be delivered to managers within each of the companies and then further training will be delivered to wider employees.
£22,500
E-POW (Equality Performance Observed in the Workplace)
West Regional Equality Unit
Capacity building with 3-4 employers to review and improve their current policies and practices; working with around 20 employers to provide cultural diversity and equality training; training their training staff to ensure that learning is embedded across the organisations..
£38,586
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect – Strengthening Inclusiveness within Construction
John Graham Construction
To take positive action by developing training for senior managers, line managers and other employees across the company. Recruiting managers and individuals who will shortly become recruiting managers will receive training or recruitment and supporting employees. An online training tool will be developed to ensure that up to 243 workers complete an equality module which will include unconscious – bias training. The training programme will then become part of the company’s on-going induction training for new recruits.
£37,956
Employ Ability Shetland
Moving On Project
Engage with employers to raise awareness, provide training and understanding of disabilities and how people with a disability can undertake roles within their organisations. They will work intensively with 4 larger employers in Shetland and also provide 4 open events for other employers, employees and support agencies to raise awareness of disability in the workplace.
£42,810
RNIB Older Worker Retention Resource Pack
RNIB Scotland
In partnership with the Mariott Hotel Group, they will develop a resource pack for employers across Scotland. The resource pack will enable employers to change their work practices to support older employees who have developed a sight loss condition or support new employees who already have sight loss.
£17,649
FAIR (Flexible and Inclusive Recruitment)
The BrightWorks Consultancy
Working with the rail industry to implement flexible and inclusive job design in recruitm
With regard to the nine projects being funded through Round 1, I refer the member to the answer to question S5W- 17292 which was answered on 22 June 2018. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx
With regard to Round 2, a further thirteen projects were approved for funding these include:
Name of Project
Organisation
Aim of Project
Cost
SPECTRUM
Enable Scotland
Working with 20 employers across 8 sectors (Digital Technology, Finance, Creative Industries, Low Carbon, Health, Engineering, Tourism & Education) in Glasgow to understand specific industry practice and identify barriers to inclusion. Training sessions for the employers are co-delivered by a disabled person from a Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) background. Employers will facilitate work experience opportunities for 18 disabled BME people with the aim of moving around 10 trainees into employment.
£35,000
Diversity Works
Adopt an Intern
Internship programme for 5 BME women and 4 events across Scotland targeting 40 employers to meet with BME women to discuss how best to create accessible pathways to employment. The companies hosting the internships will be supported to improve their recruitment processes and workplace policies to support equality and diversity.
£44,539
Equality Works
In To Work Ltd
Supporting 3 companies to improve their knowledge and practice around the recruitment and retention of disabled people. This will be done in consultation with disabled employees. Be spoke training will be delivered to managers within each of the companies and then further training will be delivered to wider employees.
£22,500
E-POW (Equality Performance Observed in the Workplace)
West Regional Equality Unit
Capacity building with 3-4 employers to review and improve their current policies and practices; working with around 20 employers to provide cultural diversity and equality training; training their training staff to ensure that learning is embedded across the organisations..
£38,586
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect – Strengthening Inclusiveness within Construction
John Graham Construction
To take positive action by developing training for senior managers, line managers and other employees across the company. Recruiting managers and individuals who will shortly become recruiting managers will receive training or recruitment and supporting employees. An online training tool will be developed to ensure that up to 243 workers complete an equality module which will include unconscious – bias training. The training programme will then become part of the company’s on-going induction training for new recruits.
£37,956
Employ Ability Shetland
Moving On Project
Engage with employers to raise awareness, provide training and understanding of disabilities and how people with a disability can undertake roles within their organisations. They will work intensively with 4 larger employers in Shetland and also provide 4 open events for other employers, employees and support agencies to raise awareness of disability in the workplace.
£42,810
RNIB Older Worker Retention Resource Pack
RNIB Scotland
In partnership with the Mariott Hotel Group, they will develop a resource pack for employers across Scotland. The resource pack will enable employers to change their work practices to support older employees who have developed a sight loss condition or support new employees who already have sight loss.
£17,649
FAIR (Flexible and Inclusive Recruitment)
The BrightWorks Consultancy
Working with the rail industry to implement flexible and inclusive job design in recruitm
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-21253 by reference.