Work plan for Sport Wales’ Opportunity for all’ panel Equality Objective Outcome Action Lead 1.Embrace Equality and Diversity within Wales and through our Policies An organisation that is diverse, the workforce feels valued and treated fairly, and where the impact of equality of opportunity is recognised by staff and is integral to policy. Take to improve staff profiling response through awareness raising, and use of existing surveys. Identify key questions that will allow Sport Wales to assess impact of equality through our policies. Explore approaches for work experience to encourage diversity.(with Workforce Development Progress Stonewall Diversity Champions Zoe Grainger, Nick Lia to support Zoe Grainger, Emma Tobutt to support Zoe Grainger Zoe Grainger 2.Appropriately Engage, Consult, Inform and Challenge A transparent organisation that engages appropriately and challenges its partners to engage appropriately to advance equality of opportunity between those people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not. Develop a communication plan for sharing Equality work. Develop an equality checklist and key questions to challenge partners. Develop Approaches tobetter understand the participation picture for gender, disability and BME.(e.g. Challenge priority Sports and Key Partners (FDSW) around diverse membership) Identify organisations and agencies to engage with, and make recommendations for engagement. Conduct work with stonewall to engage with LGBT groups. Simon Jones, Grant Cole to look at sharing Community Chest data Emma Tobutt Rebecca Mattingley, Tom Overton to support Emma Tobutt, Simon Jones Zoe Grainger and Natalie Davies (Emma to support) Simon Jones
Agree an approach for better usage of the Equality portal. Work with Home Country Sports Councils to share ‘Breakthrough work’ Lowri Bunn and All 3.Increase Female Participation in all Aspects of Sport Sport in Wales is accessible to, accessed by, and organised by a higher proportion of females, where the drop off rate of participations aged between 15 and 24 is significantly reduced, and the number of females undertaking 3 occasions of sport each week is increased. Influence diversity of organisations, particularly Boards through a ‘Better for Business’ approach. Share learning and good practice around turning the curves e.g.: Lunch and learn.(LA’s/NGB’s/WSFF) Lowri Bunn (NGB) Tom Overton (LA) Jo Clay 4.Increase Participation amongst Disabled People in all Aspects of Sport Sport in Wales is accessible to, accessed by and organised by a higher proportion of disabled people. Determine the group can add value to FDSW. Challenge FDSW in terms of equality profile, identify key challenges Tom Overton, Emma Tobutt Tom Overton, Emma Tobutt 5.Increase Participation in all Aspects of Sport amongst our Ethnic Minority Communities To be better informed to engage and challenge partners to address inequalities of opportunities with respect to Wales’s ethnic minority communities. A targeted approach to work in Newport, Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham Identify local challenges in terms of what the data tell us Identify local key organisations to engage with to target specific action. Rebecca Mattingley Emma (Newport, with Sue Maughan) Jo Clay, speak to Jane Shana Thomas, work with Jonty 6.Increase participation amongst children and people from deprived communities To deliver the long term outcomes within Sport Wales’ Child Poverty Strategy, including increasing participation and volunteering from these communities