Following our Core Partners meeting this morning, we expand our number after lunch and are joined by members of REDP's Working Group for a special meeting on the Localism Bill.
This is the chance to educate ourselves about the purpose of the Bill, familiarise ourselves with its content and see how far it has progressed.
We're particularly interested, of course, in how it might impact on the Protected Characteristics as defined in the Equality Act 2010. We are also interested in the kind of responses made by other agencies, groups and organisations working in fields related to ours.
Following on from our discussion this morning about organising a regional conference on the Specific Duties flowing from the Equality Act, we decide (tentatively) to organise an event on the Localism Bill too, nearer the end of this year.
You can follow the progress of the Localism Bill, read contributions to consultation and discussion (and make some of your own) at http://www.consultation-online.co.uk/localism-blog/
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