Creative Equity Toolkit

The Meaning of The Lebs

Review of The Lebs by Michael Mohammed Ahmad, looking at the issue of white bias.

'how much does it really matter that there are more of us from minorities telling our stories, when they will almost always be judged through a white gaze anyway? A gaze that remains unwilling if not unable to admit to its own biases and that continues to see us through a distorted lens, even as it holds steadfast to its own pretensions of objectivity, merit and ‘quality’?'

The Most Creative Teams Have a Specific Type of Cultural Diversity

This article outlines the reason that culturally diverse teams can be more creative and the need for the creation of psychological safety in workplaces before true culturally diverse teams can feel safe and be successful.

The Public Sector Equality Duty and Equality Impact Assessments

Briefing paper to the UK House of Commons outlining the Public Sector Equality Duty contained in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, which requires public authorities to have due regard to a number of equality considerations when exercising their functions. Discusses the role of Equity Impact Statements, the history of their use and their value in the courts.