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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion training

In the modern workplace, embracing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is crucial for promoting creativity, engagement and enhanced decision-making, ensuring the business remains compliant and performs at its best.

Our online Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training covers this broad subject in-depth and with the highest standard of training accredited to industry standards and created with renowned industry experts.

What are the benefits of EDI training?

Our EDI training courses are designed to ensure businesses meet their legal requirements relating to equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring discrimination is eliminated in the workplace and legal and moral expectations of equality are consistently met.

A comprehensive understanding of EDI
Learners who complete this training will gain a thorough understanding of what equality, diversity and inclusion is, why it’s important and how to apply EDI practices in the workplace to help create a supportive and welcoming environment for all.
A positive culture that enables equality, diversity and inclusion
Learners will gain an understanding of how to be a strong ally, call out practices and behaviours that aren’t conducive to a strong equality, diversity and inclusion culture and ultimately help create a positive workplace culture.
Compliance with relevant legislation
Learners will complete their training with the knowledge of how these practices and behaviours keep them and the business compliant with The Equality Act 2010, ultimately helping support their colleagues.

Features of our EDI training:

Engaging inclusivity focus

Our Equality, diversity and inclusion training includes specific focuses on important equality, diversity and inclusion topics such as microaggressions, allyship and the bystander effect, covering areas that many aren’t consciously aware of, but are nonetheless incredibly important.

Comprehensive Equality Act content

The Equality Act 2010 is explained comprehensively as part of our training, including how crucially the Act can provide protection against discrimination and harassment.

Immersive eLearning experiences

Our Equality, diversity and inclusion training is designed to be engaging and interactive, ensuring maximum knowledge retention. Courses contain immersive learning experiences including practical real-life scenarios, simulations, gamification and role-playing exercises.

Accessible anywhere on multiple devices

With our dedicated learning app, employees can learn in a way that suits them, fitting their learning around busy schedules. Regardless of location or working hours, they have quick and easy access to their equality, diversity and inclusion training, which they can pause and resume as needed for efficient completion.

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Promote a truly inclusive culture

Our equality, diversity and inclusion training enable a workplace culture that celebrates diversity. Educate employees on recognising and respecting differences, resulting in a more harmonious and inclusive environment.

Attract and retains talent

This expert-led online diversity and inclusion training helps businesses demonstrate a genuine commitment and dedication to diversity and inclusion initiatives. ultimately, this helps attract and retain a larger pool of talent, improving long-term staff retention, and reducing recruitment costs.

Learn anywhere, at any time.

Employees love being able to fit their learning around busy schedules through our Access Mobile Learning app. This results in increased engagement, particularly with remote employees or those who work in various locations with varying shifts.

Content you can trust

Our eLearning content is CPD accredited and written in partnership with subject matter experts to the highest industry standards. Courses are also kept up to date by dedicated team to ensure accuracy and compliance.

What our customers say

The content that the Access Learning team create is video-led, human-centred, bitesize, engaging and covers all the technical requirements under the regulations in an informative way. So much so, that we use the eLearning courses internally. From a subject matter expert point of view, we also act as a reference point for the content, as well as recommend and supply it to our clients

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Philippa Grocott - Head of Regulatory Sales and Apprenticeships

ZISHI

From a compliance perspective, we were worried about how to deliver the necessary training to our care teams during the pandemic. But as soon as we launched Access Learning, our Home Managers were really invested, motivated and engaged with the software

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Beth Coombs - Learning and Development Lead

Hamberley Care Homes

Our favourite thing about working with The Access Group is how easy it is. They don’t make things difficult, and we’ve had a great connection and relationship with them since our initial meeting. The team go out of their way to support us in making positive changes for our people. They make things happen for us, and for that, we are incredibly grateful.

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Laura Eaton - eLearning & Development Consultant

RAC

Part of our market-leading Governance, Risk and Compliance suite

Equality, diversity and inclusion is just one of many areas in which businesses must ensure compliance. Our comprehensive, accredited Governance, Risk and Compliance training covers a broad range of subjects to help businesses achieve and remain compliant, creating a great place to work for everyone.

This training empowers employees to understand and adhere to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards. This reduces the risk of legal repercussions and safeguards the reputation and financial stability of your organisation, while ensuring fairness and equality for all within the organisation.

Over 40 multi-sector compliance training courses included spanning legal, financial services, care and more
CPD accredited and produced and written by industry-specific subject matter experts
Engaging and accessible content, including real-life scenarios and bitesize modules
End of course assessments to ensure knowledge retention and provide effective reporting to governing bodies
Robust reporting and powerful tracking to ensure compliance and peace of mind.

A holistic approach to governance and compliance, that includes not just EDI training but a wide array of Governance, Risk and Compliance courses, is crucial for businesses in maintaining its reputation and building strong and successful teams.

See what training is included in our broader Governance, Risk and Compliance training suite.

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Our equality, diversity and inclusion training includes Allyship and Microaggressions, helping individuals to promote a positive and inclusive workplace.

What is equity, diversity, and inclusion training, and why is it important for businesses?

Equality, diversity and inclusion training is a proactive initiative adopted by businesses to champion fairness, respect, and equal opportunities for all employees, irrespective of their backgrounds, identities, or characteristics.

It involves educating employees and leaders on the importance of acknowledging and appreciating differences, combating biases and discrimination, and fostering inclusive environments conducive to a welcoming and high-performing workplace.

This training is crucial for businesses due to several reasons:

Promoting Fairness and Equality: It ensures that all employees receive fair treatment and equal access to opportunities, regardless of factors such as race, gender, age, sexual orientation, or disability.

Driving Innovation and Creativity: By encouraging diverse perspectives and experiences, EDI training promotes innovation, creativity, and problem-solving, ultimately leading to improved business outcomes and competitive advantage.

Enhancing Employee Engagement and Retention: Employees are more engaged and committed to organizations that value their diversity and provide inclusive environments conducive to personal and professional growth.

Meeting Legal and Ethical Obligations: Many laws and legislations require businesses to uphold equality, prevent discrimination, and establish inclusive workplaces. This divesity and inclusion training helps organisations in fulfilling these obligations and mitigating legal risks.

Improving Reputation and Brand Image: Businesses prioritising equity, diversity, and inclusion receive favourable perceptions from customers, investors, and the public, resulting in enhanced brand reputation and loyalty.

What is the difference between Equity and Equality?

Equality and equity, while related, have distinct meanings:

Equality:

Focuses on impartiality and uniform treatment for all individuals.
In workplaces, it means providing equal opportunities regardless of differences.
However, it may overlook existing disparities.

Equity:

Prioritises fairness, considering diverse needs and circumstances.
Recognises varying support requirements for equal outcomes.
Aims to rectify systemic inequalities by redistributing resources.
In workplaces, it involves eliminating disparities for all to thrive, regardless of background.

What is an example of diversity and inclusion training?

Compelling Equality, diversity and inclusion training could involve interactive exercises like role-playing scenarios, encouraging empathy and understanding among employees from diverse backgrounds.

These activities target unconscious biases, privilege, and microaggressions, helping create a more inclusive workplace culture.

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