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Fife Centre for Equalities, Equalities Monthly - May 2025 Tue 06/05/2025

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Fife Centre for Equalities, Equalities Digest Week Commencing 17 June 2024

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Fife Centre for Equalities Equality News Digest Week Commencing Mon 22/08/2022

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Community Concerns and Support:

Don't tolerate it. Report it. If you or anyone you know have experienced discrimination and harassment, or have any concerns regarding your local community - let us know. 

You can report relevant matters via our Community Concerns and Hate Incident Reporting Form.

You can also contact us using This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., call us on 01592 645310 or text us using 07800 005 834.  

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About FCE

Fife Centre for Equalities (FCE), funded by Fife Council, started in 2014 with the vision to inspire and enable everyone we work with to take action that makes Fife a more equal, fairer place to live, work and study.

FCE’s mission is to develop a harmonised approach to build a collective voice to champion equality, diversity, inclusion and social justice.

Our values are to work with honesty, integrity, respect and transparency, and strive to demonstrate a fully inclusive approach in everything we do. We want everyone we work with to share these values in the belief that they will help make Fife a fairer and more equal place.

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Fife Centre for Equalities Equalities' Monthly - August 2020

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Hello and welcome to the August edition of Equalities Monthly! We hope you're keeping safe.

Use this link to share our bulletin with friends, family or colleagues who are interested in equalities.

Want your news to be featured in our bulletin? Send it in! Click This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to get in touch.

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Fife Centre for Equalities, Equalities Weekly - Week Commencing  14/10/2019

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Lunchtime Equality Workshop - Equality Statistics: 

Did you know that in Fife and the UK, women are expected to live longer than men (3.6 years), but that they are likely to spend 19 years in less good health in later life, compared to 15 years for males? Our Lunchtime Equality Workshop will be examining gaps in health and life expectancy, as well as paygaps linked to gender, disability and race.

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Fife Centre for Equalities - Equalities Weekly Week Commencing  08/10/2018

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FCE Roadshow:

The first FCE Roadshow is taking place this Wednesday, this is an open event free for anyone to come along and learn more about the services that we have on offer and how you can take part in what we do.

Pop in on 10 Oct 2018, at Dunfermline Advice Hub, 7 Douglas Street, Dunfermline KY127EB from 11:00 to 13:00.

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The Scottish Burden of Disease Study 2016

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The Scottish Burden of Disease Study 2016

The Scottish Burden of Disease (SBoD) study team has published a new report that outlines how what we are living with and dying from is impacted by health inequalities.

The SBoD 2016 Deprivation report is available by clicking here. 

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Fife Centre for Equalities, Equalities Weekly, Week Commencing 11/06/2018

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Penumbra SDS Session

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Dunfermline Advice Hub are hosting a free interactive workshop that aims to help people learn about Self Directed Support (SDS) and what this could mean to them or someone they know in Fife.

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Accessible Parking Focus Group:

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Due to a number of concerns regarding the inappropriate use or design of Accessible Blue Badge parking, we here at FCE will be launching a public awareness campaign to help stop misuse. As part of this campaign we are looking to host a focus group to shape our campaign and the direction it is going to take.

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People of Fife - Personal Stories Page

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We have recently launched a new section to our website, the Personal Stories page includes video interviews, case studies and personal experiences - from a diverse range of people all over Fife.

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RNIB Online Today:

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The Royal National Institute of Blind People are working on a project called "Online Today" - which aims to help those with sensory loss get online by primarily using the accessibility functions built into smartphones and tablets.
As the project is nearing its end, they are looking to create a legacy that continues to support those with sensory loss through training and support, you can find more information for the training here.

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Windmill Community Campus and Integrated Facilities Survey:

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We here at Fife Centre for Equalities are conducting a survey on behalf of Fife Council in order to find out how you are using integrated facilities, how satisfied you are with the integrated facility and how Fife Council can improve access.

It would be helpful if you could complete the survey and share the link with your family, friends and colleagues. Our staff and volunteers will be based at the campus to help anyone to complete the survey, you can find the timetable here.

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Equality in Fife - Statistical Report

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After months of tirelessly collating information, formatting and writing - it's here, our full statistical report on Equality in Fife is now published. This report covers all nine protected characteristics and reporting on topics such as employment, housing and education.

In addition, we have a range of fact sheets that summarise each section of the report - highlighting key facts and figures, you can find those and the full report on our website here.

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Fife Centre for Equalities is seeking new members to join our Board of Trustees.

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No previous experience is required but must have a commitment to strong governance and inclusive equality. The position of Trustee is a voluntary one, however, out-of-pocket expenses will be met. For more information, please contact Nina Munday, Manager, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 01383 645 310. Suitable applicants will be invited to attend an informal interview.

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National Standards for Community Engagement - accessible formats

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The Scottish Community Development Centre has released new support materials have been produced to accompany the revised National Standards for Community Engagement. Developed in partnership with Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA), the National Standards for Community Engagement are now in the following accessible formats:

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Fife’s Local Policing Plan

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Fife Police would welcome your views on how they have delivered the Local Plan for 2014-2017 (available here http://www.scotland.police.uk/your-community/fife/) and on creating their new plan:

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Draft British Sign Language (BSL) National Plan

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The Scottish Government has opened consultation on the Draft British Sign Language (BSL) National Plan until Wednesday, 31 May 2017.

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Caring for Vulnerable Children

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Caring for Vulnerable Children

People working or caring for vulnerable children are being encouraged to do an award-winning free university developed course. The Caring for Vulnerable Children Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a free course designed for carers of vulnerable children. It is an award-winning free university-developed course inspiring people to enter the caring profession as well as supporting child-care workers, teachers, nurses, relatives, foster carers, and adoptive parents. Developed by the Centre for Excellence for Looked-After Children In Scotland (Celcis) and the University of Strathclyde, the course explores the task of identifying and caring for looked-after children in times of austerity and shrinking public services.
Enrolment is now open for the latest run of the course, starting on 27 March 2017.

Fife Centre for Equalities Weekly catch-up W/C 4 January 2017

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Our office is open again and we would like to wish you all a fantastic 2017! 

Fife Centre for Equalities will offer the training event Inclusion Fundamentals on Thursday, 19 January 2017, between 10:00 and 16:00, at Fife Carers Centre. Inclusion Fundamentals will give participants the basic guiding principles in understanding the diverse needs of people with different protected characteristics, and how these needs can be met with flexibility and adjustments to how business is usually conducted. This workshop will also improve organisational readiness in addressing equality issues. For further information and to book a place, please contact Nina Munday, Manager, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 01592 645 310.

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