EACH was honoured to be voted “Charity of the Year” in 2019 by the Ben Cohen Stand Up Foundation – who acknowledged its collective effort to help agencies and institutions recognise, stop and prevent homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. And the work continues. Throughout this Pandemic and into the future EACH has looked ahead optimistically to the prospect of welcome and exciting opportunities with existing and new partners.
Our training and consultancy strives to reduce discrimination, harassment or bullying experienced by way of gender identity or sexual orientation. We aspire to affirm confidence in all service-users: inspiring trust and empowering individuals or organisations to make sensible choices informed by legislation and mutually agreed decisions.
Since 2003, EACH has worked across a range of sectors: Education, Criminal Justice System, Health, Housing, Social and Library Services, National and Local Government plus wraparound voluntary, statutory and private sector organisations.
Our services include:
- Delivering Speaker led interactive training and consultancy to help national and regional agencies better understand legislation regarding gender identity or sexual orientation matters to effect change at strategic and practical levels
- Assisting employers to develop best practice in supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans employees and voluntary workers
- Inspiring schools, academies, colleges and universities to implement policy and procedural change concerning sexual orientation and gender identity issues through Department for Education and PSHE Association endorsed resources, training and consultancy: working with pupils, students, staff and governors
- Integrating thirty-four years’ professional experience to inform books and Government commissioned national guidance and training including ‘Safe to Learn’ (DCSF), ‘Inspiring Equality in Education’ and ‘Learn Equality Live Equal’ (DfE), the ‘Reach Teaching Resource’ (National Lottery), the JKP books, “That’s So Gay! Challenging Homophobic Bullying” (2015), “How To Stop Homophobic & Biphobic Bullying: A Practical Whole School Approach” (2020) the co-development of the Welsh Government’s statutory Schools’ Anti-Bullying Guidance ‘Rights, Respect, Equality’ (2020).