Equality and Diversity in Action: Community Cohesion and Beyond

A practical one-day conference for headteachers, school leaders, subject leaders, and education professionals.

Are you...

• Looking for ideas to embed equality and diversity work across your curriculum?
• Worried about current Ofsted requirements for community cohesion?
• Wanting to evaluate the impact of your equality and diversity work on student attitudes and actions?

Jointly hosted by Lancashire County Council and Lancashire Global Education Centre, this conference is ideal for primary schools, secondary schools and education professionals.

Sir Keith Ajegbo, Lead Associate for Education at the Institute of Community Cohesion, will deliver the keynote address. Sir Keith is the author of the curriculum review Diversity and Citizenship and will speak on schools' duty to promote Community Cohesion.

Adrian Gray, Ofsted Divisional Manager, will also be a featured speaker and will provide up-to-date information on Ofsted requirements for Community Cohesion.

With a choice of four participatory workshops, there will be plenty of opportunities for delegates to listen, discuss and explore the relevant issues. Conference delegates will be able to choose to attend two of the following four workshops:

• Community Cohesion Through Local School Linking
• Measuring the Impact of Your Equality and Diversity Work
• Community Cohesion: From Policy Into Practice
• Embedding Equality and Diversity Work Across the Curriculum

The conference will also offer:

• Presentations by practitioners with experience in a range of projects, including local school linking.
• Stories and presentations by children and young people involved in equality and diversity work.
• A marketplace featuring organisations able to support schools with advice and resources.