24
Funded Organisations
£800,000
Distributed
86+
Businesses Reached
Workplace Equality Fund 2019/2020
Impact Funding Partners managed this fund on behalf of the Scottish Government. The Workplace Equality Fund 2019-20 distributed £800,000 worth of funding to 24 organisations. Funded organisations worked to promote and develop more inclusive and diverse workplaces in the private sector, so that everyone in Scotland has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Each project focussed on one or more priority groups from the following list: minority ethnic people; older workers (those aged over 50); people who experience gender based violence; workers who are experiencing social isolation and/or loneliness; and women.
They worked towards improving employment opportunities and progression for the priority groups, increasing skills, knowledge, policies and practices in the workplace and creating a more inclusive working environment to address employment inequalities and introduce positive practices.
Impact Funding Partners compiled and submitted an end of fund report to the funder.
Testimonials
“The organisation has a more flexible working culture which will encourage a greater work life balance, diversity at all levels, engagement and productivity, while people at all levels and in all roles across the organisation feel better able to work more flexibly”.
- Workplace Equality Fund 2019/2020
“It has highlighted even more the need for us to have a procedure in place to share with staff from the moment they tell us they are pregnant right through to their first few weeks/months back at work".
- Workplace Equality Fund 2019/2020
"As a result of the programme the company and senior management team are more comfortable that when recruiting they are more attractive as an employer of choice to people who are in any and all of the priority groups selected".
- Workplace Equality Fund 2019/2020