A resource guide for Equal Opportunities

Introduction:
This resource guide is a list of organisations and websites that members of the Group have found useful in relation to equal opportunities and diversity. These include government organisations, charities, and other groups for information professionals.
The list is by no means comprehensive, and if anyone feels that a particular organisation or website has been missed out, please let us know.

Note:
These organisations often have regional offices, and offices in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; we have only provided details of the central office.
Sources for these details include the CILIP website and an article in Occupational Health Review, November/December 2000, kindly submitted by Claire Holder, former Honorary Publications Officer.

Organisations/websites dealing with equality and diversity generally:

Equality and Human Rights Commission
Elliott House, 10-12 Allington Street, LONDON, SW1E 5EH
Helpline: 0845 604 6610 (England) or 0845 604 8810 (Wales) or 0845 604 5510 (Scotland)
Website: www.equalityhumanrights.com

IFLA Multicultural Library Manifesto
Web document: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s32/pub/MulticulturalLibraryManifesto.pdf

Information and Library Services, Archive Services and Records Management (Lifelong Learning UK): National Occupational Standards
Website: http://www.ukstandards.org/Find_Occupational_Standards.aspx?NosFindID=4&SuiteID=1434

Organisations/websites dealing with race/ethnicity:

African Caribbean Library Association (ACCILIP)
Ms E. Hill c/o Shoreditch Library, 80 Hoxton Street, London N1 6LP
Website: www.la-hq.org.uk/groups/acla/acla.html

Asian Librarians and Advisors Group (ACILIPG)
Mr Kalyan K. Dutt, Southall Library, Osterley Park Road, Southall, Middx UB2 4BL
Tel.: 020 8574 3412
Fax: 020 8571 7629
Website: www.la-hq.org.uk/groups/alag/alag.html

Black Information Link - BLINK
The 1990 Trust, Suite 12, Winchester House, 9 Cranmer Road, London SW9 6EJ
Tel.: 020 7582 1990
Fax: 0870 127 7657
Website: www.blink.org.uk
Email: blink1990@gn.apc.org

Organisations/websites dealing with disability:

RADAR (Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation)
12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 8AF
Tel.: 020 7250 3222
Minicom: 020 7250 4119
Website: www.radar.org.uk
Email: radar@radar.org.uk

Youreable.com
24-26 Glasshouse Street, Nottingham NG1 3LW
Tel.: 0115 911 0315
Website: www.youreable.com
Email: editor@youreable.com

AbilityNet (deals with computing, RSI and upper-limb disorder)
PO Box 94, Warwick CV34 5WS
Tel.: 01926 312847
Website: www.abilitynet.co.uk
Email: enquiries@abilitynet.co.uk

Arthritis Care
18 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Tel.: 020 7380 6500
Fax: 020 7380 6505
Website: www.arthritiscare.org.uk

BackCare
16 Elmtree Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8ST
Tel.: 020 8977 5474
Fax: 020 8943 5318
Website: www.backpain.org
Email: back_pain@compuserve.com

British Dyslexia Association
Unit 8, Bracknell Beeches, Old Bracknell Lane, Bracknell RG12 7BW
Helpline: 0845 291 9002
Website: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
Email: helpline@bdadyslexia.org.uk

Epilepsy Action
New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7XY
Tel.: 0113 2108800
Fax: 0113 3910300
Website: www.epilepsy.org.uk
Email: epilepsy@bea.org.uk

Diabetes UK
10 Queen Anne Street, London SW2 1BN
Tel.: 020 7323 1531
Fax: 020 7637 3644
Website: www.diabetes.org.uk
Email: info@diabetes.org.uk

ME Association
4 Corringham Road, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex SS17 0AH
Tel.: 01375 642466
Fax: 01375 360256
Website: www.meassociation.org.uk
Email: postmaster@meassociation.org.uk

MENCAP
123 Golden Lane, London EC1 0RT
Tel.: 020 7454 0454
Fax: 020 7696 5540
Website: www.mencap.org.uk

MIND
Granta House, 15-19 Broadway, London E15 4BQ
Tel.: 020 8519 2122
Fax: 020 8522 1725
Website: www.mind.org.uk
Email: contact@mind.org.uk

Asthma UK
Providence House, Providence Place, London N1 0NT
Tel.: 020 7226 2260
Fax: 020 7704 0740
Website: www.asthma.org.uk

Rehab UK
Windermere House, Kendal Avenue, London W3 0XA
Tel.: 020 8896 2333
Fax: 020 8896 2444
Website: www.rehabuk.org

RNID
Information Line
19-23 Featherstone Street
London
EC1Y 8SL
Tel: Freephone - voice 0808 808 0123
Textphone: Freephone - textphone 0808 808 9000
Fax: 020 7296 8199
Website: www.rnid.org.uk
Email: informationline@rnid.org.uk

RNIB
224 Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA
Tel.: 020 7388 1266
Fax: 020 7388 2034
Website: www.rnib.org.uk
Email: helpline@rnib.org.uk

SCOPE
Units B, C, D, E & F, Moor Park Business Centre, Thornes Moor Road, Wakefield WF2 8PF
Tel.: 01924 366711
Website: www.scope.org.uk

Organisations/websites dealing with age:

CAADE (The Campaign Against Age Discrimination in Employment)
395 Barlow Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 5HW
Tel.: 0161 941 2902
Website: www.caade.net
Email: caade@lineone.net

Age Concern
Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER
Tel.: 020 8765 7200
Website: www.ace.org.uk
Email: ace@ace.org.uk

Age Concern Scotland
113 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3DT
Tel.: 0131 220 3345

Age Concern Northern Ireland
3 Lower Crescent, Belfast BT7 1NR
Tel.: 01232 245729

Age Concern Cymru
4th Floor, 1 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF1 9SD
Tel.: 01222 371566

Organisations/websites dealing with gender:

Equal Opportunities Commission
Overseas House, Quay Street, Manchester M3 3HN
Tel.: 0161 833 9244
Website: www.eoc.org.uk
Email: infor@eoc.org.uk

The Fawcett Society
1-3 Berry Street, London EC1V 0AA
Tel.: 020 7253 2598
Fax: 020 7253 2599
Website: www.fawcettsociety.org.uk

Organisations/websites dealing with sexuality:

Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights (CILIPGER)
Unit 1G, Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London N1 3QP
Tel.: 020 7704 6066

London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard
Tel.: 020 7837 7324

Stonewall: Equality and Justice for Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals
16 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0AA
Tel.: 020 7336 8860
Fax: 020 7336 8864
Website: www.stonewall.org.uk

Various other resources:

Social Exclusion Task Force
Cabinet Office, First Floor, Government Offices, Great George Street, London SW1P 3AL
Website: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force.aspx

The American Library Association diversity pages can be found at www.ala.org/ala/diversity/diversity.cfm

Andrea Adams Trust (anti-bullying)
Maritime House, Basin Road North, Portslade, BRIGHTON, East Sussex BN41 1WA
Tel.: 01273 704900                   Website: www.andreaadamstrust.org

Advice on designing Web sites

W3C - Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Center for Applied Special Technology
http://www.cast.org/

RNIB Hints for Designing Accessible Web sites
http://www.rnib.org.uk/digital/hints.htm