Equality and Human Rights Commission

Part of the Commission’s remit is to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality.

Quick links for Age Equality

Information about our work on age equality can be found across the website, imbedded with information about other issues.  However, the links below will take you directly to information on the site that specifically relates to age.  To make it easier we have separated out information specifically relating to young people or to older people.

Advice and guidance - older people

• Advice and Guidance under the Equality Act 2010
• Your rights - Age discrimination
• Guidance for employers - includes ACAS guidance: 'Age and the Workplace'
• Conference report: Age Diversity in the Downturn: Business Benefits of Creative Approaches to Age Management

Advice and guidance - young people

• Advice and Guidance under the Equality Act 2010
• Young people – know your rights
• Young people need advice too - advising young people
• Guidance for Education and training providers

Legal resources

• New law: The Equality Act has streamlined discrimination law into one equality act
• Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 and the Age Discrimination Questionnaire
• Age regulations and the 'Heyday' legal challenge
• Medical receptionist settles Age Discrimination case 

Projects and policy work about older people and ageing

• Just Ageing
• Home Care Inquiry - human rights of older people receiving home care
• Research about older people
• Care and Support (developing effective Adult Social Care)
• Working Better Phase 2: the over 50s the new work generation
• Health and Social Care Bill - Briefings
• Consultation response: Shaping the Future of Care Together
• Consultation response: Ending age discrimination in services and public functions
• Consultation response: Better Health, Better Care (Scotland)

Projects and policy work for or about young people

• Young Brits at Art
• Our Space (youth summer camp)
• Project 1,000 -  young equality leaders
• 20 years of the Rights of the Child
• Staying On - engaging young people in education and training to age 18
• Croeso projects (Wales) including Your Choice animation campaign
• Who do you see? Children and Young People
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child - Our Shadow Report 
• Consultation response: Youth Crime Action Plan 2008
• Consultation response: National Framework for assessing children and young people's continuing care
• Consultation response: Ending Child Poverty: Making it Happen
• Consultation response: giving children and young people a right to appeal (in educational decisions)
• Consultation response: The Apprenticeship (Scotland) Bill

General information

• News stories and our press releases about age equality:  Media Centre | Equality News (Scotland) | Equality News (Wales)
• Age issues and human rights
• 'How fair is Britain' charted progress on equality in Britain, including age equality
• Research reports about equality and discrimination issues including age
• Here for Business - making equality work for business
• Funding from the Commission for agencies promoting age equality 
• Commission publications, including those addressing age equality