Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) Toolkit

In brief

A practical toolkit providing templates and guidance for conducting Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs). Covers the purpose of EqIAs, when they should be conducted, how to gather evidence, assess differential impacts on protected groups, consider mitigations, and document findings.

Key provisions

• holding-1 — EqIA process and templates: Provides EqIA process templates and step-by-step guidance for conducting Equality Impact Assessments, from scoping to decision-making.
• holding-2 — Identifying differential impacts: Guidance on identifying differential impacts: how to assess whether a policy or practice has a disproportionate effect on groups sharing a protected characteristic.
• holding-3 — Mitigation strategies: Mitigation strategies: once differential impacts are identified, the EqIA should consider how to reduce or eliminate them while still achieving the policy objective.
• holding-4 — Documentation and record-keeping: Documentation and record-keeping requirements for EqIAs: what to record, how to store it, and how long to retain it for legal and accountability purposes.

When relevant

The toolkit's future EqIA/DPIA wizard (Phase 5) will build on this methodology. Relevant for any organisation creating or revising trans inclusion policies.