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Equality Impact Assessment Toolkit Training

Argyll and Bute Council has produced an Award-winning Equality Impact Assessment Toolkit and the Improvement Service has agreed to support a training day in the central belt for councils that want to use the toolkit.

The toolkit was circulated to local authorities in September and several councils expressed an interest in using it. In Argyll and Bute, half-day training sessions have been delivered to familiarise officers with the process. Those attending these sessions gave very positive feedback and most people commented that the process was much easier to use than they had anticipated.

If you are interested in using the toolkit and would like to attend a half-day session, please contact Jennifer Swanson, Policy Officer, Argyll & Bute Council on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Shared Services Community now live

The National Shared Services community website is now live at www.improvementservice.org.uk/shared-services. This website provides a way to share information on the National Shared Services Programme and to support local authorities to take forward projects in the National portfolio. We will also be issuing a Shared Services newletter - to receive your copy of this, please update your subscriptions.

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