Single Equity Scheme

In December 2006, sportscotland published its Single Equity Scheme (updated May 2007). This is a three-year strategy and action plan which sets out how sportscotland is working to achieve equity throughout its functions. It covers the key equity strands, with a particular focus on gender, disability and race equity.

Publication of the Scheme is a requirement of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000 (as amended), the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, and the Equality Act 2006.

The Scheme sets out how sportscotland will fulfil its legislative duties to tackle discrimination and to promote equality between women and men, disabled people and other people, and people from different racial groups. These duties are known respectively as the gender equality duty, the disability equality duty and the race equality duty.

We have produced this Scheme as part of our statutory duty to promote equality, but also because we passionately believe that sport should be open and accessible to all. The actions within our Single Equity Scheme will contribute towards our dual aims of increasing participation and improving performance in Scottish sport.

The Scheme can be downloaded on this page.

2007 Single Equity Scheme progress report

We have published our first progress report on the delivery of our Single Equity Scheme. This report summarises the work we have done to deliver the Scheme in its first year of existence. The report can be downloaded from the link on this page.

Copies of the Single Equity Scheme and the 2007 progress report can be made available in hard copy, large print or alternative formats on request. Contact a member of sportscotland's Communications team on 0131 317 7200 for more information, or email publications.assistant@sportscotland.org.uk

For more information on our Single Equity Scheme, please contact our Ethics Manager on 0131 317 7200.

Equity Impact Assessments (EQIA)

As a result of the disability, gender and race equality duties, sportscotland is required to conduct equity impact assessments (EQIA) on all our policies and functions.

The aim of the EQIA process is to ensure that sportscotland’s existing or proposed policies and activities do not disadvantage people because of their disability, gender, race or ethnicity.  sportscotland is not yet required by law to conduct EQIAs which consider the impact of religion or belief, sexual orientation or age on our policy development process: however, because we are committed to ensuring equity is mainstreamed throughout our work, our EQIA process does incorporate these three strands.

sportscotland’s approach to equity impact assessment is outlined in our Single Equity Scheme, which can be found by clicking the link opposite.

Our equity impact assessment timetable and reports on the equity impact assessments we have already completed can be downloaded from the EQIA page - see link opposite.