Equality and Diversity

What is the impact of prejudice and discrimination on children and young people?

Why is it important to promote anti-discriminatory practice when working with children and young people?

Lucy is 7 years old. She is a wheel-chair user. Her class-teacher has arranged a school trip to a castle with many steps. Is this discriminatory against Lucy? How would you challenge this?

What could be done in order to ensure Lucy is included in the trip?

Can you think of other ways in which children may be discriminated against? Think of the Equality Act here.

Martin is a single dad. He collects his children from school every day but none of the other parents speak to him. What could the setting do in order to support Martin?

Claire and her wife Krystal have 2 adoptive children who attend Tiny Steps nursery. The father of another child makes an unkind remark to Krystal, "You people shouldn't be allowed to have kids." On what grounds is this discrimination? You overhear this comment. What would you do?