This practical virtual workshop explores how to use Equality Impact Assessments as a meaningful decision-making tool rather than a tick-box process. Delegates will learn how to assess impact realistically, work confidently with incomplete information, and record their thinking clearly and proportionately without creating unnecessary delay.

What will delegates learn?

By the end of the session, delegates will be able to use Equality Impact Assessments more confidently and effectively in day-to-day practice. They will understand how EIAs can strengthen decision-making, demonstrate good EDI practice, and provide a clear, defensible record of how equality considerations have been taken into account.

This course will cover:

• What Equality Impact Assessments are for in practice
• When an EIA should be completed
• How to complete EIAs confidently, even without direct lived experience
• How to work with partial data, limited evidence and uncertainty
• When consultation is helpful and when it may not be necessary
• How to record potential negative impacts without preventing decisions from moving forward
• How to avoid EIA paralysis while staying proportionate, practical and defensible.

Who should attend?

Anyone involved in completing, reviewing or relying on Equality Impact Assessments, including managers, HR professionals, policy staff, operational teams, EDI leads, resident involvement staff and senior leaders.

Teagan Robinson-Bell is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategist with extensive experience in the housing sector, supporting organisations to embed equity into governance, services and workplace culture. With a background in HR, her work sits at the intersection of people, policy and systems, helping housing providers meet regulatory expectations while improving real-world outcomes for tenants and colleagues.

Educated in law and CMI Level 7 qualified, Teagan brings a structured, evidence-led approach to areas such as equality impact assessments, resident engagement, inclusive leadership and organisational accountability. Her practice challenges performative approaches to EDI, focusing instead on practical, sustainable change that stands up to scrutiny and reflects lived experience.