Help and information

Your Pledge could help your organisation to meet some of the duties placed upon public sector bodies such as:

• Requirement under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 
• Scottish Specific duties in relation to the public sector equality duty. 
• Requirement under Section 9 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

There are also number of existing accreditations which public sector organisations should be subscribed to or working towards:

• Digital Participation Charter - commits the signatories to using their collective skills and resources to increase digital inclusion and participation in Scotland.
• Investors in People accredited employers
• Living Wage accredited employers
• work towards the Investors in Young People Gold Standard
• Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index
• Healthy Working Lives Award
• Partnership for Change - a network of organisations and individuals who share a common ambition to improve diversity on boards and in senior leadership.