The future of the Equality and Inclusion Funding Programme
Q1. Do you consider that this document summarises the main issues that should be considered in relation to this funding programme? Please outline any issues which you feel are missing or need further attention?
Q2. Do you support the proposal for a longer, 5-year programme? If not, please briefly outline your reasons.
Q3. Would you support Welsh Government providing core funding for some strategic equality organisations? If not, please briefly outline your reasons.
Q4. Do you support the continuation of existing services for particular groups? Are there other services which you think should be provided in future? If not, please briefly outline your reasons.
Q5. What should be the balance between procured services, core funding and grant-funded projects? How would you split the budget (currently £1.6million) between these areas?
Q6. Do you agree that this funding should align with the objectives set out in the Welsh Government’s Strategic Equality Action Plan 2020-2024?
Q7. Do you think that some of the funding should be set aside to support wider equality action and collaborative working between equality organisations?
Q8. Do you agree that this funding should align with our specific equality plans such as the Gender Equality, Race Equality and LGBT+ Action Plans?
Q9. We would like to know your views on the effects that these proposals would have on the Welsh language, specifically on opportunities for people to use Welsh and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than English. What effects do you think there would be? How could positive effects be increased, or negative effects be mitigated?
Q10. Please also explain how you believe the proposed policy approach could be formulated or changed so as to have positive effects or increased positive effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language, and no adverse effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language.
Q11. We have asked a number of specific questions. If you have any related issues which we have not specifically addressed, please use this space to report them: