2 | Our call to action for evidence-led policy and practice Based on this experience, we have four recommendations for policymakers who are at the driving end of tackling prejudice and discrimination: Legislation, policies, action plans, projects and interventions that aim to reduce humiliation, harassment, violence or abuse based on who people are need to be robustly evaluated, fulfilling at least the minimum standards we set out in our guidance. Given there is no one-size-fits-all solution, policymakers need to take a nuanced and targeted approach to tackle prejudice and discrimination in different contexts and for different groups, while identifying where there are commonalities and opportunities to make use of best practice in other settings. Policymakers need to be mindful that interventions can have unexpected outcomes and unintended consequences and therefore need to be evaluated and adapted on an ongoing basis. Change is likely to come at a slow pace, so policymakers should encourage longer-term investment and planning to establish the impact of projects, including evaluating activities after the intervention itself has finished. We will continue building expertise and capability around prejudice and unlawful behaviour with our own work programme: We will seek to embed the minimum standards of evaluation in our own work, and encourage others, especially Government departments, statutory bodies, funders and third sector organisations, to do the same. We will link up the learning from the first two phases of this work with similar work done by others to build understanding and avoid duplication. An
2 | Our call to action for evidence-led policy and practice Based on this experience, we have four recommendations for policymakers who are at the driving end of tackling prejudice and discrimination: Legislation, policies, action plans, projects and interventions that aim to reduce humiliation, harassment, violence or abuse based on who people are need to be robustly evaluated, fulfilling at least the minimum standards we set out in our guidance. Given there is no one-size-fits-all solution, policymakers need to take a nuanced and targeted approach to tackle prejudice and discrimination in different contexts and for different groups, while identifying where there are commonalities and opportunities to make use of best practice in other settings. Policymakers need to be mindful that interventions can have unexpected outcomes and unintended consequences and therefore need to be evaluated and adapted on an ongoing basis. Change is likely to come at a slow pace, so policymakers should encourage longer-term investment and planning to establish the impact of projects, including evaluating activities after the intervention itself has finished. We will continue building expertise and capability around prejudice and unlawful behaviour with our own work programme: We will seek to embed the minimum standards of evaluation in our own work, and encourage others, especially Government departments, statutory bodies, funders and third sector organisations, to do the same. We will link up the learning from the first two phases of this work with similar work done by others to build understanding and avoid duplication. An