Refer to people’, not people’ or elderly’. ‘older ‘old ‘the From age 14, to people’, not ‘young ‘children’. Referring to young people’ or groups’ may give the ‘vulnerable ‘hard-to-reach impression that these are innate characteristics. At the first mention, it is better to refer instead to people whose circumstances have made them ‘young vulnerable’ or whose circumstances have made them hard to reach’. ‘groups To avoid giving offence and possible idea of stereotyping, use of in relation to ‘The’ people or groups of people requires forethought and care about the meaning conveyed, even though this may be a nuance. For example Poles represent a ‘the large section of the community’ might be more sensitively expressed as ‘The town/area has a large Polish community’. Protected characteristics The following are the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010: age disability gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief sex sexual orientation. The protected characteristics of and and civil partnerships’ do not ‘age’ ‘marriage apply to schools.
Refer to ‘older people’, not ‘old people’ or ‘the elderly’. From age 14, to ‘young people’, not ‘children’. Referring to ‘vulnerable young people’ or ‘hard-to-reach groups’ may give the impression that these are innate characteristics. At the first mention, it is better to refer instead to ‘young people whose circumstances have made them vulnerable’ or ‘groups whose circumstances have made them hard to reach’. To avoid giving offence and possible idea of stereotyping, use of ‘The’ in relation to people or groups of people requires forethought and care about the meaning conveyed, even though this may be a nuance. For example ‘the Poles represent a large section of the community’ might be more sensitively expressed as ‘The town/area has a large Polish community’. Protected characteristics The following are the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010: age disability gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief sex sexual orientation. The protected characteristics of ‘age’ and ‘marriage and civil partnerships’ do not apply to schools.
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