Equal opportunities means that all people should be treated equally regardless of their background or abilities. The document discusses how equal opportunities applies to housing, education, healthcare, employment, disabled people, and LGBT groups. It is important to have equal opportunities in these areas so that everyone has a fair chance regardless of their circumstances and can fully participate in society. However, sometimes equal opportunities are not provided due to lack of access, discrimination, or unfair treatment.

1. What does equal opportunities mean?
Equal opportunities are where all people should be treated equally. For
example in our new school we now have lifts so we can have
students that are disabled.
Research on the internet and find out how equal opportunities applies to:
Equal opportunities The first example has been completed for you:
applies to housing
by giving everyone Public housing – Greenwich Housing Association
a chance to have a
house.
Private housing – Berkeley Homes in Woolwich
It is important to
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have equal
opportunities in
housing because
people will have a
place to live.
Sometimes people
don’t get equal
opportunities to
housing because
they cannot afford
it or they do not
pay for the rent if
they are renting
the house.

2. Equal opportunities
applies to
education by
making schools
treat everyone the
same.
It is important to
have equal
opportunities in
education because
students we feel
like they are
getting treated in
the same way and
learning in the
same way.
Sometimes people
don’t get equal
opportunities to
school prospectus, treating children equally.
education because
people may not
treat them the
same way or they
could be different
to other students.
Equal opportunities
applies to
education by
schools. It is
important to have
these because
everyone wants to
be treated in the

3. same way as
everyone else.
Some people don’t
have equal
opportunities
because there not
getting treated in
the same way.
Equal opportunities
applies to
healthcare
bygiving everyone
a chance to seek
medical advice
when they need it.
It is important to
have equal
opportunities in
healthcare
because people will
have to seek
medical advice
once in their lives.
Sometimes people
don’t get equal
opportunities to
healthcare
because they may
not have the right

4. to have any
medical advice if
they have anything
bad against them. Allows equal opportunities in health care.

5. Equal opportunities
applies to
employment by
giving jobs to the
people that are
more qualified.
It is important to
have equal
employment in
because it gives
everyone a chance
to have a job.
However the
people that are
more qualified are
more likely to get
the job.
Sometimes people
don’t get equal
opportunities to
employment
because they are
not good enough
for that job or
they are not
qualified for it.
so people can have an equal chance to get a job.
Pick two groups from the list below. Explain the problems that people
have giving equal opportunities to people in these groups:

6. Disabled
Gender
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender)
Ethnic groups
Age
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It is important
to have equal
opportunities
for this group
because
everyone should
be treated
equally and
everyone has
the right to be
treated equally.
For example if a
school has a lift
then they are
treating the
disabled people
just like
everyone else.
The problems
happen when
they are not

7. treated equally.
Also if I school
does not have
facilities that
disabled people
could use, for
example if a
school didn’t
have a lift. Then
people with
wheel chairs
couldn’t go to
that school.
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opportunities - newspaper or website address
applies to - a quote to support your point
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____ by
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opportunities
for this group
because they
have the right
to be treated in
the same way as
anyone else.
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lesbian, gay etc.
these problems
happen because

8. people just
treat them like
their not a
normal person.
Their just the
same as
everyone else
and they should
have the right
to be treated
equally.