1. What does equal opportunities mean?
Equal opportunities is
Research on the internet and find out how equal opportunities applies to:
Equal opportunities applies to The first example has been
housing by completed for you:
Public housing – Greenwich Housing
Association
It is important to have equal
opportunities in housing because
Private housing – Berkeley Homes in
Sometime people don’t get equal
Woolwich Arsenal
opportunities to housing because
Equal opportunities applies to Everyone getting free education
education by and some go to Private
school.
It is important to have equal
opportunities in education because
So That children and young
people can have a good
education to get a good job
when they grow up.
Sometime people don’t get equal
opportunities to education because

2. Equal opportunities applies to Most people get free healthcare by
healthcare by the NHS, Depending on
where they go.
It is important to have equal So that everyone can have a
opportunities in healthcare because better chance of living
longer.
Sometime people don’t get equal If you’re having a donor, then
opportunities to healthcare because it could take up to 7 months
to find one for the right
organ for you, and in that
time, you could die.
Equal opportunities applies to Well for example, women expecting
employment by newborn have to be
protected at work.
It is important to have equal
employment because you have to pay them the
right wage, you can’t fire
someone because there
pregnant.
Sometime people don’t get equal
opportunities to employment Some employs may not give
because someone the job, because
they may be a girl,

3. Pick two groups from the list below. Explain the problems that people
have giving equal opportunities to people in these groups:
Disabled
Gender
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender)
Ethnic groups
Age
Equal opportunities applies to News article or supporting evidence
_____Gender________ by making - newspaper or website
sure that working conditions are address
the same for women as well as men - a quote to support your point
It is important to have equal
opportunities for this group
because everyone needs to be
treated fairly for example if a man
and a woman are doing exactly the
same job then they should both be
paid the same wage.
The problems happen when someone
feels they are being treated
unfairly because of their sex.

4. Equal opportunities applies to News article or supporting evidence
________Age_____ by Making - newspaper or website
sure that people have the same address
opportunities no matter what their - a quote to support your point
age.
It is important to have equal
opportunities for this group
becauseSomeone should not be
discriminated because of their age.
Eg. There are rules and laws that a
16 year old can work .
The problems happen when
Someone might lose there job
because they are older, and the
work place want someone younger
who is cheaper to do the same job,
as it is cheaper to pay a younger
person a wage then a older more
expericenst person