1. What does equal opportunities mean? There is no standard definition of
equal opportunity. In a social setting, it implies a social environment
in which people are not excluded from the activities of society
such as education, employment, or healthcare on the basis of
immutable traits
Equal opportunities isa situation in which people have the same
opportunities in life as other people, without being treated in an
unfair way because of their race, sex, sexuality, religion, or age
Research on the internet and find out how equal opportunities applies to:
Equal opportunities applies to The first example has been
housing by making sure that the completed for you:
poor people have a house to live in.
Public housing – Greenwich Housing
Association
It is important to have equal
opportunities in housing because it
is your basic human right to have
access to home.
Private housing – Berkeley Homes in
Woolwich Arsenal
Sometime people don’t get equal
opportunities to housing because
there are lots of people who live on
the street.
Equal opportunities applies to
education byhaving public (paid by
government) and private schools
(paid by parents).
It is important to have equal
opportunities in education because
so everyone gets good grades,
GCSEs, also it is a human right to
have an education.

2. Sometime people don’t get equal
opportunities to education because
they might have a learning need,
they can’t pay for a private
education, some children have
disadvantaged because they have a
behavioural need and don’t go to
lessons.
Equal opportunities applies to
healthcare through the NHS. It is
a free service. In America, they
have to pay,
It is important to have equal
opportunities in healthcare because
people if they don’t have a home
and are sick have somewhere to go.
Sometime people don’t get equal
opportunities to healthcare because
some people have to go on a waiting
list. If they have cancer, it will
spread and they might die.
Equal opportunities applies to
employment because young people
get money to help them find jobs.
It is important to have equal
opportunities in employment
because everyone can be treated
the same no matter what their
background.
Sometime people don’t get equal
opportunities to employment
because it is now harder to find
jobs even if you have good
qualifications. For people with less

3. good GCSEs they have less chance
of being successful.
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 age in News article or supporting evidence
that they get housing for the - newspaper or website
elderly, employment they are address
protected by law. - a quote to support your point
It is important to have equal
opportunities for this group
because the elderly are unable to
work sometimes, or look after
themselves.
The problems happen when the
government makes cuts on the
money that they get. The elderly
start to struggle to pay for food,
water and electricity.
Equal opportunities applies to News article or supporting evidence
disabled people by help being given, - newspaper or website
money or funding to help them, address
they are protected by law. - a quote to support your point
It is important to have equal
opportunities for this group
because they cannot do the same

4. stuff as other people can because
they mighty be ill and they can’t get
a job.
The problems happen when
government make cuts and the
money doesn’t go to the helpers so
they struggle.