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 is a 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

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Equal opportunities applies to housing by making sure that the poor people have a house to live in.

It is important to have equal opportunities in housing because it is your basic human right to have access to home.

Sometime people don’t get equal opportunities to housing because there are lots of people who live on the street.

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Public housing – Greenwich Housing Association

Private housing – Berkeley Homes in Woolwich Arsenal

Equal opportunities applies to education by having 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.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 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 that they get housing for the elderly, employment they are protected by law.

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.

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Equal opportunities applies to disabled people by help being given, money or funding to help them, they are protected by law.

It is important to have equal opportunities for this group because they cannot do the same 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.

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