Resources for Businesses

Sexual Harrassment Policy Template

A policy template to help small and medium businesses establish a sexual harassment policy. It defines sexual harassment, sets standards of behaviour, explains complaint procedures, and outlines employer responsibilities under UK law.

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Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures Training Template

A slide deck providing an overview of sexual harassment policies and procedures, including definitions, employer duties, reporting processes, and prevention strategies. Designed as an entry-level training tool for smaller businesses.

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Code of Conduct Template

A ready-to-adapt workplace code of conduct template that sets expectations for professional behaviour, respect, and safeguarding across the drinks industry. It provides a baseline for employers to establish clear standards and accountability.

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Essential EDI Policies for Hospitality and Wine

A set of suggested EDI policy templates for hospitality and wine businesses, covering equal opportunities, anti-harassment, inclusive recruitment, accessibility, supplier diversity, marketing, training, and wellbeing. Supports businesses to embed fairness and compliance into practice.

EDI Language Checklist by Drinks United

A checklist designed to promote inclusive, respectful language in the drinks industry. It explains why some terms are outdated and provides inclusive alternatives across disability, gender, race, and LGBTQ+ language.

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Safe Event 360 by Drinks United

A practical guide to running safer drinks industry events, covering pre-planning, event-day management, and post-event follow-up. It helps organisers address risks linked to alcohol, late nights, and power dynamics while embedding safeguarding as standard practice.

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The Drinks Trust Resources Platform

Conceived by The Drinks Trust to meet the serious challenges facing drinks industry colleagues today, the platform provides practical tools, financial calculators, and trusted information to help individuals navigate professional and personal pressures. From career development and wellbeing resources to financial planning, the platform brings together a wealth of knowledge in one accessible space.

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The Psychology of Bias

In this 10-minute talk, Alya breaks down unconscious bias, covering its psychology, impact on decisions, types, and how to disrupt it. She makes the topic approachable and gives workplace context to explain the root of bias, providing a four-step framework for building awareness and disrupting bias. Users will learn to take actionable steps to have more confident and thoughtful discussions.

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Understanding Key DEI Terms

A practical handout for individuals and organisations to build confidence using DEI language. This guide explains core terms in approachable language with workplace context, and gives tips to start having conversations. Users can quickly understand key concepts and take actionable steps to start inclusive, confident discussions about culture, bias, and belonging.

Equal Measures Introduction to EDI

The Equal Measures EDI Introduction and Services Deck includes industry-relevant data around EDI and how it is vital to improving business, staff retention, and working conditions. It also illustrates the EDI Services on offer from Equal Measures that can help support you on your journey.

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Inclusive and Adaptive Learning: 15 ways to support students with additional needs

This is a 'quick tips' guide to producing accessible online learning experiences, from accessible documentation and presentation to communication with learners and suggestions for synchronous sessions. It is not designed to be fully comprehensive or deeply explanatory as to why these measures are suggested or who the beneficiaries may be, it is simply designed to be a quick overview of readily achievable steps that most online educators could take to make the learning experience more accessible for their current and future learners.

Curious Vines Weekly Newsletter & Membership Platform

A free weekly newsletter packed with value for Women+ and drinks businesses, including a platform for Members to promote themselves, their friends or their work; a weekly jobs email to receive wine industry job listings, to help companies attain gender balance in the workplace; access to education support to drive equity to pass higher education before/during caring duties; and a safe and supportive place to raise profile, see new content and attract women to events. Contact Curious Vines via the web link to sign up for the newsletter.

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Drinkaware Content Calendar

Drinkaware provides information, tools, and develops campaigns to help people understand their relationship with alcohol and reduce the harm it can cause. Drinkaware has created this content calendar to help inform, educate, and provide guidance to your internal and external communities, aiming to reduce the risks associated with harmful levels of drinking. These assets are designed to be shared digitally or displayed in staff areas, enabling your teams to engage with practical and impactful alcohol awareness content actively.

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Paths to parenthood: Uplifting new mothers at work

Throughout this report The Fawcett Society will provide actionable steps for employers to become more family-friendly, in order to improve retention, productivity, and the lives of their employees.

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HR Roundtable - The Power of Neurodiversity in the Workplace

The video is a roundtable about the power of neurodiversity in the workplace hosted by Kinhub.

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Wellbeing Insights Series - LGTBQ+ Wellbeing

Andy Romero-Birkbeck, Founder & Director at We Are Wellbeing, discusses LGTBQ+ Wellbeing with Chris Hulme, Associate Trainer

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Supporting Pride In The Workplace

We Are Wellbeing Associate Coach, Christopher Hulme, provides expertise on how business professionals can ensure they create an equal and positive workplace environment.

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Employers Guide to Learning Disability

Employers guide to employing and managing someone with a learning disability

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Embracing Black Diversity

Information about embracing Black diversity in the workplace

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Broken Ladders: The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace

Broken Ladders is the first report of its kind to focus explicitly on the experiences and perspectives of women of colour in the workplace – their voices on the challenges they face are now being heard.

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The Ethnicity Motherhood Pay Penalty

The Ethnicity Motherhood Pay Penalty Report has added to the call for action on ensuring there is pay parity for Black, Asian and other minoritised women.

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Quick reference guide to equal pay

Infographic giving at a glance guide on equal pay

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Supporting Disabled People at Work

Advice on supporting and treating disabled people fairly at work. For employers, managers and disabled employees, workers and job applicants.

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Disability Guide for Employers

Practical advice for employers on supporting disabled people and those with long term health conditions in the work place

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Seeking support for working carers

If you are juggling work and care there are various ways you can get help. There are things you can do to cope with the pressures of work and care. As a working carer you are likely to need a range of support both in and out of the workplace, and often different levels of support at different times.

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Help creating a workplace policy

Advice for employers on creating a workplace alcohol policy

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Accessibility at Work

Accessibility at work is about removing barriers to make sure disabled people can take an active part in working life. Employers should make sure their workplace, and the way they work, is accessible to as many people as possible. This is on top of the legal requirement to make reasonable adjustments for disabled staff and job applicants.

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