Scottish Rugby Equality Survey 2017

Introduction:

It is Scottish Rugby’s policy to ensure that barriers to participation in Rugby Union - real or perceived - are removed. This is particularly the case for those groups which may currently be under represented within our game, and for those who may traditionally not have seen rugby as their sport of choice. We are committed to developing processes, practices and plans to ensure that rugby is open to all and that we uphold the principles of equality in all aspects of our work. We will audit and monitor our business activities regularly, and take appropriate steps if it appears that our commitment to equality is not being delivered effectively.

Please find below the Scottish Rugby Union’s Equality Survey 2017. Your cooperation in helping us to gather this monitoring information will greatly aid our efforts to ensure that everyone involved in the sport is treated fairly regardless of age, race or ethnicity, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

We established base data from our Equality Survey in 2014 and this informed the development of our Equality Action Plan 2014-16. We are looking to update this data in order to see what progress we have made towards tackling areas of under-representation or inequality, as well as identifying current areas we need to focus on in our next Equality Action Plan, which will be developed following the results of this survey.

This work is being carried out as part of our responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 and as part of the accreditation process for the Equality Standard for Sport (a requirement of our ongoing sportscotland funding)

Responses will be treated in the strictest confidence, in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. This means that:

- Your information will be stored securely with restricted access;
- Information will be anonymous(this means that there will be no way in which you can be identified), there is nowhere on the form that asks for your name; and
- Information will be combined in the form of summary reports which will be reported to our board and may be published on our website.

Instructions for completion:

Your response should be completed electronically via our survey method. Should this option not be available please request a hard copy of the survey from Pete Young and return to Scottish Rugby, BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh EH12 5PJ

The survey will only take you a few minutes to complete, but will be very valuable to us. We would ask you to complete the survey by 10 March 2017.

You are not obliged to answer all of the questions.

If you have any questions then you may talk in confidence to Pete Young, Equality and Outreach Manager peter.young@sru.org.uk or 07764178941.

Thank you in advance of your cooperation which will help us in our equality work.

Robert Howat

Company Secretary

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* 1. Consent
Please fill in the date boxes below to confirm your consent for us to collect your personal data in line with the Data Protection Act 1998

I have read and understood the covering letter which outlines the reasons for collecting my personal information and how this information will be treated

Date

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* 2. Age
Please indicate your age by ticking one of the boxes below

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

I would prefer not to answer this question

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* 3. Disability
The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as:
“A person has a disability if s/he has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.”
Do you consider yourself to be disabled?

Yes

I would prefer not to answer this question

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* 4. If you answered “Yes” to Q3, please identify the nature of your disability.

Deafness or partial hearing loss

Blindness or partial sight loss

Learning disability- e.g Downs Syndrome

Learning difficulty- e,g dyslexia

Developmental Disorder- e.g autism

Physical Disability

Mental Health Condition

Long term illness, disease or condition

I would prefer not to answer this question

Other condition (please specify)

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* 5. Ethnic Group
Please indicate your ethnic group by ticking one of the boxes below

White Scottish

White Other British

Irish

Gypsy Traveller

Polish

Any other white ethnic group

Any other mixed or multiple ethnic origin

Pakistani, Pakistani Scottish or Pakistani British

Indian, Indian Scottish or Indian British

Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi Scottish or Bangladeshi British

Chinese, Chinese Scottish or Chinese British

Other Asian,Asian Scottish or Asian British

African, African Scottish or African British

Other African

Caribbean, Caribbean Scottish or Caribbean British

Black, Black Scottish or Black British

Other Caribbean or Black

Arab, Arab Scottish or Arab British

Other ethnic group

I would prefer not to answer this question

If you ticked "other" for any of the sections above please write in details here

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* 6. Religion or Belief
What religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to?

None

Church of Scotland

Roman Catholic

Other Christian

Muslim

Buddhist

Sikh

Jewish

Hindu

Other religion or body

I would prefer not to answer this question

If you answered other above (please specify)

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* 7. Sex and Gender Identity
Please indicate your sex by ticking one of the boxes below:

Male

Female

I would prefer not to answer this question

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* 8. Have you ever identified as transgender?

Yes

I would prefer not to answer that question

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* 9. Sexual Orientation
Please indicate which of the following best describes how you think about yourself by ticking one of the boxes below:

Heterosexual

Gay Man

Gay Woman/ Lesbian

Bi-sexual

I would prefer not to answer this question

Other (please specify)

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* 2. AgePlease indicate your age by ticking one of the boxes below

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* 3. DisabilityThe Equality Act 2010 defines disability as: “A person has a disability if s/he has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.”Do you consider yourself to be disabled?

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* 4. If you answered “Yes” to Q3, please identify the nature of your disability.

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* 5. Ethnic GroupPlease indicate your ethnic group by ticking one of the boxes below

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* 6. Religion or BeliefWhat religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to?

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* 7. Sex and Gender IdentityPlease indicate your sex by ticking one of the boxes below:

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* 8. Have you ever identified as transgender?

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* 9. Sexual OrientationPlease indicate which of the following best describes how you think about yourself by ticking one of the boxes below:

* 2. Age
Please indicate your age by ticking one of the boxes below

* 3. Disability
The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as:
“A person has a disability if s/he has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.”
Do you consider yourself to be disabled?

* 5. Ethnic Group
Please indicate your ethnic group by ticking one of the boxes below

* 6. Religion or Belief
What religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to?

* 7. Sex and Gender Identity
Please indicate your sex by ticking one of the boxes below:

* 9. Sexual Orientation
Please indicate which of the following best describes how you think about yourself by ticking one of the boxes below: