Practical tools and guidance

Here you’ll find practical tools or guides that will help with planning, implementing or evaluating projects and programmes to improve EDI in science and health research.

Our latest practical tools and guidance

30 Aug 2023
A free step-by-step guide to working with British Sign Language/English Interpreters, including how to book them and how to work with them during an event or meeting.
30 Jun 2023
(English version) A free toolkit for creating radically inclusive grassroots events, featuring insights from organising an international virtual conference on trans health.
30 Jun 2023
(Version française) A free toolkit for creating radically inclusive grassroots events, featuring insights from organising an international virtual conference on trans health.
30 Jun 2023
(Versión en español) A free toolkit for creating radically inclusive grassroots events, featuring insights from organising an international virtual conference on trans health.
20 May 2022
This updated guide for 2022, developed in collaboration between EDIS and Wellcome, gives recommendations when asking diversity questions. It includes suggestions for questions you could ask and why you might choose to ask them in certain ways. This replaces the DAISY Guidance V1 published in January 2020. 
16 Jun 2021
Wellcome's anti-racist principles, guidance and toolkit: Wellcome has developed this resource to help achieve racial equity in their organisation and work.
27 May 2021
The Diversity and Inclusion Survey (DAISY) Guidance published last year was a step towards harmonising EDIS members' approaches to data collection through asking meaningful questions. As a next step we've explored, researched and shared more of what we've learnt about diversity data collection response rates and ways to improve them in this guide.
04 Feb 2021
This guiding questions checklist was created by EDIS and the trans community to prompt publishers on all of the steps they need to consider when creating and implementing inclusive name change policies. Please use this updated version 4 (Published February 2021).
22 Jan 2021
This database includes initiatives from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) - guides and resources produced to improve EDI within organisations and institutions. 
14 Sep 2020
A guide for event planning covering: Disability awareness and planning for accessibility, the benefits of inclusiveness, how to plan an accessible and inclusive event, and a best practice checklist for accessibility to comply with UK Equality regulations.
27 Aug 2020
The INCLUDE Ethnicity Framework aims to help clinical trial teams think carefully about which ethnic groups should be included in their trial for its results to be widely applicable, and what challenges there may be to making this possible. Having identified potential challenges, the trial team can then consider ways to reduce those challenges. 
14 Aug 2020
There is a new sense of urgency in the fight against racism. This guide outlines the steps individuals in the workplace can take towards becoming an effective ally.