The project will aim to establish an effective regional equality partnership to provide full support to all VCS infrastructure groups across the East Midlands, and will serve as a platform for the development of a regional equality network. This project will expand the existing work of the applicant partnership, which currently covers two East Midlands counties, to cover the full region. Leicester Centre for Integrated Living (LCIL) is the co-ordinating body for the Equality and Diversity Partnership.