While the first Wales Audit Office progress report concentrated on establishing equality objectives and setting up arrangements for collecting relevant information, this report focuses on how we have made a start in driving our equality work into our working policies and practices.

This year has seen many developments for the Wales Audit Office. We have developed a set of instructions to help staff to address equality when carrying out their audit and related work. We have appointed equality and diversity Allies and Champions who have a role in embedding equality into the Wales Audit Office's organisational culture, and we have hosted a number of "Lunch and Learn" sessions where staff have been invited to attend talks given by key speakers who represent organisations that support persons with protected characteristics.