Equality means treating everyone the same, and that everyone has the same opportunity to be the best they possibly can e.g. everyone gets education they need to get the career they want. Diversity means a range of difference of things e.g. culture or race. It’s important to promote equality and diversity because everyone can get the same service as the rest, which meets up to their personal needs. This can lead to a decrease of discrimination of others (treating a group of people or an individual differently) and influence others to accept people the way they are. Not treating everyone the same can lead an individual to feel depressed, have a loss of confidence, withdraw themselves from social activities etc. These may become severe as discrimination
