It was superseded by a revised funding programme: the current Equality and Human Rights Fund.The Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund was used to fund projects that would contribute to one or more of four outcomes:Discrimination against people who share protected characteristics is reduced and multiple discrimination is addressed so that barriers to participation are reduced.People covered by hate crime legislation experience lower levels of hate crime.People and communities are supported to participate in and engage with services and civic society; their contribution is recognised, and community cohesion is increased.Current imbalances in representation in all aspects and levels of public life, including education and employment are addressed to better reflect our communities"Equality, Access and Citizenship for Deaf People: Deaf Sector Partnership (DSP) support" project was funded to support Scottish Council on Deafness (SCOD) to provide specific infrastructure to support the national planning cycle, the BSL National Advisory Group (BSL NAG) set up to lead the BSL National Plan and contribute to the engagement required to include and involve Deaf / Deafblind and other people to develop the national plan priorities.The specific outcomes to be achieved were:DSP activities and communications are effective, planned and co-ordinated...