We are committed to ensuring equality in everything we do both through our service provision and through our responsibilities as an employer. We recognise that while everyone is different, they have the right to be treated with an equal level of respect and have equal opportunity of access to our services and facilities.
Equality duty
We work with the community and our partners to develop objectives which are both meaningful and relevant to our district.
Our Equality Policy sets out our commitment to equality and diversity, and how we will:
- tackle equalities issues
- aim to eliminate discrimination
Read our Equality Policy below
- Equality Policy (opens in new tab)pdf file[85KB]
The Public Sector Equality Duty (opens in new tab) is part of the Equality Act (opens in new tab).
It applies to public sector organisations, like councils. It says we must meet the needs of all individuals in the way we work, when shaping policy, delivering services and in relation to our own employees.
The Public Sector Equality Duty has three aims. We must show how we have worked to:
- eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Act
- improve equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it
- foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
Protected characteristics
The Equality Act 2010 sets out nine protected characteristics or equalities groups. The Act provides protection if you experience discrimination because of your:
- age
- disability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity
- race
- religion or belief
- sex
- sexual orientation
Equality objectives
Translation
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