Race Equality Scheme - Our Race Equality Strategic Aims

We will put our values, standards and principles into practice by:

• ensuring that equality is seen as a priority in all policy development and planning

• taking positive action to ensure that all sections of our community have equal access to information and to our services

• consulting, involving and encouraging the participation of all sections of the community

• working towards building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our community

• ensuring that our workforce has equality of treatment in our employment practices

All of the activities identified above are included in either our corporate or Directorate action plans. The first year focuses on tackling areas that have been identified as a high priority because of the potential impact on equality issues and because of the lack of monitoring information available in these areas. However, we recognise that we are starting from a low base and have chosen to review the Race Equality Scheme more frequently than the required three year cycle. This means that we will develop further action plans to ensure that consistent progress is made.