Publishing Information
Publishing of equality information showing compliance with the General Equality Duty
Our Equality Priorities are identified from actions detailed in the Councils Corporate Plan.
The equality objectives will be set as part of our business planning process. The Corporate Plan is the council's overarching business plan and this is supported by service plans for each of the council's divisions and the departments that sit within each Division. The equality objectives will ensure that we meet local needs, which we will report on and publish on our website.
More information can be found on the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Home Office websites.
Publishing Equality objectives
Data to be published
Annually
- information relating to employees who share protected characteristics (for public bodies with 150 or more employees);
- information relating to people who are affected by the public body's policies and practices who share protected characteristics (for example, service users).
the number of people with different protected characteristics who access and use services in different ways; - customer satisfaction levels and informal feedback from service users with different protected characteristics and results of consultations;
- complaints about discrimination and complaints from people with different protected characteristics;
service outcomes for people with different protected characteristics.
Every Four Years
- one or more specific and measurable equality objective(s) which will help us to further the three aims of the Equality Duty.
Equality Objectives
We have produced a new set of draft priorities which we will consult on as part of the 2026/7 refresh of our Corporate Plan, which includes the Council's vision, aims and objectives.
The report to our Executive Board in March 2026 can be viewed here and the draft Equality Objectives are as follows and reflect our work with regard to service delivery, how we engage with residents and our work with our staff:
1. We will ensure that we provide fair and accessible services and facilities, efficiently and effectively, to meet the diverse needs of our communities, and will manage this by:
- Carrying out Equality Impact Assessments (EqIA) and/or overall risk assessments to ensure decision-making is fair, and no group is disadvantaged or discouraged from participating and we monitor performance and analysing feedback from service users
2. Promote equality through engagement between the council, communities, customers, groups and individuals and we will manage this by:
- We will ensure that everyone has the opportunity to express their views, by empowering them to take part in decision-making processes and influence our service delivery, practices and processes through fora such as the Council’s Borough Wide Tenants’ Forum and the Disability Forum
- We will plan and monitor engagement with communities to improve the quality and effectiveness of council provision
3. Promote equality through better understanding of our workforce/potential workforce, and be seen as a good employer. This will be achieved by:
- Monitoring local demographics
- Analysing any disparities or issues found through our collection and recording of staff diversity data (based on the protected characteristics as identified in the Equality Act 2010), as well as through our gender pay gap reporting
- Providing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training to all our staff, including EqIA training, and offering further awareness sessions as appropriate to ensure our staff have the skills, knowledge and awareness to be able to deliver services fairly and challenge unfair treatment or inappropriate behaviours
- Actively promoting and ensuring everyone understands our EDI related policies, such as Dignity at Work.