Diversity - implementation

Our internal Diversity Working Group  oversees the development and implementation of the Equalities Policy Framework and action plan.  This brings together staff from all services and has trade union representation.

The Diversity Working Group is responsible for leading the development of the equalities policy framework, rolling it out across the organisation, monitoring our progress against the action plan and working with others to review the strategy on a regular basis. Each member of the group is responsible for promoting the framework within their own part of the organisation.

The Council’s Corporate Management Team is responsible for agreeing and signing off the framework and recommending its approval for adoption by Council. We all have a responsibility to ensure that the framework and its principles underpin all aspects of our work.

The Chief Executive is responsible for developing an organisational culture in which the framework can be effectively implemented and to ensure that it is implemented by means of the action plan and reviewed, monitored and developed on a regular basis.

The Corporate Management Team is responsible for making the framework operational collectively and as individuals within their own services.

The Council is responsible for ensuring that we have done what we set out to achieve and will ensure that it is reported upon and reviewed every year.