Council Diversity Groups
The Diversity Group
The Diversity Group exists to ensure that the Council fulfils its statutory and other commitments in respect of diversity and equality of opportunity. It aims to promote and achieve equal opportunities for all regardless of race, religion or belief, disability, age, gender or sexual orientation, income or geographical location within the county.
The group is led and chaired by the Deputy Chief Executive, and members include officers from each Council Directorate.
Disability Working Group
The Disability Working Group exists to ensure that the Council fulfils its statutory and other commitments in respect of disabled people, including drawing up a Disability Equality Scheme. It is attended by at least one member of each Directorate, whose responsibility it is to ensure that the Council's commitments, policies, programmes and priorities are fulfilled in their field of operation. To this end, the individual members will be expected, in particular, to disseminate good practice within their Directorate.
The group is chaired by the Strategic Asset Manager.
The Race Equality Staff Group
The Race Equality Staff Group is in place to help the Council push forward its race equality work. The objectives of the group are as follows:
- To raise awareness and understanding of race equality issues
- To act as a consultation forum
- To advise the Council on increasing equalities awareness and understanding
- To support and advise each other
- To share experiences and new ideas
- To work to develop a suitable forum to support victims of racial harassment
- To act as race equality ambassadors for service areas/directorates
- To raise issues from everyday experiences at work to be taken back to the Race Equality Steering Group
- To promote multi-cultural events/festivals
The Disability Staff Group
The Disability Staff Group works in a similar way to the Race Equality Staff Group by helping the Council push forward issues of disability equality and providing an internal consultative body.
The LGBT Staff Group
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Staff Group works in a similar way to the other staff groups, by helping the Council address issues of equality and providing an internal consultative body.
