We aim to celebrate diversity and promote equality throughout our services and communities.
We are committed to fulfilling our Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) as set out in the Equality Act 2010. This means working to achieve the following:
- Eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment, and victimisation, and other conduct prohibited by the Act
- Advancing equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic (see below), and those who do not
- Fostering good relations between people who share a protected characteristic, and those who do not
Protected characteristics, as defined under the Equality Act 2010, include:
- race or ethnicity
- religion or belief
- age
- disability
- sex or gender
- sexual orientation
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity