Equality and diversity

Introducing Equality and Diversity

The Corporate Equality and Diversity team currently consists of a Corporate Equality and Diversity Manager, and Equality and Diversity Policy Officer, a Community Cohesion Officer and 2 Equality and Diversity Officers

The team’s key priorities for 2010 are to:

  • Support and influence strategy / policy development, implementation and review to ensure equalities and customer focused perspectives are fully integrated.
  • Support Elected Members, Departments / Service Areas to work effectively under the equality duties and promote inclusion.
  • Work with internal and external partners to promote good community cohesion and inclusion.

We have published a number of policies and schemes promoting equal opportunities and action plans which aim to address any inequalities. In light of the recent move from 5 councils to one Wiltshire Council in April 2009, our previous equality policies and equality schemes will remain active until they are harmonised and reviewed. They will be further strengthened as a result of our work to develop an Integrated Equality Scheme for Wiltshire Council.

Existing equality schemes will remain, but the Race Equality Scheme will be extended to cover the harmonisation period until the integrated equality scheme has been developed (target date April 2010).

To prepare for this, Wiltshire Council, NHS Wiltshire, Wiltshire Police and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service are working in partnership to make it easier for people to feedback their views on the organisations’ work to promote equality. By working together we can take joint action and provide consistent services which are fair for all. This joint engagement work will inform the equalities action plans for each organisation and will also be shared across the voluntary and community sector to help plan services.

There will be a Single Equality Scheme Consultation Event on 24th Feb 2010 in Devizes. Invitation 63kb Agenda 51kb

View the engagement document  - Single Equality Scheme Partner Engagement 340kb

To give your views, please go to the Single Equality Scheme Partner Consultation survey.

We are continually monitoring the effects of its employment policies and procedures.

We consult about equality and diversity work across the organisation, in service provision across the county and in partnership with other organisations in Wiltshire through:

Contact Details

Email: equalities@wiltshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 456 0100
Textphone: 01225 712500
Postal Address:
Equality & Diversity Team
Wiltshire Council
County Hall
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8JN

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Last updated: 5 February 2010