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Equality and Diversity
Wiltshire County Council (WCC) is firmly committed to the principles of equality and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services and is keen to celebrate the diversity of people who live and work in Wiltshire. This means making services accessible to all and treating people fairly regardless of their colour, race, ethnic or national origin, language, religion or belief, gender or gender reassignment, marital status, sexuality, disability, age, or any illness or infection.
What is ‘equality and diversity’ about?
Equality is not about everybody being equal; it is about everybody having equal opportunities and removing barriers that stop this from happening. Diversity is about valuing everyone as an individual, whether they are an employee, a customer or another stakeholder. It goes beyond recognising individual differences and is about valuing and celebrating ‘difference’ as an asset, giving organisations access to unique mixtures of talent, skills and experience that can make valuable contributions to organisational performance.
Why is equality & diversity important to WCC?
Valuing, involving and understanding all Wiltshire’s diverse communities, including hard-to-reach groups, is essential for the Council to achieve its aims of providing excellent services at an affordable cost; achieving high public satisfaction; and being a transparent and local council.
Where can I find out more about WCC’s approach to equality and diversity?
WCC has published a number of policies and schemes promoting equal opportunities and action plans which aim to address any inequalities:
- Comprehensive equality policy and corporate equality action plan (find out more …)
- Disability equality scheme and action plan (find out more …)
- Gender equality scheme and action plan (find out more …)
- Race equality scheme and action plan (find out more …)
WCC is continually monitoring the effects of its employment policies and procedures (find out more …)
WCC consults about equality and diversity work across the organisation, in service provision across the county and in partnership with other organisations in Wiltshire through:
- an extensive and ongoing programme of equality impact assessments (find out more …)
- the Council’s corporate equality and diversity steering group (find out more …)
- the Council’s fora for disabled employees and black minority ethnic employees
- the Wiltshire Compact (find out more …)
- the Wiltshire Improvement Partnership (find out more …)
What useful research, data and publications are there?
The Equality & Diversity Team has provided a range of research and statistical information relating to the six equality and diversity strands: race, disability, faith, gender, age and sexual orientation (find out more……). For more information please contact Jackie Guinness on 01225 713023 or jackieguinness@wiltshire.gov.uk.
How can I get involved?
The consultation on our equality action plans has now ended but the Equality & Diversity Team welcomes contributions and feedback from both employees and people in the community at any time. For more information please contact the team.
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Equality & Diversity Team
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Wiltshire County Council
County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
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01225 713510
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