Equality and diversity

An enabling framework for treating everyone fairly and valuing diversity
" Equal citizen - different need "

• Our commitment
• Overview of standards
• Supporting documents
• Services
• Related documents
• Contact

We see Equality and Diversity as part of everything we do.  It is not a separate activity or just the responsibility of designated officers.  Equally, we do not want Equality and Diversity to become buried amongst our activities, we want this work on equality and diversity to be visible.
We include all nine legally identified equality areas –

• Age
• Disability
• Gender Reassignment
• Marriage and Civil Partnership
• Pregnancy and Maternity
• Race
• Religion and Belief
• Sexual Orientation
• Sex (formerly Gender)

in the framework, as that makes sense in terms of practical delivery. At the same time, we will look for and assess progress across these separate areas.

Our commitment to you

1. We believe in treating everyone fairly and see the diversity of our community and workforce as a real strength.
2. We want to build strong communities with a sense of togetherness, and we want to tackle disadvantage.
3. We want everyone to be able to realise their potential and to  benefit from the cultural, social, economic and civic vitality of our district.
4. We want to meet people’s needs as best we can.
5. We realise that treating people fairly does not necessarily mean treating everyone as if they are the same.

This commitment applies to our work as an employer, a service provider, a contractor of services, a funding body, and in our community leadership role.

Overview of our Equality & Diversity Standards.

• Full Equality & Diversity Strategy (PDF).
• Equality & Diversity Policy Statement (PDF).

Supporting Documents

• The index of Equality Impact Assessments form part of budget proposal considerations.
• What we know from our Consultations - Consultation Feedback (PDF)
• How we improve customer Service - The Service Excellence Cycle (PDF)
• What we know about our patch - Kirklees Statistics Fact Sheets
• Our Equality & Diversity Procurement policy - Procurement - overview (PDF)
• Equality Standards in Procurement (PDF)
• The Social Model of Disability - Social Model of disability - overview (PDF)

Equality links to council services

• Civil partnership
• Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing: Equality and diversity
• Council corporate priorities
• Vision 2012 (PDF)
• The Community Language Service
• Kirklees Council - Building Services - Equal opportunities (external site)

Related documents

• Equality and Diversity Policy (PDF 30kb)
• Equality and Diversity Strategy (PDF 170kb)
• Kirklees fact sheets
• Procurement (PDF 40kb)
• Results of consultation (PDF 77kb)
• Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders (PDF 47kb)
• Social model of disability (PDF 40kb)
• Stonewall diversity champion (PDF)

Contact