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Equality and Diversity Policy and Strategy
Tim Waldron - August 2007
tim.waldron@kirklees.gov.uk
An enabling framework for treating everyone fairly and valuing diversity
"Equal citizen - different need"
Related documents
Our commitment
We believe in treating everyone fairly and see the diversity of our community and workforce as a real strength. We want to
build strong communities with a sense of togetherness, and we want to tackle disadvantage. We want everyone to be able to
realise their potential and to benefit from the cultural, social, economic and civic vitality of our district. We want to meet
people's needs as best we can, and 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 and a funding body, and in
our community leadership role.
We have written the Equality and Diversity Strategy so that we can put our commitment to equality and diversity into practice.
It strengthens our approach, by making equality and diversity central to what we do and how we behave. It builds on past
achievements, while recognising and dealing with areas that need improving.
Strategic documents like this one must lead to practical benefits that can be seen by the wider community. To produce these
benefits we must:
- set priorities
- have specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely targets
- prioritise resources into achieving those targets
- make real improvements
- Tell everyone about our progress.
We have, therefore, made this framework a 'living document' that is linked to up-to-date information on our performance across
all areas of equality and diversity. Therefore, in addition to the overarching strategy we have written a series of linked
documents that provide you with further information about our work.
Contacts
Kathy Hobbs and Tim Waldron
Tel: 01484 225029
Email: kathy.hobbs@kirklees.gov.uk
Email: tim.waldron@kirklees.gov.uk
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