Welcome to Warwickshire County Council Equality and Diversity
Providing equality and respecting diversity is central to our Vision of working in partnership to put Customers first; improve services and lead communities.
Currently, the major national drivers for improving the Council's response to equality and diversity are:
- The legislative framework for equalities, including race, gender and disability.
- The Government's modernising agenda which requires the mainstreaming of equality issues into every aspect of service delivery and employment.
- The statutory obligations under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, including the requirement to produce a Race Equality Scheme.
- The recommendations of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report.
- The generic Equality Standard for Local Government which requires local authorities to measure their progress in implementing all equality and diversity issues.
- The various audit and inspection requirements through which the Council must demonstrate progress and continuous improvement.
Warwickshire County Council has recently agreed it's first Single Equality Scheme to help us deliver the Equality & Diversity agenda. |