Forest Heath District Council is committed to eliminating
discrimination and promoting equality for all by considering
equality and diversity when developing our plans, policies and
services. This also applies to our recruitment policies and how we
treat our employees.
We have published a Comprehensive Equality Policy and Plan which
replaces our Diversity Strategy and outlines the approach we are
taking to improve equality and eliminate discrimination.
Our Race Equality Scheme has recently been reviewed and details how
we work towards our race equality duties. The consultation
asking for comments on the scheme has now closed. The draft scheme
is still available to download below. Amendments will be considered
by the Councils Community Services Committee soon.
We have published a Disability Equality Scheme which outlines our
approach to eliminating discrimination in the way we deliver our
services and policies in relation to people with disabilities. We
have involved disabled people and their representatives to help us
identify issues and solutions. A copy of the scheme and summaries
of the results of the questionnaire and workshops can be
downloaded below. The actions identified to implement the scheme
have been included in the Comprehensive Equality Plan. This can be
found in Appendix 4 of the Comprehensive Equality
Policy.
The Gender Equality Scheme is also available to download below.
This outlines our approach to eliminating discrimation due to
gender related innequalities.
Equality policies and associated information can be downloaded from
the documents section below.
For further information or to give us feedback, please contact
us:
Telephone: 01638 719465
Email: consultation@forest-heath.gov.uk
Documents
RaceEqualityScheme2007review.pdf
Gender Equality Scheme 2007/10
Comprehensive Equality Policy and
Plan 2007/10
Disability Equality
Scheme 2007/10
Disability Equality Scheme - EasyRead
summary
Disability in Forest Heath 2006 -
Workshops summary
Information
A Fairer Suffolk - Gender Equality Duty
A Fairer Suffolk - Gender Equality Duty (Large Print)
A Fairer Suffolk - Disability Equality
Duty
A Fairer Suffolk - Disability Equality Duty
(EasyRead)
A Fairer Suffolk - Race Equality Duty
(English)
A Fairer Suffolk - Race Equality Duty
(Portuguese)
Useful Links
Optua -
Countywide charity representing people with disabilities
Gateopener
- provides free information to disabled people and their
carers
No Limits
- website for disabled young people
West Suffolk Disability Resource
Centre
West Suffolk
Voluntary Association for the Blind
Commission for Equality and Human
Rights
Suffolk
Inter-Faith Resource (SIFRE)
Ipswich and Suffolk
Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE)
Migrant
Gateway - provides information, guidance and advice to migrant
workers
Housing
Rights Information - provides information for migrant
workers