Equality Scheme 2006 - 2009
In 2002, we produced a three year Race Equality Scheme to meet the requirements of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 (RRAA). This scheme was updated for 2005 - 2008.
December 2006
With the requirements on public service providers to produce a Disability Equality Scheme by December 2006 and a Gender Equality Scheme by March 2007 we are now taking a generic approach to Equality and Diversity.
This Equality Scheme builds on the Council’s race equality work so far, but extends the good practice by considering Race, Religion and/or Belief, Disability, Age, Gender, Sexual Orientation and Caring responsibilities.
Underneath this Equality Scheme sits our Race Policy and our Disability Policy and together these form our Race Equality Scheme and Disability Equality Scheme. The policies will be extended to cover Gender in 2007 and other areas in the future.
Equality Scheme (1.25MB 76 page pdf) - complete document incorporating the Generic section of the Equality Scheme, Race Policy, Disability Policy, Assessment of Functions/Services and Feedback from the Disability Involvement Event published December 2006.
April 2007
The Council's Generic Equality Scheme has been extended to include gender.
These sections of the scheme apply to the Race Equality, Disability Equality and Gender Equality Schemes.
Race Equality Scheme
The following documents form our Race Equality Scheme:
Disability Equality Scheme
The following documents form our Disability Equality Scheme:
Gender Equality Scheme
The following documents form our Gender Equality Scheme.
Action Plans
Monitoring
Our annual report monitors progress over the previous year in terms of our Race, Disability and Gender Equality Schemes and equality and diversity agenda. Because our approach has been a generic one across the 7 strands, where possible our monitoring data covers all 7 strands.
Impact Needs Requirement Assessments (INRAs)
Impact Needs Requirement Assessments are the way Bury Council looks at our existing services, functions and policies with regard to race, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities and religion and belief . Here you will find the completed INRAs for 2006 to 2007. These INRAs were completed in December 2006.
Equality Impact Assessments
Bury Council's Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) process looks at significant proposals or changes to Council's policies and procedures and their impact on 7 diverse groups (race, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities and religion and belief). There are 3 stages to the EIA. You can view the EIAs completed by the Council by following the links below:
You can view the Council's timetable to impact assess existing policies using the link below:
Comprehensive Equality Policy
The Comprehensive Equality Policy is a suite of documents that details Bury Council’s approach to equality and diversity; and provides guidance on mainstreaming equality and diversity into our procedures and policies which will ultimately encourage continuous improvement.The guidance covers all the major areas of work within Bury MBC:
Employee Focus Groups
The Council has the following Employee Focus Groups who work towards ensuring equality is proactively incorporated within the Council's policy and planning processes and procedures; and assist with developing good practices:
Further Information
More general information on equality related matters, including a summary of all equality related legislation can be found on our Social Issues internet pages.
If you would like to make any comments or talk though any issues, or require any documents in other formats, for example large print, Braille, audio tape or on computer disk please contact:
Caroline Schofield or Catherine King
Corporate Human Resources,
Town Hall,
Knowsley Street,
Bury,
Telephone: 0161 253 5157 / 6371.
Email: equality@bury.gov.uk.
