Equality Act 2010
This section of the Council's website will hold
information and links to other areas of the website which will
demonstrate how Bromsgrove District Council is complying with
statutory duties laid down in the Equality Act 2010 and in The
Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) regulations 2011.
The Public Sector (Single Equality) duties with which the
Council seeks to comply at all times are as follows :-
The General Duty
The General Duty has three aims: it requires public bodies to
have due regard to the need to:
- eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation
and other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010
- advance equality of opportunity between people who share a
protected characteristic and those who do not; and
- foster good relations between people who share a protected
characteristic and those who do not
The Specific Duties
By 31st January 2012 (and
subsequently annually) public bodies must publish information to
demonstrate it’s compliance with the three aims of the General Duty
across their functions.
This could include information (on equality)
relating to employees and others (such as service users) affected
by their policies. The available information about staff who work
for Bromsgrove District Council as at 31st December 2011 can be
downloaded here.
By 6th April 2012
(and subsequently every four years) public bodies must publish at
least one or more equality objectives that will help to further the
aims of the General Duty – they must be specific and
measurable.
In June 2011, Bromsgrove District Council held it's fourth
Community Consultation Conference and published a Conference
report. To view that report click on this
link here. Arising from the Conference report, an action
points template has been developed to track the aspirations and
actions arising from the Conference report. You
can access this template here. This will be updated every
three months with further information on the actions. These are
reported to and scrutinised by the Bromsgrove Equality and
Diversity Forum. For more information about the Forum and their
programme of meetings click on this link
here.
From the action points template the Bromsgrove Equality and
Diversity Forum has agreed a set of Draft Equality Objectives which
cover all areas of equality and support the continuance of the
involvement and scrutiny of the community in the achievement of
these objectives. You can download
these objectives here. These objectives may be updated
from time to time and achievements and outcomes will be published
as appropriate.
The Specific Duties also require that all
information is published in a way that is accessible to the public.
Every effort is made to make all our information as accessible to
the public as possible. The Council operates a procedure for all
departments to get advice and support when dealing with the
provision of information to the public and for actioning requests
for information in accessible formats. Any member of the public can
request information in any of the available accessible formats by
using our on line request form. You can
access this request form by clicking here.
For further information contact the Customer Service Centre,
Bromsgrove on 
01527 881719 or send an email with
your request including your contact details to 
equalities@bromsgrove.gov.uk
