Bromsgrove District Council – Achievement of Level 3 of the Equality Standard for Local Government

In April 2009, Bromsgrove District Council was recognised through an external assessment for its work in promoting equality.

A Peer Challenge Team spent two days on site at the Council House reviewing documentary evidence of the work that had been done over the previous three years to improve equality of access and employment opportunity in Bromsgrove. They interviewed staff, officers, elected Members, Equality Champions and community members.

The Peer Challenge Team were made up of senior officers and experienced elected Members from the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government ( known as IDeA ), Birmingham City Council, Warwickshire County Council and Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council.

At the end of the two days they announced that they were satisfied that the work done at Bromsgrove in support of Equality and Diversity satisfied the standard required for Level 3 of the Local Government Equality Standard. Bromsgrove District Council was the first District Council in Worcestershire to achieve this Level.

The Team recognised the work which had been done towards eliminating all forms of unfair and unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, religion or belief, race, gender or sexual orientation.

Bromsgrove joined a select group about 20 out of 238 District Councils in England at that time.

The detailed report is from the Peer Challenge Team is now available – you can download it here: Bromsgrove Diversity Peer Challenge Report.

The Equality Standard for Local Government has been replaced by the Equality Framework for Local Government and the Level 3 achieved under the Standard has been migrated to Level 2 under the Framework, "Achieving".

If you would like further information about this work, please contact the Customer Service Centre on 01527 881288 or send an email to equalities@bromsgrove.gov.uk  explaining what information you require.