Issue - meetings
Single Equalities Scheme
Meeting: 27/01/2010 - Executive (Item 217)
217 Single Equalities Scheme 
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To consider the contents of the Council’s proposed Single Equalities Scheme covering the legislative requirements expected of Local Authorities.
(Report attached – Appendices available on the Council’s website and in Group Rooms).
Additional documents:
- Revised Single Equalities Scheme Appendix 1, item 217
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- SES - Appendix 1 Action Plan, item 217
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Decision:
RECOMMENDED that
the Single Equalities Scheme and Equalities Action Plan included at Appendix 1 to the report be approved.
(Members requested that a report/action plan be submitted to a future meeting of the Committee or Council detailing what the Council, as Community Leader, expected to receive in terms of education provision for the Borough and its children and young people.)
Minutes:
The Committee considered a Single Equalities Scheme setting out how the Council was promoting and taking action on the specific equality duties placed on it in respect of race, disability and gender.
The Committee welcomed the report and the measures that were proposed to bring the Council onto a more sound footing in respect of equalities. Members commented that, from a practical viewpoint, the organisation performed to a higher level than was suggested by the Council’s current assessment rating in this area. However, it was noted that the Council needed to achieve improvements in terms of the equality standards process.
Officers highlighted that the Single Equalities Scheme was a living document. Work was being undertaken with bodies such as the Community Forum to ensure that the diverse communities within the town were receiving fair access to services.
There was some disquiet that the inequalities based upon educational under-achievement were not being suitably addressed as this was considered to be a significant issue within the Borough. Members requested that a report/action plan be submitted to a future meeting of the Committee or Council detailing what the Council, as Community Leader, expected to receive in terms of education provision for the Borough and its children and young people.
RECOMMENDED that
the Single Equalities Scheme and Equalities Action Plan included at Appendix 1 to the report be approved.