What is Equality and Diversity?
Diversity is all about valuing and embracing people's differences.
These can be many and varied including:
Equality is about making sure people are treated fairly and given fair chances. Equality is not about treating everyone in the same way, but rather recognising people’s needs are met in different ways.
Equality focuses on those areas covered by the law, namely the key areas of race, gender, disability and, more recently, religion or belief, age and sexual orientation. Amendments to legislation add a duty for us to actively promote race, disability and gender equality and avoid discrimination by acting before it happens.
Eastbourne Homes Equality and Diversity Policy Statement
Eastbourne Homes celebrates the diversity of society and will promote and reflect that within our organisation. Everyone has the right to define their own identity and we will demonstrate zero tolerance towards attitudes and behaviour that amount to discrimination, victimisation and harassment.
We recognise that one size does not fit all and will provide excellent services and an environment in which everyone is valued and can access equal opportunities in both service delivery and employment, regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion and faith, culture or family and marital status.
Equality and Diversity Strategy
Our Equality and Diversity Strategy, and Action Plan is a key driver for Eastbourne Homes to deliver excellent services and sets out our equality commitments and strategic objectives for the period 2008 to 2011.
We also have a family of equality schemes which provide an outline for our ongoing commitment to equality and diversity and the implementation of the government’s widening equalities agenda. These scheme also underpin our Equality and Diversity Strategy and improvement activities and those delivering services on our behalf.
These schemes are set out below.
- Race Equality Scheme
- Disability Equality Scheme
- Gender Equality Scheme
In addition, while there is no legal requirement to produce other equality schemes we also have developed the following schemes:
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Age Equality Scheme
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Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Equality Scheme
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Religion and Belief Equality Scheme
More information about equality and diversity in Eastbourne Homes, our legislative duty and information on about the different areas of equality can be found in this section.
