Agenda item

RESOLVED –

That it be recommended to Full Council that the Equality and Diversity Strategy and Action Plan 2019-2023 be approved and implemented.

REASON FOR DECISION

The strategy provides a framework for the council to continue to ensure that the services it provides are fair and meet the needs of the local community, and that the council discharges its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010.

The Policy Officer submitted a report on a new Chesterfield Borough Council Equality and Diversity Strategy and Action Plan for 2019-2023.

The current strategy, which had been in place from 2017 to 2019, required updating to reflect the current needs of the local communities and priorities within the Council Plan 2019-2023. In addition, the updated strategy was proposed to cover the next four years which would bring it in line with the Council Plan.

The strategy had been developed in consultation with the Equality and Diversity Forum and outlined the council’s corporate equality objectives for the next four years and how it planned to achieve them. The strategy also included the organisation’s approach to discharging its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 (including the Public Sector Duty) as a service commissioner, service provider and employer, including a new requirement to carry out gender pay gap reporting.

RESOLVED –

That it be recommended to Full Council that the Equality and Diversity Strategy and Action Plan 2019-2023 be approved and implemented.

REASON FOR DECISION

The strategy provides a framework for the council to continue to ensure that the services it provides are fair and meet the needs of the local community, and that the council discharges its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010.