Diversity and Inclusion

Equality for the council’s workforce

Equality is one of four core components of the council’s Human Resources Strategy. We believe that supporting all of our current and potential employees to acknowledge their differences and encourage them to work to their strengths, has a beneficial impact on our performance and our service delivery.

To find out more about this commitment to equality in the workplace please click on the links below:

Equality Standard for Local Government – a standard to which the council is committed which supports setting up effective systems to manage equality in service delivery

Corporate Equality Scheme – the council’s overall equality policy ( 349kb)

Race Equality Scheme – the council’s policy specific to race equality ( 98kb)

Disability Equality Scheme - the council’s policy specific to disability equality ( 194kb)

Gender Equality Scheme - the council’s policy specific to gender equality ( 208kb)

Key documents - policies, templates, guidance etc.

Key contacts – people involved in equality in the council and across Sunderland

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