Diversity and Inclusion

Equality in council services

Sunderland City Council is committed to equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination for all people when managing and delivering services. To support this we are putting in place systems to manage equality, this being a requirement of the Equality Standard for Local Government. This includes carrying out equality assessments on all services, functions, projects and policies, setting equality actions and targets, installing equality monitoring and carrying out consultation with community groups. To find out more, 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)

Community consultation – information on community participation and how to carry out consultation

Impact and Needs Assessment (INRA) - carrying out equality assessments on services ( 28kb)

Equality data collection and monitoring – how to gather and use equality information in services

Key documents - policies, templates, guidance etc.

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

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