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Equality and diversity

The Council is a service provider, employer and community leader. We value diversity and take our responsibility to promote community cohesion very seriously.

We, at Hertsmere Borough Council, recognise and value the different communities living in, visiting and working in the borough.
 
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and will endeavour not to discriminate against any employee, job applicant or service user on grounds such as gender, age, marital status, social class, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, sexual orientation, unrelated criminal conviction, religion or belief.

Hertsmere is an Achieving Authority

We have made significant improvements in equality and diversity practices across the council, in particular, over the last four years. In October 2009, the council was assessed as an ‘Achieving’ authority by the Improvement and Development Agency for local government (IDeA).

This summary of achievements document gives a picture of the progress we have made on equality and diversity.  We would be seeking actively to build on our successes in order to achieve our ambition in relation to strengthening equality and diversity in Hertsmere.

Hertemere's Equality and Diversity Policy

This policy aims to provide a framework for equality and diversity practice across the authority and the means for implementing it.  We will be seeking actively to achieve measurable outcomes that are consistent with the goal of this policy.

Hertsmere's Equality and Diversity Scheme 2007-2010

This equality and diversity scheme contains information on the actions the council is taking to enable us to achieve our ambition in relation to strengthening equality and diversity in Hertsmere. 

To help us do this we have developed our equality and diversity scheme under six equality strands: race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and age. 

This will help us to meet our statutory responsibilities and continue to promote good practices in equality and diversity.  

The aim of the scheme is to build on current good practices with a view to ensuring that equality and diversity issues become an integral part of all our policies, employment and service delivery. 

The development of this scheme has involved service users, voluntary groups, employees, and other stakeholders.   The scheme is evolving and it will be updated and reviewed to take account of new developments, monitoring of action plans, and feedback from stakeholders. 

The scheme demonstrates our commitment to equality and diversity and making Hertsmere a truly inclusive community.

Hertsmere's Equalities Impact Assessment

Equality impact assessment is about assessing how our policies and procedures affect different groups of people.  It enables us to identify what we are doing well which promotes equal opportunities for all groups within the communities we serve; as well as the areas where we need to improve the services we provide in order to ensure that no group is disadvantaged.

Hertsmere Community Profiles

We have collated comprehensive community profiles to develop a deeper understanding of the community and their needs by conducting ward and district profiling using detailed information.  

Hertsmere Community Profiles provide information on the community in Hertsmere including the five main settlement areas, Borehamwood & Elstree, Bushey, Potters Bar, Radlett and Shenley as well as each ward in our borough.

Further Information

For further information about Equalities e-mail customer.services@hertsmere.gov.uk.