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Equality for All in Cumbria_new

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Equalities making a difference - Council Plan and Equality
Making sure that our core objectives identify key equality issues.
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Equalities making a difference - Home to school transport investigation
Equality Impact Assessments shape home to school transport.
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Equalities making a difference - Immigration and employment law
Cumbria Multicultural Service helps clarify immigration status for employment.
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Equalities making a difference - staff monitoring opens doors to employment

Why we monitor the diversity profile in job applications.

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Equalities making a difference - Inclusive access to the ‘public realm’
Council and disability groups set up an inclusive mobility roadshow.
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Equalities making a difference - building good community relations
Council develops awareness campaign to promote good relations.
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Equalities making a difference - challenging racism
How we're tackling racism and raising equality awareness across Cumbria.

Welcome to Cumbria County Council’s Equality site. On this site you will find out about the work that the County Council is doing to promote a fair society for everyone in Cumbria.

Our vision for Equality is outlined in Equality for All 2012-2016

Equality for Allthis document will open in a new window 2010-2012 (Word 456.04KB)

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Summary of Equality for All 2012-2016  

Equality for All is based on the following definitions:

Equality

Equality is about everyone having the same chances in life and getting the same access to the services they need.

Diversity

Diversity is about understanding and respecting people's different needs and aspirations.  We cannot achieve equality without addressing diversity.

Equality is not about treating everyone the same.

To achieve this vision in Cumbria we need to make sure that:

  • Public services are reaching out to everyone
  • Elected Members and community leaders have equality as a central part of their role
  • We are addressing inequalities people face from early years and education through to accessing services as older people
  • That equality is at the heart of how we manage our staff.

 

For further information please email: equality@cumbria.gov.uk