Equality and Diversity
The National Equality and Diversity Strategy 2008/18 sets out the Service’s commitment to ensuring that diversity and equality are fully integrated into all aspects of the Service. It sets out the actions required on leadership, service delivery, employment practice, evaluation and dissemination of good practice, and accountability to achieve this vision.
The Strategy also requires Fire & Rescue Authorities to monitor their progress on equality and diversity and to provide information on progress for inclusion in a national equality and diversity report to be published annually by Communities and Local Government. Evidence on the development and implementation of policies which support and promote equality and diversity will form one measure of progress. Statistical information on service delivery and workforce diversity will provide another.
Our key projects for 2008/11 are:
- Equality & Diversity: improving performance amongst FRAs in meeting the equality standard for Local Government: Using capacity building support, use the gap-analysis of FRAs to assist them to meet at least the level 3 of the Equality Standard for Local Government. The project will also seek to share good practice in publicity of equality issues across the South East.
- Sharing good practice and common approaches to E & D: This project will provide common tools to assist processes which all FRAs need to move towards higher levels of the LG standard
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