Celebrating equality and diversity in Derby

Every year in Derby we celebrate and mark the International Days of equality and diversity with the city's equality groups:

Working with our community and our colleagues

We have a team of very valued volunteers who are members of our Equality Hubs and Forums. They help us with our Equality Impact Assessments and also give us advice on our policies and practices:

Race Equality Hub
Disability Equality Hub and Parks Sub Group
Voices in Action Forum
60 plus Forum
Deaf and Hearing Impaired People's Commitment Group
Learning Difficulties Partnership Board

For our colleagues, we have employee networks and these are our:

Black and Asian Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
LGBTQ+ -Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Queer/Questioning Plus and Allies - Employee Network
Disabled Employees Network

The networks help us to:

promote equality, diversity and inclusion at work
provide support to each other
remove barriers both in the workplace and in the services that we deliver.

Working with equality partners

We have just re-started the Derby Equality and Diversity Network. This is a network of people from all types of agencies who work on equality issues or are interested in equality, diversity and inclusion. We meet to:

share good practice
see how each other is doing in equality
arrange events