Our equality commitment

Equality and diversity is important to us because it means trying our best to treat people fairly and with dignity. It also means making sure that we remove barriers to equality for our colleagues, job applicants and for people using our services.

We also value the cultural diversity of all Derby people and the richness that this gives our city.

Equality, Dignity and Respect Policy

Our Equality, Diversity and Respect Policy sets out our guiding principles on equality and diversity, which all our colleagues have to work to.

The policy also contains our Statutory Equality Objectives for 2021/2024 which are to:

• develop better engagement between the Council and communities, groups and individuals
• develop effective joint working on equality and diversity with other statutory bodies and partners
• make sure our services are fair, accessible and inclusive
• improve the quality and range of equality information held and used by us, in particular equality monitoring around our services
• improve equality in employment and procurement processes and procedures.

The equality objectives have been developed with our Equality Hubs and Forums and employee networks and have been signed off by our Corporate Leadership Team and Personnel Committee. Here is our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021/2024. 

Interpretation and translation - Accessible Communications Protocol

We know we need to make reasonable adjustments in communication for some of our disabled employees and customers. We also need to make sure that our customers can understand important information about our services.

We have contracts with agencies to make sure we can make our information accessible. As a result, we have produced the Accessible Communication Protocol.

Disability Confident Leader

We were one of the first employers in Derbyshire to win the original Fit for Work award, and then used its replacement, 'Positive about Disabled People'.

We are now proud to be a Disability Confident Leader for all our work and commitment around recruiting and retaining disabled people.