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As one of our obligations under the specific equality duties in Wales, the Council must prepare and publish equality objectives at least every four years as part of our Strategic Equality Plan.
It is important that we have a clear overview and understanding of the major issues facing people with different protected characteristics. To develop our objectives, we need to consider our work and activities, including employment, service delivery and policy development, taking into account information from engagement, national and local data and assessment of equality impact.
The objectives need to be outcome focused, focus on the most significant equality issues and be sufficiently wide in scope. We must identify specific improvements in outcomes for employees and service users and specify clearly how these will be achieved. They need to drive better outcomes for people with protected characteristics.
Many of the barriers facing people with protected characteristics are long-standing and entrenched and it will take some time to fully address these. To achieve long-term fundamental change, it may be necessary to maintain the same objective for a significant period. We have to review them no less than every four years and revise all our equality objectives at least once every four years.
We have developed a set of draft objectives and actions which closely align with the draft Corporate Plan 2025 – 2030 objectives. We have looked at what these mean in terms of the actions that need to be implemented to achieve these objectives.
We appreciate that the ‘Is Wales Fairer? 2023’ report highlights the key issues for Wales and our experience in the Vale of Glamorgan may not mirror this in all areas.
We would like you to review the objectives and actions we are proposing and tell us what you think.
You can review the draft Strategic Equality Plan on this page and make representations on behalf of yourself or your organisation using the survey.
As one of our obligations under the specific equality duties in Wales, the Council must prepare and publish equality objectives at least every four years as part of our Strategic Equality Plan.
It is important that we have a clear overview and understanding of the major issues facing people with different protected characteristics. To develop our objectives, we need to consider our work and activities, including employment, service delivery and policy development, taking into account information from engagement, national and local data and assessment of equality impact.
The objectives need to be outcome focused, focus on the most significant equality issues and be sufficiently wide in scope. We must identify specific improvements in outcomes for employees and service users and specify clearly how these will be achieved. They need to drive better outcomes for people with protected characteristics.
Many of the barriers facing people with protected characteristics are long-standing and entrenched and it will take some time to fully address these. To achieve long-term fundamental change, it may be necessary to maintain the same objective for a significant period. We have to review them no less than every four years and revise all our equality objectives at least once every four years.
We have developed a set of draft objectives and actions which closely align with the draft Corporate Plan 2025 – 2030 objectives. We have looked at what these mean in terms of the actions that need to be implemented to achieve these objectives.
We appreciate that the ‘Is Wales Fairer? 2023’ report highlights the key issues for Wales and our experience in the Vale of Glamorgan may not mirror this in all areas.
We would like you to review the objectives and actions we are proposing and tell us what you think.
You can review the draft Strategic Equality Plan on this page and make representations on behalf of yourself or your organisation using the survey.
