Equalities statement

We want Lichfield District to be a place where all people thrive - physically, mentally, socially, spiritually and economically.

As a council, we are committed to enhancing the general quality of life of the people who live in, work in and visit our district.

We do this through the promotion and improvement of economic, social and environmental well-being, working in partnership with others and by targeting our resources towards greatest need.

This means sustainable development and communities must be at the heart of everything we do.

Our equality statement demonstrates how we work to ensure people are treated with dignity and respect, aiming to create equality of opportunity and eliminating discrimination in both service delivery and employment practices.

It shows how we seek to embed equality considerations in everything we do and fulfil the requirements of the
Equality Act 2012, specifically the public sector equality duty. It also shows how service priorities reflect our community profile and priorities identified through local and national research.

The public sector equality duty requires us to consider three equality aims when designing and delivering services and in the our employment practices:

• Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
• Advance equality of opportunity, between people who share a protected characteristic (groups protected by legislation) and those that don't.
• Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.

This means that our customers (the users of council services), our contractors, organisations with which we work in partnership, job seekers and employees will all be treated fairly and equally regardless of their age, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender (including transgender), marital status (including civil partnership), disability, religion or belief (including non belief), sexual orientation and through pregnancy and maternity. These groups are specifically protected by the Equality Act 2012 (protected characteristics).

Read our equalities statement to find out more