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We acknowledge and value the diversity of people who live in, work in and visit the city. We are committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity for all and the prevention of discrimination. We aim to promote equal opportunities both internally and when working with others to contribute towards a fair and socially inclusive city.
You can see our Corporate Equalities Policy below::
| Oxford City Council Corporate Equalities Policy (129kB PDF) |
The Equalities Standard gives public authorities a new statutory duty to promote equality. The aim is to help public authorities to provide fair and accessible services, and to improve equal opportunities in employment and service delivery.
In practice, this means that the Council must mainstream equality, taking into account equality in the day-to-day work of policy-making, service delivery, employment practice and other functions.
We are currently at Level 2. To achieve Level 2, we had to adopt a comprehensive equality policy that committed us to achieving equality in race, gender and disability through:
We are committed to Valuing Diversity. Valuing Diversity is often confused with Equal Opportunities, but is a very different concept.
Traditional Equal Opportunities tend to focus on groups and the implementation of specific policies designed to assimilate those groups into an existing culture. Valuing Diversity looks at the differences we all have and uses those differences to create a richer and more dynamic culture.
| Equal opportunities | Valuing Diversity |
| driven by legislation | driven by business need |
| piecemeal initiatives | holistic strategy |
| assimilation into existing culture | inclusion in open culture |
| removing barriers | nurturing potential |
| focus on improving numbers | focus on improving workplace |
| makes assumptions about certain groups | no assumptions - no judgements |
To find out more, please contact our Diversity Coordinator.
Page last reviewed 5 Nov 2008