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Our vision and approach
As a council equality and diversity is at the heart of our values. We are committed to making sure it is central to our decision making and how our services are delivered. We are committed to actively promoting equality within our organisation as well as in our local community.
Setting equality objectives is an important way for us to show our commitment. They describe what we'll do to support Chorley to be an inclusive place to live and help us progress key actions to do this. Our equality objectives for 2023 to 2027 are:
- fostering and developing positive cultures and understanding
- building an inclusive workforce
- ensuring adequate access to services for all
- support people in the community who are most in need
- involve our communities.
More information about how we will bring these objectives to life and our vision for equality can be found in our Equalities Strategy (coming soon)
An important part of our approach to equality and diversity is knowing the community we serve. It helps us understand how our policies and practices effect our residents to ensure that we meet the needs and aspirations of the community we serve.
To do this, we collect and use a range of equality information from our consultations, this data is collated and analysed. All our external surveys include equality monitoring questions in relation to the protected characteristics.
Our borough profile
We have developed a detailed borough profile using different data sets to give us a deeper understanding of each of our protected characteristics. This information helps us understand more about our community, where we might want to focus community engagement to get a more representative view from residents, enable us to develop targeted social or health work and inform service delivery.
View more information on our borough profile (coming soon)
Our workforce data
To promote equality and diversity within our workforce, we monitor our workforce profile annually in relation to gender, ethnicity, disability, and age. This helps us identify whether it is representative of the community it serves. Also, it helps us assess how our decisions and policies effect people as an employer.
View more information on our workforce data.
Useful contacts
We have collated some local equality groups for information and support.