Equalities
Equalities in Swale
We recognise that while everyone is different, they have the right to be treated with an equal level of respect and have equal access to our services and facilities. We are committed to ensuring equality in everything we do both through our service provision and through our responsibilities as an employer.
The Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act 2010 brought in new requirements and duties for public bodies. We have worked with the community and our partners to develop objectives which are both meaningful and relevant to our district and we have published these in our Corporate Equality Strategy. The latest (annual) review of the Corporate Equality Strategy can be found here.
Equality Impact Assessments
We refer to these assessments as Community Impact Assessments (or CIAs internally) and we conduct these on all of our services. These reviews can be found on the Community Impact Assessment section.
Workforce Equality Data
Find the data we have on our workforce equality. View the Workforce Equalities Data for August 2012 on our Document Library
Swale Borough Profile
View the key data for the district, including information on population, health, skills and economy in the Swale in 2011 document.
Our work with the community
We work with, consult with and support a wide variety of community and voluntary groups throughout the district. Our Community Engagement Calendar provide information the variety of activities and support that is available.
Customer Services
Our customer services staff are all able to help people with specific accessibility requirements and our Customer Services Manager is available via the main switchboard should you need to talk to someone confidentially. The team can also help facilitate translation, interpretation, Braille and Sign requirements.
Contact our Customer Services team.
Useful Links
Some links you may find useful are listed below. If you or a group you represent would like to add anything please do let us know by contacting the Policy team (details above)
- Action on Hearing Loss (used to be Royal National Institute for the Deaf)
- Age UK
- Alzheimers Society
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Directgov Disability Site
- EACH (Educational Action Challenging Homophobia)
- FFLAG (Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays)
- Hi-Kent - Provide advice and equipment for the deaf and those with partially impaired hearing
- Kent Association for the Blind
- Kent Police
- Mind
- Princes Trust
- Rethink
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Scope
- Sense
- Shaw Trust
- Stonewall
- Swale Youth Forum
