Equality plan and objectives
Equality plan
Our Corporate Plan (2022 to 2027) also serves as our Wellbeing Plan and our Strategic Equality Plan. We believe we are able to take this integrated approach because the Plan equips the Council to deliver significant progress for all, by addressing current inequalities. The principles of equality are embedded throughout the council's functions and services.
The integrated plan is intended to ensure fair treatment for all, and to eradicate the risk of unfair or unequal treatment, such as harassment, victimisation or unlawful discrimination, in our work and service delivery. This includes our internal processes and treatment of employees, as well as services delivered to the public, and treatment of the public. We aim to foster good relations and equality of opportunity, and contribute to positive outcomes for all the people of Denbighshire.
During the lifetime of the Corporate Plan and beyond, we will ensure that all new projects and areas of work will:
- engage, where appropriate, with groups that represent people with protected characteristics
- consider limitations to physical access, in particular with new builds, but also with regard to access to information and services
- consider the appropriateness of the facilities that we have available within the council’s estate for use by those people with protected characteristics
- engage, challenge and, where possible, remove barriers to opportunities (including work) for those with protected characteristics
- condemn hate related bullying and harassment
Read our Corporate Plan in full.
Equality objectives
In April 2011 a new single public sector equality duty (the PSED) was implemented and in the same month the Welsh Government introduced regulations putting in place a series of specific duties to underpin the general duty of the Equality Act 2010.
As part of our duty, we are required to produce a Strategic Equality Plan for a four year term and report annually against progress. This does not necessarily have to be a single standing document, thus we have opted to incorporate it within our Corporate Plan 2022 – 2027 which strengthens the value of our diversity and equality work and underpins the goal within the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
Our Corporate Plan Annual Performance Review document focusses on all our activities and meets our statutory requirements in terms of publishing an annual document which reports upon how we have met our equality duties.
In addition to aligning our activities to the Wellbeing goals, our activities broadly align to the proposed regional public sector objectives and to the national challenges published in the Equality and Human Rights Commission 'Equality and Human Rights Monitor 2023: Is Wales Fairer?' report (external website) produced in November 2023.
Our research will be aligned with the Well-being Assessment for the Conwy and Denbighshire Public Service Board (PSB), and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
How we developed our Corporate Plan objectives through engagement
Equality and diversity within the Council (PDF, 677KB)