Section 3 EQUALITY OBJECTIVES: 2014 2018 – Gloucestershire County Council Equality Objectives 2015-2018 Area Objective Protected Characteristic 1. Children and To provide a broad range of accessible universal and targeted information and Principally, age, Families advice supporting young people and families to make choices to resolve their disability. problems as they emerge. 2. Adults To make employment a real option for people with disabilities (Building Better Principally disability, Lives) age 3. Public Health To increase numbers of pregnant women accessing support to Principally, gender, “stop smoking” services. Pregnancy/maternity. 4. Communities & Infrastructure To ensure people are able to move around our communities in safety and with as Principally, age, much ease and convenience as possible. disability. 5. All services To ensure that out services are accessible to users and that their experiences are All positive. 6. Workforce To continue to improve, review and monitor, the current make up of our All workforce to better serve the aims of the Council and the needs of the community. GHES Equality Objectives 2014-2018 1.Eliminate unlawful Increase the focus on issues of gender, identity, tolerance, acceptance and All discrimination, harassment anti-bullying within the GHES Wellbeing curriculum (consolidation of and victimisation and other PSCHEE, SMSC, SRE and Careers curriculum). Expand pupils conduct prohibited by the understanding of the diversity that exists in our society and therefore Equality Act 2010 & foster improve their tolerance and understanding. Topics to be included on: good relations between Different family types (e.g. same sex parents); Community Cohesion; people who share protected Gender and transgender issues (e.g. there such thing as a typical girl or isn’t characteristics and those a typical boy); Gender reassignment and tolerance/understanding and
Section 3 EQUALITY OBJECTIVES: 2014 – 2018 Gloucestershire County Council Equality Objectives 2015-2018 Area Objective Protected Characteristic 1. Children and Families To provide a broad range of accessible universal and targeted information and advice supporting young people and families to make choices to resolve their problems as they emerge. Principally, age, disability. 2. Adults To make employment a real option for people with disabilities (Building Better Lives) Principally disability, age 3. Public Health To increase numbers of pregnant women accessing support to “stop smoking” services. Principally, gender, Pregnancy/maternity. 4. Communities & Infrastructure To ensure people are able to move around our communities in safety and with as much ease and convenience as possible. Principally, age, disability. 5. All services To ensure that out services are accessible to users and that their experiences are positive. All 6. Workforce To continue to improve, review and monitor, the current make up of our workforce to better serve the aims of the Council and the needs of the community. All GHES Equality Objectives 2014-2018 1.Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010 & foster good relations between people who share protected characteristics and those Increase the focus on issues of gender, identity, tolerance, acceptance and anti-bullying within the GHES Wellbeing curriculum (consolidation of PSCHEE, SMSC, SRE and Careers curriculum). Expand pupils understanding of the diversity that exists in our society and therefore improve their tolerance and understanding. Topics to be included on: Different family types (e.g. same sex parents); Community Cohesion; Gender and transgender issues (e.g. there isn’t such thing as a typical girl or a typical boy); Gender reassignment and tolerance/understanding and All
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