We have identified the following equality objectives for the period 2025to 2028:

As a community leader:

As a community leader, we will lead the council and the district in an open, visible and accountable way with zero tolerance for discriminatory behaviour. We will provide tools and support initiatives to empower residents, service users and employees to report concerns, for example Eyes and Eats, third party hate crime reporting centres and so forth.

As a service provider:

As a service provider, we will take reasonable steps to remove barriers that may exist to community engagement and help residents (especially those who are under-represented) to participate in local decision making and influence local decisions.

As an employer:

As an employer, we will build an inclusive working environment, where colleagues are able to be themselves at work and feel supported, empowered, valued, respected, fairly treated and able to achieve their full potential.