The following guidance has been designed to help local authorities engage with self-assessment and the Equality Improvement Framework to effectively mainstream equalities.
The guidance can also be used to:
- link equalities to associated policy agendas such as community cohesion
- help local authority officers responsible for co-ordinating the equality and improvement agendas and to encourage joint working in authorities where these roles are not combined
- help elected members and service managers interested in embedding equality into the design and delivery of citizen-focused community planning and service improvement activities.
To accompany the guidance and to assist local authorities is a preliminary assessment tool which can act as a guide in starting the self-assessment process. This should not be intended as a standard or a checklist though but rather as a guide to development, providing examples of the way in which the authority may move forward in the implementation of the EIF and the identification and subsequent achievement of equality outcomes.
For more information contact: Naomi Alleyne