To seek the views of the public, Council staff and community organisations on the draft Equality Scheme. See document attached to this listing.
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 the Council has a legal duty to disabled people to: eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment related to their disability; promote equality of opportunity and positive attitudes towards disabled people; encourage participation in public life and take steps to meet their needs even if it requires more favourable treatment.
The scheme sets out how we intend to comply with our legal duties.
To seek the views of the public, Council staff and community organisations on the draft equality scheme. See document attached to this listing.
The Council has a legal duty to:
To ensure we meet our duties, we have published a draft Gender Equality Scheme setting out our overall objectives and priorities for promoting equality and tackling discrimination.
To seek the views of local residents and trader on how the proposed pedestrianised streets should be managed and what provisions should be made for service access and parking, etc.
To guage the potential impact of charging to cover the cost of providing the Handyperson service and some Home Improvement Agency services in future.
The outcome of this consultation has been included in an Equality Impact Assessment.
The final report has been drafted and will accompany a Cabinet report regarding the proposed changes. This is to be considered by Members in January 2011
The aim of this consultation is to seek the views of local residents about the traffic calming measures that are proposed in their area.