Under our Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), we must publish one or more equality objectives every four years. Following a consultation, we last set our equality objectives in March 2024.
Our equality objectives correspond to the three main strands of the general equality duty. This provides a strong link and solid evidence to demonstrate that we are discharging our duty and making progress towards the aims of the Equality Act 2010.
We have chosen our equality objectives to reflect the concerns of a broad spectrum of protected characteristics to avoid establishing a hierarchy of discrimination, whilst also reflecting the particular challenges faced by our local diverse communities.
We have set specific objectives which we will work towards achieving which are:
- Plymouth is a welcoming city where we will work together in partnership to:
- promote equality, diversity and inclusion
- facilitate community cohesion
- support people with different backgrounds and lived experiences to get on well together
- We will give specific consideration to care experienced people in its decision-making to raise aspirations, increase opportunities and seek to improve their life outcomes, including access to training, employment and housing, and will encourage other organisations to do the same.
- We will continue to build and develop a diverse workforce that represents the community and citizens it serves. We will learn from our communities and other organisations so that we get this right and we will encourage other employers to do the same.
- Plymouth will support diverse communities so they feel confident to seek support and advice, report crime and anti-social behaviour, including hate crime and hate incidents, and work with partners to ensure Plymouth is a city where everybody feels safe and welcome.