Equality and Diversity
Our Commitment
Sheffield City Council is committed to treating everyone fairly, and strives to achieve equality for our diverse mix of communities.
Sheffield is a vibrant, cosmopolitan and inclusive city. We know that a successful city is one with sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, and can fully participate in the social, cultural, political and economic life of the city.
We aim to provide excellent, accessible services that meet the needs of all our residents.
Please follow this link for more information on the Council's Equality and Diversity Policy.
You can also download a glossary of useful equality and diversity terms below. This explains some of the words and phrases often used when talking about equality issues and may help you understand our work better.
Introducing New Legal Duties for Disability and Gender
The Government has introduced two new duties on public bodies to promote Gender and Disability Equality. This places clear responsibility for taking action on equality with public bodies.
The Council will be required to ensure that our policies on services and employment address the different needs of women and men and disabled people. This will involve the council setting our own gender and disability equality targets in the design and delivery of our services and the way we employ staff. The Disability duty came into force in December 2006. The Gender duty came into force in April 2007.
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