Who we are
The Sheffield Equality Partnership is open to anyone who is interested in equality, diversity and fairness. The Partnership brings together individuals and organisations from all sectors - voluntary, community and faith (VCF), public and private - to make a real difference in Sheffield. It enables communities to make the city’s decision makers aware of the issues that affect them. The partnerships are supported by local voluntary organisations that are grant funded by Sheffield City Council.
Read on to find out more about the 7 groups that make up the partnership.
Integrational Age Partnership
The Intergenerational Age Partnership exists to ensure people from all age groups are consulted on local issues in Sheffield and have the opportunity for their voice to be heard.
- community safety
- health and wellbeing (including mental health)
- loneliness and isolation
- poverty
LGBT+ Partnership
The LGBT+ Partnership is a forum for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and people of other minority sexual orientations and/or gender identities under the LGBT+ umbrella and their allies.
The Partnership works to raise issues specific to LGBT+ communities and promote fairness and inclusion and challenge inequalities.
- hate crime
- health and wellbeing (including mental health)
- visibility and representation
BAME Partnership (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic)
The BAME Partnership promotes fairness and inclusion and challenges inequalities.
It is open to all Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people in Sheffield to discuss issues that affect their lives and influence policy and decisions. It is also open to people who are interested in these issues.
- education
- hate crime
- mental health
Religion and Belief Partnership
The Religion and Belief Partnership focuses on issues specific to people of faith and to people of no faith to challenge inequalities.
It is open to all people in Sheffield – whether they have a religious belief or have no religious belief – to discuss issues that affect their lives and influence policy and decisions.
- cohesion
- community safety
- hate crime
- health and wellbeing (including mental health)
Carers’ Partnership
The Carers’ Partnership is a forum for all carers in Sheffield to be heard on matters of equality that affect their lives. It is also open to people who are interested in carers’ issues.
- health and wellbeing (including mental health)
- loneliness and isolation
- visibility and representation
Women’s Partnership
The Women’s Partnership, one of the groups in the Sheffield Equality Partnership, is a forum for all women in Sheffield to meet, listen and be heard on matters of equality.
All partnerships are vehicles of voice and influence for those in our city at greatest risk of experiencing discrimination.
- domestic and sexual abuse
- health and wellbeing (including mental health)
- violence against women and girls
Disability Partnership
Working from the Social Model of Disability, The Disability Partnership offers constructive challenge on those public services and providers in Sheffield in the interests of fairness and inclusion.
We work with all other partnerships and protected groups to advance equality for all throughout the City of Sheffield.
- employment
- loneliness and isolation
- social care
- transport
Have Your Say
Have Your Say Sheffield is Sheffield City Council’s online engagement platform. We want anyone who lives, works and visits Sheffield to be able to tell us what they think about our city, Have Your Say Sheffield enables us to do this.
Please access the link below to view and complete our current digital engagement and consultations.
The Cross Partnership Working Group provides opportunities to work together to explore common issues. Events bring the whole partnership together around a theme that people care about, such as health, employment, poverty and hate crime.