Delivering on Equality and Diversity

Meeting every two months, the role of the Corporate Equality and Diversity Group is to:

• Report to the Corporate Management Team on Equality issues, legislation and good practice.
• Supporting Dundee City Council in meeting its Equality Duty
• Reviewing and make recommendations to the Council Management Team on Equality and Diversity governance, training, delivery, policy review, community engagement,
• Equality outcome setting and reporting structures.
• Providing guidance and support to senior management on Equality good practice within all relevant policy areas.
• Encouraging a consistent and proactive approach to meeting the equality duty across all council and partner functions.
• Ensuring that Equality and Diversity is on every relevant agenda.
• Advising Heads of Service on their role in the collation, analysis and timely reporting in line with the Equality Duty
• Identifying gaps in meeting our Equality Duty and make appropriate recommendations.
• Promoting the engagement of people with protected characteristics in service planning.
• Identifying and support areas of work that can be taken forward in partnership

• Senior managers representing all service areas & partner agencies
• Equality Lead
• Equality and Fairness Officer
• Senior Access officer
• Chairs / Council representatives of Council supported Equality and Diversity community engagement groups
• Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership
• Leisure & Culture Dundee