Equality and Diversity Strategy
Introduction
The New Forest National Park Authority (the Authority) is committed to providing equal access to services and employment opportunities. The Equality and Diversity Strategy (the Strategy) has been drawn up to ensure that equality and diversity is part of the mainstream day to day business of the Authority and is an inherent part of its planning, decision making, employment and service delivery functions. The Strategy incorporates the policies, action plans and practices operated by the Authority in one place and provides a single focus for the development of policy in the future.
As a new organisation which only became fully operational in April 2006, and only completed its staff recruitment in January 2007, the Authority was unable to comply with the requirement to prepare a Disability Equality Scheme in December 2006. The delay has, however, enabled the Authority to incorporate the new Gender Equality Duty requirements (effective from April 2007), together with its duties under the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000, into a single Equality and Diversity Strategy.
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