We won the Personnel Today Age Positive at Work Award in November 2005 in recognition of our work on age monitoring, age-neutral recruitment and challenging ageist culture. We are preparing a leaflet for all staff on the dangers of age stereotyping in preparation for age discrimination legislation due in October this year.
During the year, we were a founder member of the Employers Forum on Belief, a group of employers who share good practice in relation to employment of people with a range of faiths.
We reviewed and issued a revised Race Equality Scheme in 2005 and are working with our staff disability focus group to produce a Disability Equality Scheme.
We plan to develop a Diversity Equality Scheme to cover all strands of the diversity agenda including those not currently covered by statutory duties.
We have produced new guidance for staff on general disability awareness, HIV and the workplace and arranging accessible meetings.
We also hosted a masterclass for the Employers Forum on Disability on commercial landlords and tenants and the Disability Discrimination Act.
Our Diversity Steering Group has approved and will continue to monitor our response to the Civil Service 10-Point Plan on Diversity.
