Thank you for visiting the Equality and Diversity
(E&D) section of the website. We hope that you are able to
find the information you are looking for and see that we are
working hard to help our workplace and our community become a safer
place to be.
If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, or would like
to make a comment about these pages, please contact the Equality and
Diversity Unit.
Purpose of the Equality and Diversity Unit
The unit assists Avon Fire & Rescue Service to provide
an Equality and Diversity Strategy. Our commitment to equality and
diversity is rooted in the core values of the organisation and
goes further than ensuring we comply with legislation, but also
reflects national best practice.
We also facilitate the implementation of policies, practices and
procedures that actively promote equality, diversity and human
rights. We work hard to support the elimination of
any barriers that prevent equality for all our employees and
members of the public.
To do this we are focusing on six objectives:
- Corporate responsibility (mainstreaming)
- Learning,development and evaluation
- Partnership and networking
- Policy and practice
- Advice and support
- Recruitment and retention of black and ethnic minority
people (BEM), women and disabled people.
To see our 2006/2007 business plan please click
Equality Unit Business Plan 2006
To find out how we did with last year's plan click
Business Plan End of Year Report 05/06
We feel that the principles of equality and diversity are
central to achieving the objectives on which AF&RS was
founded - to make our community safer. We feel this means
that the organisation and its employees must be:
Skilled
Accessible
Friendly
Educated
Representative
To hear what
the Chief fire Officer/Chief executive thinks about Equality and
Diversity click here (This is a Windows media
file, nine minutes long and 2.24 megabytes in
size). |