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Orkney Equality Forum

Role:

to encourage a co-ordinated approach to the promotion of equality in Orkney
to provide a forum within Orkney's community planning framework for championing the "Promoting equalities" principle of the community plan
to embed good practice in equalities within the normal business of partner agencies.

Orkney Equality Forum will have a core membership, and will be free to co-opt representatives from any other organisations with an interest in specific equality issues.

Membership (this is a non-exhaustive list):

OIC, VAO/Volunteer Centre, NHS Orkney, Orkney Disability Forum, HIE, Age Concern Orkney, Northern Constabulary, Advocacy Orkney, H&I Fire and Rescue Service, Blide Trust, Procurator Fiscal Service, Women's Aid Orkney, Orkney Housing Association Ltd and Orkney Presbytery.

Minutes 14 December 2012

Minutes 21 September 2012

Minutes 18 May 2012

Minutes 16 February 2012

Minutes 25 November 2011

Minutes 16 June 2011

Minutes 16 February 2011

Minutes 28 October 2010

Minutes 18 August 2010

Minutes 19 March 2010

Minutes 3 December 2009

Minutes 12 February 2009

Minutes 19 November 2008

Minutes 14 July 2008

Orkney Equality Forum Annual Report 2012

Attitudes to Discrimination and Positive Action Survey Results

Plain Text Attitudes to Discrimination and Positive Action Survey Results

Orkney Community Planning Partnership has developed an Equality and Diversity Strategy. The strategy will determine how the community planning partners will promote equality and diversity in the work they do. It also sets out how the public agencies and organisations within the Partnership are meeting their duties in terms of equality and diversity legislation, the needs of the local community and the aspirations contained in the Orkney Community Plan.

The strategy replaces the Council’s previous schemes for:

· Race Equality

· Disability Equality

· Gender Equality

Equality and Diversity Strategy

Appendix to Strategy

OEF Conference - 12 March 2009

Many public agencies locally are working on embedding the statutory equality duties into their work. The community planning partnership recognises that together, organisations can more effectively achieve and demonstrate positive outcomes. The Orkney Equalities Forum has recently been re-established in pursuit of this.

Run the same week as the 2009 youth conference of a similar theme, but open to a wider audience, the Orkney diversity conference provided a golden opportunity for awareness-raising. Invitees came from across the public and third sector, with 50 attendees including Council Elected Members, Council and NHS officials, representatives from community planning partnership organisations and other service providers and interest groups.

Objectives of the day:
 to share knowledge and understanding of local issues
 to identify resource and training needs
 to challenge discrimination and assumptions
 to promote positive aspects of diversity
 to inform key influencers on rights and leadership responsibilities

The papers and slideshow presentations from the day can be downloaded below:

Conference programme

Speaker Profiles

Equalities and Human Rights Commission presentation

Black Leadership Network presentation

LGBT Youth presentation

discussions