The District is made up by a diverse community with a range of physical, cultural, and social needs. We are old and young, urban and rural, black and white, permanent and transient. Fair treatment and equal access to the Council's services and employment matters to everyone.

We are determined that Fenland District Council will provide equality of opportunity, not just in the make up of our staff but in ensuring everyone is treated with respect and dignity and thus improve the quality of life for people living in the Fenland district. This is right in itself. Improving equality and building a sustainable, cohesive and active community is at the heart of successful delivery for all of our objectives - in providing decent and affordable homes, putting our community first, creating a clean and safe environment and promoting growth of local business’s and developing the Fenland Economy. These are integral to us being a quality organisation that delivers our priorities for local people.

Equal opportunities for people from black and minority ethnic groups

We will make sure that:

• Race equality is part of all our policies
• We have a comprehensive Equal Opportunity Policy and Race Equality Scheme
• We monitor results and ask people what they think about our equality policies
• We work with the Peterborough Race Equality Council, Fenland Diverse Community Forum and other voluntary and community organizations
• People have equality of opportunity to employment within the Council regardless of their ethnicity.
• People from black and minority ethnic groups have a say in the decision making process

Equal opportunities for disabled people

We will make sure that:

• When developing our services we do not exclude disabled people.
• All our services and functions are accessible
• We support groups run by disabled people
• All our parks and buildings are accessible
• Disabled people have a say in the decision making process.
• Disabled people have equality of opportunity to employment within the Council.
• We have a comprehensive Equal Opportunity Policy and Disability Equallity scheme

Equal opportunities for lesbians, gay, bisexual and Transgender people

We will make sure that:

• When developing our services we do not exclude people because of their sexual orientation.
• We support groups run by lesbians, gay, bisexual and Transgender people
• Lesbians, gay, bisexual and Transgender people have a say in the decision making process.
• There is equality of opportunity relating to employment practises within the Council regardless of a person’s sexual orientation.
• We have a comprehensive Equal Opportunity Policy

Equal opportunities for older and younger people

We will make sure that:

• People have a say in the decision making process regardless of their age.
• We help young and older people to have a say in the services we provide.
• Young and older people have access to information
• When developing our services we do not exclude people because of their age.
• There is equality of opportunity to employment within the Council regardless of a person’s age
• We have a comprehensive Equal Opportunity Policy
• We have a Youth Council and Support the Golden Age Fair.

Equal opportunities for people with different religious belief

We will make sure that:

• People have a say in the decision making process regardless of their religious belief.
• When developing our services we do not exclude people because of their religious beliefs.
• There is equality of opportunity to employment within the Council regardless of a person’s religious belief
• We acknowledge that everyone has the right to decide their own religion and/or belief.
• We have a comprehensive Equal Opportunity Policy

Equal opportunities for women

We will make sure that:

• People have a say in the decision making process regardless of their gender.
• When developing our services we do not exclude people because of their Gender.
• There is equality of opportunity to employment within the Council regardless of a Gender.
• We support groups run by Women
• We have a comprehensive Equal Opportunity Policy and Gender Equality Scheme

Equality of Opportunities For all!

What the Council does

• Fenland District Council has carried out Equality Impact assessments on all its functions, services, policies and procedures and they are available on this website.
• The Sex Discrimination Act also covers MEN in the same respect as women.
• Disabled workers share the same general employment rights as other workers, but there are also some special provisions for them under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).

The Council is concerned with putting equal opportunities into action and coordinating a corporate approach to equality and diversity.

We have provided a list of additional information you may find useful.