Decision details

Our Equality Objectives are important to us as an organisation.  They guide the work we carry out in the city and demonstrate our commitment to challenging inequality and promoting a fair and inclusive City.  By law the Council is required to set at least one Equality Objective every four years.  Our current objectives run until 2018.  Following a public consultation, we have produced a final draft of our Equality Objectives for 2019-22, which are now being presented for approval.

The Cabinet Member is asked:

1.            To approve Sheffield City Council’s Equality Objectives for 2019-23 (Appendix 1); and

2.            To note ‘Sheffield City Council Equality Objectives 2019-23: Consultation Report’ (Appendix 2)

1.    As a Council, we have a major role in tackling inequality.  Our Equality Objectives guide the work we carry out in the city and demonstrate our commitment to challenging inequality and promoting a fair and inclusive City. 

2.    We expect our objectives to have a positive impact across groups with protected characteristics.  To help us focus on a small number of important areas, so we can make a difference, we are proposing setting 4 objectives each with a set of 3 more specific aims.

1.    We have a statutory duty to publish at least one Equality Objective every four years, and so there are no other lawful options available.  Our current Equality Objectives run from 2014-18, so we now need to publish our objectives for the next 4 year period, 2019-2023.