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London Borough of Newham Our plan in short for treating everyone equally 2011 - 2014 Easy Read version of: Equality and Cohesion Plan (Single Equality Scheme)
Transcript of London Borough of Newham
London Borough of Newham
Our plan in short for treatingeveryone equally 2011 - 2014
Easy Read version of:Equality and Cohesion Plan (Single Equality Scheme)
What is in this paper page
About this leaflet 1
About the people who live in Newham 3
What the law says we have to do 5
Our plan for treating everyone equally 6
Being fair to people who work for us 9
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About this leaflet
A message from the Mayor ofNewham
This leaflet is about the London Borough ofNewham Equality and Cohesion Plan.That is the name of our plan for treatingeveryone equally and fairly.
LondonNewham is a part of London where lots ofdifferent people live and work.
Newham is a place that is changing for thebetter.
Many people in Newham do not have muchmoney.
But they do have a lot of energy and wantto do well.
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London We want them to have the same chancesas people in other parts of London.
We need to make Newham a place wherepeople feel safe and happy and where theychoose to live and work.
- Sir Robin WalesMayor of Newham
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About the people who livein Newham
About 270,000 people live in Newham.
In 2001, nearly 600 people were in arelationship with someone of the same sex.
A lot more young people are living here.
1 person out of every 4 is under 18 yearsold.
People in Newham come from lots ofdifferent groups. About half are from Blackand Minority Ethnic communities.
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About 1 in every 10 people is disabled orhas had an illness for a long time.
And 1 in every 8 people in Newham carefor someone without being paid for it.
Nearly 1 out of every 2 people in Newhamare Christian and 1 out of every 4 areMuslim.
There are lots of other faith groups andreligions.
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What the law sayswe have to do
There were different laws about treatingpeople fairly but a new law called theEquality Act 2010 brings all of thesetogether.
We now have just one plan to say what wewill do to:
l x stop people being treated unfairlybecause of who they are or what theybelieve
l make sure people have the sameopportunities
l help different people to get on together.
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Our plan for treating everyoneequally
Making sure everyone can use ourservices
Everyone who lives in Newham is different– and we need to make sure our servicesare right for everyone.
We think this is better than having separateservices for different groups of people.
We will check this is working and step in ifpeople are treated unfairly or harmedbecause of who they are.
For example, because they are disabled orbecause of their race or religion.
Or if they care for someone who is an olderperson or disabled.
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People who live in Newham say it isimportant to them to:
● get jobs
● have support when they do not havemuch money
● have good housing
● stop crime
● have better chances for young people.
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We will think about these things and abouttreating everyone equally in all our otherplans and work.
There is lots of new building going on inNewham. The Olympic Games andParalympic Games in 2012 are just part ofthe story.
Many other areas of Newham are alsobeing rebuilt and all of this will mean morejobs and money for this part ofLondon.
We will work with charities, community andfaith groups and other organisations to givepeople who live here more chances to dowell.
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Being fair to people whowork for us
The council and other local organisationshave plans to help these groups of peoplefind jobs with us:
l young people
people who have been to university
l disabled people.
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We will try to help staff work at times thatsuit their families or other people they carefor.
We check whether:
l staff are happy with working for us andwe are not treating any groups unfairly
l everyone who works for us has thesame chance to move on to better jobswith the council
l we pay people fairly for the same typesof jobs.
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Making sure we do the things thatlocal people want
We need to make sure we are ready for allthis work by:
l training our staff about treating differentpeople fairly
l working with other local organisations and voluntary,community and faith groups to getthings done
l making sure it is easy for everyone,disabled people to find out about anduse our services
ReportWe will check how well we are doing andreport to you each year on what we havedone.
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