The Council & democracy Manchester's Equality Team

An Introduction to the Council's Equality Team

Manchester City Council's Equality Team is part of the Business Improvement and Partnerships Service, in the Chief Executive's Department. Our team aims to support the Council at Member and officer level, to develop a strong and focused approach to addressing the City's key emerging equality challenges.

We do this partly by providing equality advice, guidance and tools that put equality considerations at the heart of the Council's day-to-day business. These processes support the Council to meet its legal requirements set out by the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED). The Council's aims reach beyond just being legally compliant though, and we also support the Council to respond proactively to common equality issues in the City.

We recognise that the profile of Manchester's diverse population is continually evolving, and that the equality issues that affect the city will change to mirror this shift. As a team, our aim is to maintain our knowledge and understanding of these trends, to continue to build strong and effective equality-relevant relationships, and to use this to support the Council to improve equality outcomes for Manchester.

Below are some of the key areas of our work:

- Advice, guidance and support on equality issues, legislation and statutory duties;

- Engagement with and building our understanding of Manchester's diverse communities;

- Leading on the collation and publication of the Council's Equality Information;

- Leading on the development and supporting the implementation of Council-wide Equality Objectives;

- Developing tools for and supporting the completion of Equality Impact Assessments;

- Developing and coordinating the Council's equality performance management processes

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