Equality and Diversity

Statement of Intent

Winchester City Council is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities in its role as an employer and in its role as a Local Authority responsible for the provision of services within the community. Accordingly, the Council has committed itself to developing positive policies to facilitate the employment of people with disabilities and to the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of being or becoming a transexual person, race or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, sex, marital status and being pregnant or on maternity leave, in its actions as an employer and in the delivery of the services for which it is responsible. It will encourage those organisations financially supported or contracted to deliver Council services to do likewise.

An Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) is a process for ensuring that equality and social inclusion issues are considered against council services and policies.

It allows us to ensure that services or policies is not discriminating (actual or perceived to be) against particular groups of people, especially groups or communities who experience inequality, discrimination, social exclusion or disadvantage. Below are links to the EIA reports that Winchester City Council have completed.

Please note more EIAs will be added as soon as they are complete.

• Benefits

  • Benefits Service

  • Discretionary Housing Payments Policy & Procedure & Applications Review

• Communications and Customer Service

  • Communications

  • Translation and Interpretation Policy

• Council Tax

  • Council Tax changes and Council Tax Reduction

• Environmental Health

  • Food Safety

  • Joint Waste Contract Report

  • Joint Waste Contract Assessment Screening Form

• Grants

  • Grant Process

• Housing

  • Choice-based Letting Scheme of Allocation

  • Choice-based Letting Bidding Process 

  • Domestic Abuse Equality Impact Assessment Report

  • Gas Servicing

  • Hampshire Alliance for Affordable Rural Housing (HARAH)

  • Homelessness Advice

  • Homelessness Strategy

  • Housing Advice - Interview Time Times 

  • Housing Strategy

  • Older Persons Housing Action Plan

  • Property Services

  • Rent Accounting

  • Rural Housing Strategy

  • Sheltered Housing

  • Temporary Accommodation

  • Tenancy Services

• Information Management and Technology

  • Information Management and Technology

• Licensing

  • Licensing

• Strategic Planning

  • Draft Traveller DPD Equalities Impact Assessment

  • Traveller DPD Publication (Pre Submission) Equalities Impact Assessment

Your right to challenge: If you are affected by the service or policy assessed here and do not agree with the decision or findings set out or think that the recommended improvements will not work, are insufficient or will adversely and unfairly affect you, please contact the Head of Human Resources within 30 days of publication.

Email: humanresources@winchester.gov.uk
Telephone: 01962 840 222

Head of Human Resources
Winchester City Council
City Offices
Colebrook Street
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 9LJ

The Gender Pay Gap report for 2017 can be found using this link:

http://www.winchester.gov.uk/about/access-to-data/gender-pay-gap-2017