Equalities
As an employer, we are dedicated to promoting equality and valuing diversity within our workforce and within the communities we serve. Our goal is to ensure that these commitments, supported by our values, are carried out with all members of the public, colleagues, and partners.
Under the Equality Act 2010, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service has a legal duty to promote equality. Under the legislation, there are 9 protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership and sexual orientation.
We aim to ensure our services are appropriate for all users and staff by working to:
- Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, and victimisation.
- Advance equality of opportunity between different groups.
- Foster good relations between different groups of people.
- Recruit a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
- Improve public services by promoting equality.
We do this by…
- Providing a tailored service for people with different needs
- Communicating our commitment to equality through supporting a range of different events and initiatives such as PRIDE, White Ribbon UK, Safe Space, Armed Forces Covenant, a range of religious festivals throughout the county, neurodiversity celebration events and more.
- Providing BSL interpretation on request for the Services we provide
- Providing smoke alarms for deaf and hearing-impaired people
- Ensuring our buildings are accessible to people with disabilities.
- Making reasonable adjustments for disabled staff and service users.
- Procuring goods and services in a way that reflects our values and aims.
- Promoting a working environment based on dignity and respect.
- Delivering different learning and development opportunities for staff and their managers.
- Consulting with staff and communities.
- Developing policy by assessing its impact on different groups of people.
- Making staff and managers aware of their statutory responsibilities.
- Reporting on progress against organisational objectives and local performance.
- Coordinating and supporting Staff networks which focus on equality.