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Dundee City Council Single Equality Scheme, 2009-2012

Dundee City Council believes that tackling inequalities provides a strong foundation for cohesive and confident communities. We believe that all citizens have a right to equal access to life opportunities, including representation, services and employment by the Council. To achieve this we are working towards removing barriers to opportunities and to narrowing the gap between the most disadvantaged and others.

This is Dundee City Council's first single equality scheme; building upon the good work of the previous equality schemes for Disability, Gender and Race.

Through our experience in delivering our three previous schemes, critical self evaluation, published research, external reports and by listening to our communities, we identified three equality actions that require to be addressed.

Meeting our Equality and Diversity statutory and regulatory duties for; Age, Disability, Gender, Race, Religion or Belief and Sexual Orientation.
Involving communities of interest in the delivery of Dundee City Council's Single Equality Scheme.
Mainstreaming and sustainability of equalities in Dundee City Council.

View the Single Equality Scheme 2009-2012 here (514KB MS Word doc).

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