Leasowe Community Homes believes it has a leading role in promoting equal opportunities and valuing diversity in the community, as an employer and as a provider of services to the people of Leasowe and its visitors. We are committed to:
- Equality of opportunity;
- Tackling discrimination and disadvantage;
- Tackling harassment and intimidation
- Promoting good relations within Leasowe
- Using our position as a provider of housing and services to provide equal opportunities and for tackling discrimination, harassment, intimidation and disadvantage;
- Making our workforce and the organisation as a whole more representative of the diverse communities in Leasowe;
- Doing what we can to encourage other organisations, partners, service providers, the private and voluntary sectors, to adopt similar policies on equality and diversity.
LCH will not tolerate less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, age, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, religious or other beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.
What we will do:
- We will recognise and comply with current legislation.
- We will ensure all employees and customers are treated fairly and consistently, without discrimination.
- We will take action to combat discrimination in all areas of employment and service delivery on grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, family or marital status, religion or belief, or on any other ground, which cannot be justified.
- We will identify those groups within our community whose needs are not adequately being met and take action to change our service to meet those needs.
- We will consult and actively seek views and opinions in relation to equality and diversity issues.
- We will monitor all areas of employment including, recruitment, promotion, training opportunities to ensure equal treatment for all employees.
- We will produce an equality action plan and monitor its effectiveness.
- We will ensure that equality objectives and targets are regularly set, monitored and reviewed across all areas of work.
A copy of our Equality and Diversity Strategy can now be downloaded.