The Cumbria Equality and Diversity Partnership is part of the Cumbria Strategic Partnership which brings together partners representing the public, private and third sector organisations in Cumbria. It is responsible, on behalf of the County Council, for developing a Sustainable Community Strategy and for developing and implementing the Local Area Agreement.
The 'hub' of the partnership:
- provides equality and diversity input into the Local Area Agreement
- co-ordinates policy change and works with the media countywide
- ensures consistency in the embedding of equality and diversity both countywide and locally
- ensures that changes are driven by the issues affecting people from the six equality strands of disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion & belief and race)
- produces a partnership newsletter
The 'spokes' of the partnership:
- ensure local service providers are addressing equality and diversity
- develop better intelligence of issues affecting people from the six equality strands
- support the development of local fora, initiatives and events
- ensure that harassment and hate crime are being addressed
The entire partnership meets each six months for Cumbria-wide conferences on key equality and diversity themes.
Cumbria Strategic Partnership (external website, opens in a new window)