Equality at NICCY

Our Corporate Plan

Our objectives are aligned with the Corporate Plan and our Staff Charter:

• To develop and support the implementation of policies and procedures that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• To ensure the Commissioner is compliant with Northern Ireland equality legislation.
• To provide Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training for staff.
• To provide a confidential source of advice and support to individual staff members on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion issues.

Why we have an equality scheme

Our equality scheme outlines our arrangements for:

• Assessing our compliance with Section 75 duties.
• Assessing and consulting people on the likely impact our policies have on promoting equality of opportunity.
• Monitoring any adverse impact of policies on the promoting equality of opportunity.
• Publishing the results of our assessments.
• Training staff.
• Assessing public access to information and services we provide.

We have in place necessary resources such as people, time and money, to make sure:

• We can comply with our statutory duties.
• We implement the equality scheme effectively, and on time.

You can read a summary of our equality scheme.

How to get copies of our Equality Scheme

Our equality scheme is published in full, in summary and in Easy Read. You can read these online.

Equality Action Plan 

As part of our Equality Scheme, we have developed an Equality Action Plan, which runs from 2021 until 2023. This outlines how we will promote equality and diversity in our ambitions to create a city in which people love to live, learn, invest, work and visit. It also contributes to our compliance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

The Equality Action Plan is developed from some of the information in an Audit of Inequalities, which is a systematic approach to identify inequalities, across the nine Section 75 categories (religious belief; political opinion: race; age; gender; disability; marital status; sexual orientation; people with dependants or without), which are relevant to a public authority’s functions.

The Equality Action Plan contains some of the key priorities from our Corporate Plan, which will have the biggest impact on inequalities. Our Corporate Plan is a reflection of what people have told us they want and the type of action they feel Northern Ireland needs. At the core of everything we do, we continue to protect and safeguard the rights of children and young people, through working with all stakeholders to make a more equitable society.

To ask for a copy of our Equality Scheme, Equality Action Plan or Disability Action Plan, please contact Scott at scott@niccy.org

Supporting documents:

• Equality Scheme
• Equality Action Plan
• Disability Action Plan
• Annual S75 Progress Report 2023-2024