Devon Catering & Cleaning Services is committed to ensuring genuine equality of opportunity in all aspects of its business.  We believe that every person is unique, that every person has rights and responsibilities and should be valued for who they are.

We also believe in valuing diversity and will seek to achieve both of these through our role as:

• Employer
• A provider of services.
• A commissioner/purchaser of services.
• A partner working with other agencies.

Whilst accepting our responsibility under the various Acts of Parliament related to sex, race and disability discrimination, we recognise it is not enough to rely simply on legislation to ensure fairness and equality of service provision, or to ensure that the diverse needs of minority groups and individuals are met.

DCCS now seeks to extend its commitment to equality of treatment and opportunity to the totality of its business by:

• Promoting the principles of valuing diversity, which makes good business sense for the organisation.  Building on approaches to enhance staff and customer contribution and development will benefit our approaches to customer care and service diversity.
• Through our business plan, the Strategic Management Team will be accountable for making sure this policy is put into practice.