Zero tolerance to hate crime
Devon County Council has signed the Zero Tolerance to Hate Crime Pledge.
Equality policy
Everyone who works for Devon County Council (as an employee, contractor, or volunteer) is expected to adhere to the Equality Policy.
Equality Policy – Equality and Diversity (devon.gov.uk)
Other resources
- Facilitating Team Conversations about the Race Equality Audit (staff access only)
- Anti-Racism Commitment (staff access only)
- Discrimination Incident Reporting
- Acceptable Behaviour (staff access only)
- Unacceptable Customer Behaviour (staff access only)
- Equality Information
- Impact Assessment
- Diversity Guide
- Engaging Devon (staff access only)
Learning and development
- Core Principles and Behaviours (staff access only)
- DeL – DCC Learning and Development EDI Programme (staff access only)
‘In-person’ training and mentoring will be developed as part of the improvement plan.
Groups and networks
- Staff Networks are listed at Equality and diversity – tasks and guides (devon.gov.uk) (staff access only)
- DCC’s Equality Reference Group have race and faith representatives:
Equality Reference Group – Equality and Diversity (devon.gov.uk)
Useful external resources
Assessment tools
Key research
- BBC Ideas: The Myth of Race
- Recommended by Wayne Reid:
- Outlanders: https://siobhanmaclean.co.uk/publications/outlanders
- The Triple A Chinwag: https://www.basw.co.uk/triple-chinwag-basw-england-mini-series
- ‘Anti-racism in Social Work’ report: https://basw.co.uk/sites/default/files/resources/anti-racism-activities-report_0.pdf.
- Roger Kline – No More Tick Boxes
- CIPD – Developing an Anti-Racism Strategy
- McGregor-Smith Report – Race in the Workplace
- Stuart Hall Foundation Race Report
- Unison – Challenging Racism in the Workplace
- ACAS – steps for preventing race discrimination
- CRED – Centre for race, education and decoloniality
- Wellcome – anti-racism principles, guidance and toolkit
Community
- Equality Republic
- Race Equality Matters
- DDE (Devon Development Education) Global Centre
- North Devon Sunrise
- Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council
- Exeter Respect Festival
- Plymouth Respect Festival
- Black History Month
- North Devon Diversity Festival (see information from North Devon Sunrise)
- The Inclusion Agency – Where are you really from?