Identity is multifaceted and changeable, often evolving over time as we grow and experience new things. It’s a crucial part of how every one of us sees ourselves and how we are perceived by others. It encompasses various characteristics, including personality, values, interests and background as well as legally protected characteristics defined in the Equality […]
Devon County Council treats ‘care-experience’ as a protected characteristic. This guide has been developed with the help of the Stand Up Speak Up Council – a youth council for Care Experienced People (CEP). They say: As members of the Stand up Speak up Council (care-experienced youth council), we hope that having care-experience as a protected […]
Top 20 Languages in Devon (county council area) (source: ONS Census 2021) Languages spoken in the community are not necessarily an indication of interpreting or translation needs. Local interpreting agency information (Multilingua) shows the highest demands in 2022/23 relate to the following languages, as well as British Sign Language: In our Devon schools, over 5% […]
Population summaries (Devon County Council area) (Figures as a percentage of the total population 811,640. Figures rounded up) Age Age range Count Percentage Aged 4 years and under 35,345 4.4 Aged 5 to 9 years 41,294 5.1 Aged 10 to 15 years 51,534 6.3 Aged 16 to 19 years 36,500 4.5 Aged 20 to 24 […]
Report date: December 2023 Introduction An engagement event was held on 10 July 2023 which brought together: Further information about the Equality Commission and these groups is available on the Equality webpages: Equality Commission. The purpose of the event was to identify the challenges, opportunities and priorities for equality, diversity and inclusion in an inclusive […]
In October 2012 Devon County Council published the Devon Joint Declaration for Equality which was developed in partnership with the public and the voluntary and community sector. Freedom from discrimination and equality of opportunity are basic rights. As a co-creator and signatory of the Joint Declaration, Devon County Council is committed to challenging inequality and […]
We want to accelerate our efforts to mainstream equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in all our activities, and collaborate with our partners to ensure that the whole county is championing our values around EDI. Our ambition is for the authority to become a beacon of best practice and positive change. We will work with the […]
Introduction Care Experienced People The Council recognises that: Disability Many services that are run or commissioned by the Council focus on meeting the health and social care needs of disabled people, but disability equality goes beyond simply meeting these needs. The Equality Act 2010 encourages public authorities to advance equality for disabled people, including encouraging […]
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