Issue - meetings

By Councill Kumar – EDI Training

Council:

1)         Thanks officers for offering training around Equality and Diversity to elected representatives and refers to Council’s Equality and Diversity Framework 2021-25.

2)         Notes on calls for both Police Scotland and Metropolitan Police to improve their Equality and Diversity training.

3)         Recognises that Equality and Diversity training is critical and has a profound impact on those with protected characteristics under Equality Act 2010; and other people

·           with learning, sensory, and physical disabilities

·           experiencing domestic abuse and violence

·           facing digital exclusion

·           with care experience

·           from other underrepresented groups such as ethnic minority and Gypsy Travellers.

4)         Notes that current equality and diversity training is offered as a one-off online training for staff.

5)         Agrees to review our Equality and Diversity training, learning, and development practice to be changed to:

a)         A programme of mandatory training to be completed over a three-year period completed both in-person and online.

b)         Additional opportunities for in-person training to reflect on case studies and examples of unconscious bias training that can impact on how we develop policies, procurement, funding, design and deliver services.

c)         Recognises the essential value of ‘lived experience, therefore should explore services of organisations such as CEMVO Scotland, Multi-Cultural Family Base and others to provide training on behalf of the Council.

6)         Requests an update to be provided to Policy and Sustainability Committee in 2 cycles.”