Equality & Diversity

Wherry is committed to ensuring that we promote equality & diversity in both the workplace and to our residents through the services we provide.

What is Equality & Diversity?

Equality is about ensuring that wherever possible, individuals or groups of people have fair access to the same opportunities.

Diversity is respecting that individuals and groups have differences and in order to provide equal opportunities, services and processes may need to differ to ensure that we are not discriminating.

Legislation dictates that we should pay particular attention to the needs of individuals and groups that have the following protected characteristics as these have been identified as often being subject to discrimination:

Age;
Disability;
Gender reassignment;
Marriage and civil partnership;
Pregnancy and maternity;
Race;
Religion or belief;
Sex;
Sexual orientation;

In order to set out what we do and intend to do in order to achieve this commitment, we have developed a Single Equality Scheme (2009 -2011) and an associated action plan. These can be found below:

Wherry Housing Association Single Equalities Scheme (242 KB)

Wherry Housing Association Single Equalities Scheme Action Plan (39 KB)

Each year, we will produce an Annual report that sets out our progress, we have just completed our first Annual report which can be found below:

Wherry Housing Association Annual Equality & Diversity Report (76 KB)

One of our commitments is to carry our Equality Impact Assessments, which are a systematic approach to considering our policies and services to ensure they are accessible to everybody and to ensure that we are not unintentionally discriminating against any identified groups. Summaries of the completed Equality Impact Assessments can be found below.

Complaints Equality Impact Assessment Summary (256 KB)

Disabled Adaptations Equality Impact Assessment Summary (255 KB)

Planned Maintenance Equality Impact Assessment Summary (253 KB)

Repairs & Voids Equality Impact Assessment Summary (255 KB)

Income Management Equality Impact Assessment Summary (264 KB)

Resident Involvement Equality Impact Assessment Summary (257 KB)

Lettings Equality Impact Assessment Summary (259 KB)

Anti-Social Behaviour Service Equality Impact Assessment Summary (266 KB)

Estate Services Equality Impact Assessment Summary (253 KB)

Financial Inclusion Equality Impact Assessment Summary (328 KB)

We are happy to provide copies of the full assessments, if you would like to view these, please contact by calling 0800 694 0165 or 01603 703500. You can also email WherryContinuousImprovement@circleanglia.org

Last modified 20/02/12