Strategic Equality Plan

The Equality Act 2010 is about ensuring a fair deal for everyone and focuses on ending discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and outcome and fostering good relations between different individuals and communities.

It replaces the previous 116 different equality statutes in one all encompassing statute. It simplifies and clarifies the role of Local Authorities as leaders in achieving equality improvements for their citizens and communities. Specific duties developed by the Welsh Government provide detailed and challenging requirements for Authorities but an overall emphasis on ‘due regard’ leaves authorities with greater freedom to produce distinctive local solutions and greater accountability to their communities.

Click here to see a WLGA briefing on The Equality Act 2010 - Public Sector Duties in Wales, which includes details about the requirement for local authorities to publish a Strategic Equality Plan.