To achieve this we have developed a Single Equality Scheme which covers the areas of disability, gender and race, and describes how we are going to promote equality and diversity in everything we do.

To eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote equality, ‘equality duties’ were introduced for public sector institutions.  The first of these was the race equality duty, introduced in 2001.  This was followed by the introduction of the disability equality duty in 2006 and the gender equality duty in April 2007.