ED&I

Bury Council is committed to equitable and inclusive practice as a service provider, commissioner, community leader and employer. This commitment is made as a core part of the delivery of the LET’S Do It! Bury 2030 vision and a key element of the organisation’s transformation journey.

A key tenet of LET’S Do It! is the co-design of our services and the future of our borough. With this in mind, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy has been co-produced with community leaders, staff groups and senior champions. It sets out:

• The part the Council will play in enabling residents and colleagues with protected characteristics to realise the aims of the Bury 2030 vision
• How the Council will meet its obligations in accordance with the general legal equalities duties
• Organisation-specific objectives and an action plan to be delivered between 2024 and 2028.

We have deliberately used the words equality, diversity and inclusion for this strategy as these words underpin the focus of this strategy:

Equality – Where everyone is treated fairly, with dignity and respect and recognising we may need to treat people differently to achieve this

Diversity – Understanding our differences and valuing these as a strength that we all benefit from

Inclusion – Providing equal access and opportunity to participate in our workplaces, our communities and in the use of services regardless of personal characteristics or circumstances.

This strategy builds on the success of our previous 2020-2024 Joint Inclusion Strategy, with NHS Bury, which laid the foundations of inclusive practice throughout the council and in our communities. This 2024-2028 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy is a Council only strategy and aims to build on the successes of the previous strategy to ensure that consideration of protected characteristics and intersectionality are threaded through our workplace and community activities. The Council is committed to working in partnership with NHS Greater Manchester with objectives in this strategy closely aligned to the equality objectives of the Integrated Care Board, particularly around race and workforce.