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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY

East Anglian Heritage (a trading name of KHCC Holdings) is committed to achieving equal opportunities, respects and values diversity, and is committed to applying equality of opportunity in all its practices and objective/service delivery with regard to ethnic origin, age, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status and disability or any other protected characteristics not relevant to the point at issue. 

East Anglian Heritage Director have overall responsibility for the effective operation of this policy. However, all employees and clients have a duty as part of their involvement with the group/organisation to do everything they can to ensure that the policy works in practice. 

The Director of East Anglian Heritage will bring to the attention of all employees the existence of this policy, and will provide such training as is necessary to ensure that the policy is effective and that everyone is aware of it. 

Reference to the policy should be included in the contract documents with outside agencies. 

Equal Opportunities Policy Implementation 

General activities of East Anglian Heritage 

As a provider of a service to it clients, East Anglian Heritage accepts responsibility to promote equal opportunities and challenge discrimination wherever it occurs. This document sets out the main consequences of this commitment and the action to be taken in order to achieve equal opportunities. 

We will actively monitor all activities to ensure that we are serving the needs of all communities and groups. 

It is the responsibility of all staff, volunteers and clients to ensure that no other person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of age, gender reassignment, married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race +, religion or belief and sex. 

We will encourage our employees and clients and the staff of any organisation working with us to take positive steps to ensure that the needs of minority communities and disadvantaged people are met. 

We will listen carefully to what people tell us they need from East Anglian Heritage and do everything in our power and within our resources to ensure their needs are met. 

This policy will be reviewed every (three) years or when new legislation requires it. 

Physical access 

 East Anglian Heritage  premises will be reviewed regularly so that access by committee, staff and client with disabilities can be maintained and improved where necessary. 

Recruitment and Employment Practices 

It is vitally important that East Anglian Heritage  Director and employees understand the full diversity of their clientele. 

As far as it lies within our power we will ensure that our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal access for all. 

All committee or job vacancies will initially be advertised internally to encourage service users and volunteers to apply. 

We will design our committee role or job specifications to allow for as wide as possible a range of transferable experience and qualifications to be taken into account. 

Application forms will make it clear that life experience as well as formal qualifications and work experience is valid. 

During a recruitment process, East Anglian Heritage  will take into account the guidelines set out by ACAS and other relevant parties. 

This Policy has been read, reviewed and accepted by Karl Hanson the Director on behalf of East Anglian Heritage.

Karl Hanson 

13/12/2024