All employees are encouraged to complete the Council’s Equality Outcomes Consultation to help us ensure fairness for all in East Dunbartonshire, whether that’s residents, pupils, or our workforce.
We are committed to advancing equality, eliminating discrimination, and fostering positive relationships between diverse groups and this is your chance to help us achieve this.
The authority adheres to the Equality Act 2010 which sets out nine protected characteristics:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender reassignment
- Marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity
- Race
- Religion or belief
- Sex
- Sexual orientation.
As part of our statutory obligations, the Council, along with the Education Authority and Licensing Board, has developed a new set of draft Equality Outcomes for the period 2025 to 2029.
The development of these draft outcomes is integrated within wider strategic and operational frameworks, ensuring alignment with business planning and public performance reporting.
Our draft Equality Outcomes were shaped by a broad range of data sources and consultations including:
- Reflections on the delivery and performance of the 2021–2025 outcomes
- Equality and demographic data, including census and local health indicators
- Strategic plans developed by the East Dunbartonshire Community Planning Partnership
- The Council’s own corporate priorities and business improvement plans
- Findings from Equality Impact Assessments and staff monitoring reports
- Gender pay gap analysis.
You can complete the consultation by visiting the Consultation page on our website before Friday 5 September.
Thank you.
Ann Davie
Chief Executive
