What are Equality, Diversity and Human Rights?
Equality is about creating a society in which everyone can participate – regardless of their race, gender, disability, age, religion and beliefs or sexual orientation. Equality is also about offering equality of opportunity so everyone is able to fulfil their potential regardless of who they are. Diversity is about creating a working culture and practices which recognise, respect and value difference. This will in turn benefit employees, the Trust as a whole and the public who use our services. Human Rights are basic rights to humane dignified treatment and they belong to everyone. They are rights we all have simply because we are human beings, regardless of who we are, where we live or what we do. Human Rights represent all the things that are important to us, such as being able to choose how to live our life and being treated with dignity and respect. Human Rights are the umbrella over all our aims, objectives and actions towards addressing inequality and promoting diversity. As a pu
