What does the Museum mean by equality?
DEFINITIONS Equality is creating an even platform to enable everyone to access the same opportunities and is backed by legislation to prevent discrimination based on prejudices against any group. Diversity is understanding and valuing the differences in people and believing that harnessing these differences will create a productive working environment and an enriching life experience where talents are fully utilised and organisational goals are met. Valuing diversity means valuing the qualities that different people bring to their jobs, to the resolution of problems and to the development of business opportunities – rather than judging people’s ideas by the extent to which they conform to our existing values or personal preference. Managing diversity means recognising that our staff, volunteers and those who use our services are from differing cultural, ethnic, racial and gender backgrounds and have different religions or beliefs, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities,
