Strategic Equality Plan Consultation

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Hywel Dda Health Board, together with local authorities in Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, have come together to ask for your views in preparing their strategic equality plans.

These plans are important documents, setting out how the public organisations will make sure their actions are fair to all.  Being treated fairly and with respect is relevant to us all, and to our families and friends.

The partner agencies would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to express your views through this survey.
1. Are you responding as an...
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3. Please indicate which of the following your organisation is primarily interested in (for example, Age Concern would tick 'Age').
 
Please go to question 12

Questions 4 to 11 are within the survey so that we can find out what people with different characteristics think about the issues raised in the rest of the survey.  We can then make sure that all views are fairly taken into account.

There is no way that we will be able to trace your responses back to you as an individual.

4. What is your ethnic group?
5. What is your age group?
6. What is your gender?
7. Is your gender the same now as when assigned at birth?
8. What is your partnership status?
 
9. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 states that a person has a disability for the purposes of this Act if he/she has or has had 'a physical or mental impairment which has had a substantial and long term adverse effect on his/her ability to carry out normal day to day activities'.

Long term has been defined as meaning having lasted 12 months or is likely to last at least 12 months.

Do you consider yourself to be disabled?
10. Do you hold a religion or belief?
 
11. What is your sexual orientation?

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service

We are responsible for providing an Emergency Fire and Rescue Service across our geographical area.  We are an employer of fire fighters, fire officers and support staff from a variety of different professions.

Please help us to maintain fairness in all that we do by answering the following questions.
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Legislative Fire Safety
This involves inspections of public buildings and businesses to make sure that they are compliant with fire safety law. The department also investigates when a fire has taken place to find out the reason for the fire occurring and then establish what actions need to be taken e.g. prosecutions.
13. Do you think that people carrying out these roles need to have been working as fire fighters before doing this job?
14. Do people carrying out these roles, from what ever background, need to wear uniforms in the course of their work?
15. Have you, your friends or community ever had experience of 'arson' (deliberately setting fire to things)?
16. If yes, was this motivated by discrimination?
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Hywel Dda Health Board

We want to ensure that everyone is able to improve their health and receive the best services we can make available.  We want to hear your views to help plan our equality priorities.
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Please indicate how far you agree with the following draft objectives.
           
  A - Leadership and Corporate Commitment. The organisation will be committed to promoting equality. It will assess the impact of its actions and publish results.          
  B - Strategy and Services. The organisation will help ensure equitable access to information and services for all groups.          
  C - Patient and Public Involvement. The organisation will continue to develop links with the population we serve, promoting community involvement and supporting social cohesion          
  D - Health. We will continue to increase knowledge in relation to health needs of groups within our communities.  We will work towards reducing inequities in health by  providing the right care, in the right place at the right time.          
  E - Workforce. Support staff to ensure that in carrying out their duties they promote equality and good relations, dignity and respect.          
  F - Partnerships. The organisation will continue to work with relevant partners in promoting equality and good relations and eliminating discrimination.          
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Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion County Councils

We are major providers of a wide range of services in Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.  We constantly strive to improve the way we deliver for our citizens, in order to meet needs and ensure fairness in all that we do.

22. Which local authority do you receive services from?
23. Thinking about the Council's role as an employer, please indicate how far you agree with the following statements.
           
  A - We will improve the information we hold about staff to ensure fairness.          
  B - We will aim to ensure that the employee profile of the Authority more closely reflects the diversity of the local community.          
  C - We will use equalities and diversity learning and development to promote understanding among staff.          
  D - We will support staff networks that are currently in place or those that are established during the lifetime of this scheme in order to ensure fairness.          
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25. Thinking about the Council's role as a provider of services, please indicate how far you agree with the following statements.
           
  E - We will continue to address the barriers to accessing Council services and further develop a range of alternative ways of accessing services.          
  F - We will work to ensure information published by the Authority is accessible.          
  G - We will work to improve services for disabled people and improve access to local authority buildings.          
  H - When considering changes to policies, strategies and functions, we will assess, consult and monitor the potential and actual impact on all relevant groups.          
  I - We will improve the emotional, mental health and well-being of all people in the county.          
  J - We will work to reduce inequities in health.          
  K - To ensure fairness, we will work to improve access to health and social care for all people.          
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27. Thinking about the Council's duty as a community leader, please indicate how far you agree with the following statements.
           
  L - We will work with partners to deliver our strategic equality plan.          
  M - We will promote and support community cohesion, including encouraging the reporting of domestic violence, disability harassment and hate crime.          
  N - We will play an active part in improving mutual understanding and trust between Gypsy and Traveller communities and settled communities.          
  O - We will support the development of an inclusive society.          
  P - We will work to improve the confidence of local communities that we are tackling the community safety issues that matter most to them and impacting on crime levels.          
  Q - We will work to ensure fairness for our younger people, by supporting our schools and governors.          
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Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. If you have any questions, please contact:

For Carmarthenshire
Corporate Policy Team
equalities@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
01267 224676 / 4914

For Ceredigion
Personnel Section
RhianH.Evans@ceredigion.gov.uk
Tel: 01545 572019
 
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