Equality Objective 1: Work with communities across the borough to bring people together from different backgrounds and promote understanding

No.

Action

Strategic Plan   Priority

Division Lead(s)

Cabinet Portfolio(s)

1.1

We will bring communities together and celebrate the diversity of our borough by raising awareness, promoting equality, and organising events and activities across the borough. This will include highlighting activities organised by others that share our equalities principles.

Priority 6: Empower Communities and Fight Crime

Strategy, Improvement & Transformation /

Commissioning & Culture

Cabinet Member for Equalities & Social Inclusion/ Cabinet Member 

1.2

We will strengthen our community equality networks and the equalities hub to enable it to better influence policy and decision making

Priority 8: A council that listens and works for everyone

Strategy, Improvement & Transformation/ Supporting Families

Cabinet Member for Equalities

1.3

We will engage and communicate with our residents to encourage participation, learn and adapt so that we build trust, strengthen collaboration in delivery,

and generate insight and learning to continually strengthen and improve our services.

Priority 8: A council that listens and works for everyone

Communication in partnership with all council Divisions

Executive Mayor

1.4

We will ensure cohesion principles are incorporated in regeneration projects and programmes and facilitate development of positive relationships between people of different backgrounds.

Priority 2: Homes for the Future

Planning & Building Control / Housing

Cabinet Member

for Regeneration, Inclusive Development and Housebuilding

1.5

We shall refresh our No Place for Hate in Tower Hamlets strategy, moving away from an individual pledge-based approach and towards a strategy based on actions which tackle hate crime.

Priority 6: Empower Communities and Fight Crime

Community Safety

Cabinet Member for Community Safety

No.

Action

Strategic Plan   Priority

Division Lead(s)

Cabinet Portfolio(s)

1.6

We will, through Idea Stores, ensure that the visual and creative industries courses more closely meet the needs of male learners and learners from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Priority 3: Accelerate Education

Customer Services

Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning

1.7

We will, through our Adult Day Care Services, consistently celebrate a range of occasions such as faith festivals.

Priority 5: Invest in Public Services

Adult Social Care

Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care

1.8

We will develop opportunities to raise awareness and tackle discrimination through training and guidance offerings.

Priority 6: Empower Communities and Fight Crime

HR/All Council Divisions

Cabinet Member for Equalities & Social Inclusion

No.

Measure

Source

Direction of travel

1A

Percentage of adult residents agreeing that the local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together

LBTH Annual Residents Survey

Local Government Association Resident Satisfaction Survey

Up

1B

Number of male and multi-ethnic background participants on idea store creative industry courses

Idea Store leaners data

Up

1C

A reduction in all forms of hate crime across the borough across all protected characteristics.

London Hate Crime data

Down

1D

Residents’ views on ability to influence decisions in their area.

LBTH Annual Residents Survey

Up