- Equalities Audit
Equalities Monitoring form (37 KB)- Equalities Monitoring Form (for adults only) (40 KB)
Equalities Monitoring Guidance (93 KB)- First language - data collection guidance (53 KB)
- Guidance for Managers on Equalities Impact Assessments (130 KB)
- Language ID chart (385 KB)
- Letter - Census 2007 - First language ethnicity codes (34 KB)
- New language category list (279 KB)
- Pro-forma for full Equalities Impact Assessment (25 KB)
- Pro-forma for Initial Equalities Impact Assessment (37 KB)
- Pro-forma for Partial Equalities Impact Assessment (35 KB)
All new policies or Service Reviews are required to have Equalities Impact Assessments carried out before decisions are made. The corporate Race Equality Scheme lists all the services that are required to carry out Equalities Impact Assessments and their due dates. Bristol City Council agreed in 2004 that these must all be generic Equalities Impact Assessments addressing race, gender, disability, sexuality and age.
Guidance on carrying out Equalities Impact Assessments is available on this page and regular training courses are carried out by the Equalities and Inclusion team.
Examples of LA Equalities Impact Assessments are also available.
Equalities Audit
Each year the Research and Statistics team produces an Equalities Audit which can be used by managers to give baseline data for their Equalities Impact Assessments so that they can compare it with their service data. Please contact Ruth Pickersgill if you would like a printed copy.
The corporate document, Catching in the Rye and the State of the Neighbourhoods on the Bristol Partnership website (see links to the right) also give you useful baseline data for EIAs.
Ethnic monitoring
All schools and the LA are also required to analyse their data relating to achievement, attendance, exclusion and participation to address any equalities issues. Schools should be careful to carry out accurate ethnic monitoring.
Guidance on ethnic monitoring for schools is available on the DfES website on http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ethnicminorities/collecting/763919/. However, this year, new ethnicity categories have been introduced by the LA as has first language monitoring. Guidance is available by using the various links on this page, or by calling the SIMS Team on 0117 90 37999
LA services should use the same guidance for pupils, but should use the Equalities Monitoring form for monitoring adults (see link and guidance).
For further information on data collection on ethnic monitoring of pupils and adults, please use the links to the DfES and CRE websites on the right.
Contact:
Anne James, Principal Equalities Officer
Equalities and Community Cohesion Team
Bristol City Council
Room U16, The Council House
College Green
Bristol
BS1 5TR
Tel: 0117 92 24446
Fax: 0117 92 22392
Email: anne.james@bristol.gov.uk