Valuing you 

Ashfield Homes works hard to promote equality of opportunity and value diversity and address discrimination, harassment, intimidation and disadvantage in all forms.  We do not tolerate the less favourable treatment of anyone on the grounds of gender, age, race, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, pregnancy or if married or in a civil partnership.

Our duty to you

You can find out more about our legal duties under the Equality Act 2010, by reading 'Fair Play 4 All', which describes the Ashfield Homes Equality Scheme and gives an overview of our approach.

 Fair Play 4 All - Equality Scheme

Policies and procedures

To demonstrate our commitment, the Company has adopted a number of strategies, policies, procedures and guidelines promoting equality for tenants, leaseholders and employees.  These are:

Strategies

 Disability equality scheme

 Race equality scheme

Policies

 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy

 Racist Incident Policy

Good practice procedures & guidelines

 Equality, diversity & inclusion good practice guidelines

 Gypsies and travellers good practice procedure for employees

 Refugees and new arrivals good practice procedure

 Racist incident good practice procedure

 Religious beliefs & culture good practice guidelines

Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs)

We undertake EIAs to ensure that the services we provide are fair and accessible to all. An EIA is a means to ensure that organisations think carefully about the likely impact of policies, procedures, strategies, functions and services on tenants, leaseholders, residents, employees and other stakeholders.

They are a useful tool to highlight areas in organisations where certain groups may experience disadvantage compared to other groups, so that these issues can be resolved. The Company has a three year programme to undertake and review EIAs across all of our services.  Click here for more information.  

Useful links

Age UK

DIAL UK, Disability advice network

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Stonewall, advice and support for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals