Issue - meetings

Carried forward from July and August meetings. Please note the report has been updated since those meetings.

(i)             to note the actions contained in the report being taken to increase diversity in leadership;

(ii)           to note the self-assessment and areas for further consideration contained within Appendix A;

(iii)          to note that in the first appropriate committee cycle in 2025/26 the equality, diversity and inclusion action plan, first agreed in 2021, would be updated and reported to the Staff Governance Committee for approval, as a result of the ongoing work, self-assessment exercise and new equality outcomes due to be presented for approval in April 2025;

(iv)          to note that the Chief Officer - People and Citizen Services would check on training that had been offered to elected members, with a view to offering training to all elected members regarding unconscious bias, which was currently part of training offered to recruiting managers; and

(v)           to note that the Chief Officer - People and Citizen Services would provide information regarding (1) the number of complaints that had been received by ethnic minority employees alleging racial discrimination; and (2) uptake of the various training referred to in paragraph 3.5.7 of the report.