## Appendix 3: Progress Against Equalities Action Plan 2018/19

|  Equalities Action Plan 2018/19                 | Lead               | Timescale   |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------|
| June 2019                                       |                    |             |
| Mainstream equalities into the business of      |                    |             |
| the organisation                                |                    |             |
| Deputy Chief Executive                          |                    |             |
| Strategic Directors                             |                    |             |
| Monitor existing commitments to incorporate     |                    |             |
| equalities considerations into strategies and   |                    |             |
| decision-making, ensuring due regard is given   |                    |             |
| to the needs of different groups                |                    |             |
| Legal and Governance                            |                    |             |
| Deputy Chief Executive                          |                    |             |
| CMT EDI Lead                                    |                    |             |
| Leading on the development and                  |                    |             |
| implementation of a fully mainstreamed          |                    |             |
| approach to Equalities within the council       |                    |             |
| following the departure of the Equalities Lead. |                    |             |
| Strategic Directors                             |                    |             |
| Strategy Team                                   |                    |             |
| Strategy Team                                   |                    |             |
| Equalities Champions                            |                    |             |
| Set-up and develop a network of Equalities      |                    |             |
| Champions to provide peer to peer equalities    |                    |             |
| support across the council.                     |                    |             |
| Strategy Team                                   |                    |             |
| Equalities Champions                            |                    |             |
| Hold quarterly Equalities Champions Network     |                    |             |
| meeting to monitor the effectiveness and        |                    |             |
| gather feedback on the new approach             |                    |             |
| Strategy Team                                   | To be published    |             |
| in June 2019                                    |                    |             |
| Produce an Annual Equalities Report setting     |                    |             |
| out the Council's commitment and activities     |                    |             |
| relating to equalities and analysing key        |                    |             |
| equality issues, trends and priorities, and     |                    |             |
| publish this on the council's website           |                    |             |
| Monitor progress against the council's          |                    |             |
| Strategic Equalities Objective and identify any |                    |             |
| Strategy Team                                   | To be published    | Published   |
| through the                                     |                    |             |
| Comment                                         |                    |             |
| Ongoing via                                     |                    |             |
| EIAs                                            |                    |             |
| Ongoing via                                     |                    |             |
| EIAs                                            |                    |             |
| September                                       |                    |             |
| 2018 onwards                                    |                    |             |
| See 2019/20 action                              |                    |             |
| plan                                            |                    |             |
| Commenced                                       |                    |             |
| and ongoing for                                 |                    |             |
| 2019                                            |                    |             |
| September                                       |                    |             |
| 2018                                            |                    |             |
| Completed                                       | A review of the    |             |
| Equalities Champions                            |                    |             |
| programme will be                               |                    |             |
| carried out in 2019                             |                    |             |
| Quarterly from                                  |                    |             |
| September                                       |                    |             |
| 2018                                            |                    |             |
| Ongoing                                         | First meeting took |             |
| place on 28 November                            |                    |             |
| 2018                                            |                    |             |
| Completed                                       | Annual Equalities  |             |
| Report 2018/19                                  |                    |             |
| submitted to Policy and                         |                    |             |
| Resources Committee,                            |                    |             |
| 11 June 2019                                    |                    |             |
| The indicators can be                           |                    |             |
| found in the Annual                             |                    |             |
|  Equalities Action Plan 2018/19                | Lead          | Timescale   | Progress at                                  |
|------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------|
| June 2019                                      |               |             |                                              |
| emerging issues shown by the data              | in June 2019  | Annual      |                                              |
| Equalities                                     |               |             |                                              |
| Report 18/19.                                  |               |             |                                              |
| Incorporate equality considerations into the   |               |             |                                              |
| business planning process                      |               |             |                                              |
| Strategy Team                                  |               |             |                                              |
| Legal Services                                 |               |             |                                              |
| Review the current integration of equalities   |               |             |                                              |
| into the business planning process and         |               |             |                                              |
| implement any steps needed to improve this,    |               |             |                                              |
| as laid out in the Internal Audit Report       |               |             |                                              |
| Strategic Directors                            |               |             |                                              |
| Corporate Finance and                          |               |             |                                              |
| Delivery Units (DUs)                           |               |             |                                              |
| Strategy Team                                  | February 2019 | Completed   | Develop analysis of the cumulative impact on |
| specific groups (particularly protected        |               |             |                                              |
| characteristics) of decisions taken to set the |               |             |                                              |
| Council's budget for 2019-20, and publish this |               |             |                                              |
| with the 2019-20 budget report.                |               |             |                                              |
| Strategy Team                                  |               |             |                                              |
| Strategic Directors                            |               |             |                                              |
| An update to the Strategic Equalities          |               |             |                                              |
| Objective and performance measurement as       |               |             |                                              |
| part of the business planning process and      |               |             |                                              |
| update of the Corporate Plan                   |               |             |                                              |
| Comment                                        |               |             |                                              |
| Equalities Report,                             |               |             |                                              |
| section 3.4                                    |               |             |                                              |
| January 2019                                   | Commenced     |             |                                              |
| and ongoing for                                |               |             |                                              |
| 2019                                           |               |             |                                              |
| A meeting is scheduled                         |               |             |                                              |
| for June 2019 with                             |               |             |                                              |
| Legal Services and                             |               |             |                                              |
| Finance to review                              |               |             |                                              |
| current processes for                          |               |             |                                              |
| the 2019/20 business                           |               |             |                                              |
| planning process                               |               |             |                                              |
| Completed                                      | November      |             |                                              |
| 2018- March                                    |               |             |                                              |
| 2019                                           |               |             |                                              |
|  Equalities Action Plan 2018/19                 | Lead          | Timescale   | Progress at                              |
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------|------------------------------------------|
| June 2019                                       |               |             |                                          |
| Resources, support and capacity-building        |               |             |                                          |
| Maintain guidance and support on equalities     | Strategy Team |             |                                          |
| Legal Services                                  |               |             |                                          |
| Programmes and                                  |               |             |                                          |
| Performance Team                                |               |             |                                          |
| Promote community cohesion and                  |               |             |                                          |
| resilience                                      |               |             |                                          |
| Strategy Team                                   | Ongoing.      | Ongoing     | Support the Communities Together Network |
| to promote community wellbeing and              |               |             |                                          |
| encourage safe and cohesive communities         |               |             |                                          |
| (facilitating three meetings a year; developing |               |             |                                          |
| and delivering a forward plan)                  |               |             |                                          |
| Policy and horizon-scanning                     |               |             |                                          |
| Maintain a horizon-scanning process to          |               |             |                                          |
| identify any relevant policy developments,      |               |             |                                          |
| their impact, and any response needed (such     |               |             |                                          |
| as the upcoming reviews of the Human Rights     |               |             |                                          |
| Act and the Public Sector Equality Duty).       |               |             |                                          |
| Strategy Team                                   | Ongoing       | Ongoing     | Strategy Team will be                    |
| producing regular                               |               |             |                                          |
| policy briefings in an                          |               |             |                                          |
| email bulletin. These                           |               |             |                                          |
| will look ahead at local,                       |               |             |                                          |
| national and                                    |               |             |                                          |
| international policy                            |               |             |                                          |
| developments,                                   |               |             |                                          |
| including those with                            |               |             |                                          |
| Equalities impact                               |               |             |                                          |
| Strategy Team                                   | December 2018 | Commenced   | The Equalities Policy                    |
| will be updated over                            |               |             |                                          |
| the summer of 2019                              |               |             |                                          |
| Carry out an annual review of the Council's     |               |             |                                          |
| Equalities Policy to ensure it remains up to    |               |             |                                          |
| date and accessible internally and externally   |               |             |                                          |
| via intranet and internet pages.                |               |             |                                          |
| Comment                                         |               |             |                                          |
| Ongoing                                         | Ongoing       |             |                                          |
|  Equalities Action Plan 2018/19             | Lead    | Timescale            | Progress at    |
|---------------------------------------------|---------|----------------------|----------------|
| June 2019                                   |         |                      |                |
| Support                                     | a       | robust               | and            |
| corporate consultation and engagement       |         |                      |                |
| function                                    |         |                      |                |
| Strategy Team                               |         |                      |                |
| Communications                              |         |                      |                |
| Work with the Council's Local Voluntary and |         |                      |                |
| Community Sector (VCS) through CTN and      |         |                      |                |
| community participation lead to engage with |         |                      |                |
| hard to reach groups and communities and    |         |                      |                |
| understand any key equalities issues.       |         |                      |                |
| Communications                              |         |                      |                |
| Strategy Team                               |         |                      |                |
| Use the Communities Together Network        |         |                      |                |
| (CTN) where appropriate to support relevant |         |                      |                |
| corporate consultation and engagement       |         |                      |                |
| Comment                                     |         |                      |                |
| Ongoing                                     | Ongoing | The Strategy Team    |                |
| continue to work with                       |         |                      |                |
| partner organisations                       |         |                      |                |
| in order to engage with                     |         |                      |                |
| Barnet's diverse                            |         |                      |                |
| communities. For                            |         |                      |                |
| example, the recent                         |         |                      |                |
| establishment of a                          |         |                      |                |
| Muslim Network has                          |         |                      |                |
| enabled positive                            |         |                      |                |
| discussions between                         |         |                      |                |
| members of different                        |         |                      |                |
| Islamic faiths.                             |         |                      |                |
| Ongoing                                     | Ongoing | For example, the CTN |                |
| was used to encourage                       |         |                      |                |
| people to participate in                    |         |                      |                |
| the consultation on the                     |         |                      |                |
| refresh of council                          |         |                      |                |
| priorities to inform the                    |         |                      |                |
| Corporate Plan, Barnet                      |         |                      |                |
| 2024.                                       |         |                      |                |
| The CTN was also a                          |         |                      |                |
| key stakeholder in the                      |         |                      |                |
| development of the                          |         |                      |                |
| 2018 Community                              |         |                      |                |
| Participation Action                        |         |                      |                |