Liverpool City Council - Equality

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Equal Opportunities Service

What do we do?

The Equalities Team is a corporate resource, working with all service areas to improve access to services and opportunities.

  • We develop and monitor policies and strategies
  • We support managers to provide services across the community by promoting equality in service delivery and employment
  • We recognise peoples' individual qualities irrespective of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and disability
  • We offer advice to staff and the general public on equality issues effecting Liverpool City Council
  • We monitor our workforce and employment policies by race, gender and disability to make sure all staff are treated fairly and in accordance with their individual needs.                         

View the council's Equal Opportunities Policy & Statement (MS Word [101.5Kb] opens in new window)

We provide information in the following areas:

How can you contact us?

Telephone - 0151 225 3540

Text phone - 0151 225 2684

Email - equal.opportunitiesservice@liverpool.gov.uk

What will we do?

  • If we can we will deal with your enquiry.  If not we will find out who can help you.                         

  

Useful contacts

Equality & Human Rights Commission

From 1 October 2007, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (Equality and Human Rights Commission) takes on the role and functions of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) and the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), with new responsibilities for sexual orientation, age, religion and belief, and human rights.

For disability related enquiries contact:

FREEPOST MID02164
Stratford upon Avon
CV37 9BR 

Telephone: 08457 622 633
Textphone: 08457 622 644
Fax: 08457 778 878

For race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion and belief and human rights related enquiries contact:

Freepost RRLL-GHUX-CTRX
Arndale House 
Arndale Centre 
Manchester 
M4 3EQ

0845 604 6610 - England main number
0845 604 6620 - England textphone
0845 604 6630 - England fax

email: info@equalityhumanrights.com

Deaf 24/7 - Internet resource for all British Sign Language and deafness related information especially in United Kingdom.
E-mail: www.deaf247.co.uk

Merseyside Lesbian & Gay Community Forum
Tel: 07970 680483.
E-mail: MLGCF@portnahaven.fsnet.co.uk
Mike Homfray, Group Chair.