Important: Cookie Policy
We use cookies to help keep our site relevant and easy to use. To help us do this
we need your permission to use cookies. Read more...
EU legislation requires that all websites clearly specify if cookies are being used
and their purpose. For more information on the cookies we use view our privacy policy.
South Ayrshire Council use Google Analytics which uses cookies to anonymously track
activity on our site. We use this information to keep our site relevant and to make
it easier to use. We have already set a cookie that is essential to the sites operation.
If you accept the use of cookies on this website you will no longer see this message.
We will also place a preference cookie and Google will place temporary session cookies
on your computer.
Should you later, manually delete the preference cookie then you will need to re-confirm
your preference when you next visit this website.
Yes, I accept the use of cookies
Equality and Diversity
Promoting Disability Equality In South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire Council is committed to promoting disability equality. In an area
with a large population of disabled people (circa 20,000) disability equality must
be and is an important issue for both the Council and our community planning partners.
The South Ayrshire Community Plan and the Council's Business Plan identify equality
as a priority and the Disability Equality Scheme allows us to develop this theme
in more detail and greater focus.
The task we have set ourselves represents a real challenge particularly at a time
of serious budgetary constraints. We have to make better use of our budgets and
work smarter to ensure that we build disability equality into our thinking, whether
in policy development, service delivery or employment practices.
The issues and actions identified in the report cover all departments and services:
disability equality reaches into all parts of the Council. As Chief Executive it
is my responsibility to ensure that the commitments we have made are put into effect
across the Council and I shall be monitoring progress to ensure that this happens.
Promoting disability equality is a journey for all of us to take, learning new ways
of working as well as new approaches. I commend the approach adopted in the new
Scheme to staff and the people of South Ayrshire.
Tom Cairns
Chief Executive