Developing South Ayrshire Council & HSCP Equality Outcomes 2025-2029

Equality Outcomes Survey

South Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership are reviewing their equality outcomes. They have drafted 4 new outcomes and would like your opinions about these.

The draft outcomes are:

Our staff with protected characteristics have safe and supportive work environments to thrive, and the Council and Health and Social Care Partnership are seen as employers of choice;
There will be a better understanding and intolerance of discrimination and violence against people with protected characteristics across our communities, workforce and schools;
We will increase the number of training and employment opportunities for people with protected characteristics from our local communities; and
Our communities will have the opportunity to shape services and influence policy and practice by ensuring that we listen to the voice of lived experience and people with protected characteristics.

Why do we have equality outcomes?

Setting equality outcomes help us to:

Make sure the interests of people from all backgrounds, especially those with protected characteristics, are reflected in the work we do. By linking our equality outcomes to the wider work the South Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership does, we make sure groups which might otherwise be disadvantaged or overlooked are included in our decision making.
Meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 by working to eliminate discrimination, advance equality, and foster good relationships between diverse groups.

The Equality Act (2010) focuses on people with 'protected characteristics'. These protected characteristics are:

Race
Disability
Sex
Age
Sexual orientation
Religion and belief
Gender reassignment
Marriage and civil partnership
Pregnancy and maternity

In addition, as part of our commitment to The Promise, we have adopted Care Experienced as an additional protected characteristic specific to South Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership.

The Equality Act (2010) requires the council to:

Eliminate discrimination, harassment, and victimisation;
Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not; and
Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not.

How we have come up with our proposed outcomes

In coming up with the themes, we have considered the following:

The priorities of South Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership - SAC Council Plan (2023-2028) & HSCP Integration Joint Board Strategic Plan (2021-2031);
Areas of work where links can be made to further ensure equalities are embedded into the work we; and
Work going on outwith the council which may influence what we want to do.

Your opinions matter

As we have drafted these outcomes, we have talked to various Services. Now we wish to hear from you. For each of the proposed outcomes, we have provided a short explanation of why we have included it and what we hope it will achieve. For each one, we ask whether or not you agree with what we have suggested, and whether you have any comments to make.

The survey can be accessed here: Equality Outcomes 2025-2029