Equality Outcomes

Final equality outcomes for 2025-2029
Our new set of Equality Outcomes that we will progress over the next four years are:
Equality outcome	Priority focus
Our staff with protected characteristics have safe and supportive work environments to thrive, and the Council is seen as an employer of choice	We want to ensure that our staff are working in an environment where they feel they belong, and we want to ensure they have a fair and inclusive place of work.
There will be a better understanding and intolerance of discrimination and violence against people with protected characteristics across our communities, workforce and schools.	In South Ayrshire we want people to experience safe and inclusive communities, workplaces and schools.
We will increase the number of training and employment opportunities for people with protected characteristics from our local communities.	We want to support people in South Ayrshire to fulfill their potential by removing barriers to training and employment opportunities.
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.	We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to influence and contribute to what happens in their local area, feedback from people with lived experienced and protected characteristics provides us with valuable knowledge to allow us to shape services.

In 2021, we agreed Shared Equality Outcomes which have been set for

South Ayrshire Council