equal access to information and services

Throughout its work, Homes for Haringey is committed to reflecting the full diversity of the community it serves and to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. We accept that Homes for Haringey is not free of unintended institutional discrimination. We will work to eradicate it.

We aim to ensure equal access to our services by all citizens on the basis of need and to provide services in a manner that is sensitive to the individual whatever their background. We will represent the needs of our diverse communities to other agencies and make equal opportunities a key guiding principle in all of our work with our partners. We will ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves. We will take positive action to realise our equality of opportunity policy. We are committed to eliminating discrimination on the grounds of:

• Age
• Disability
• Colour, ethnic origin, nationality, national origin or race
• Gender
• HIV status
• Marital status
• Religious belief
• Responsibility for dependants
• Sexuality, or
• Unrelated criminal conviction.

It is the responsibility of every employee of Homes for Haringey to uphold and implement this policy. It is the responsibility of each individual manager, at all levels, to plan and provide their services to realise this policy.

Homes for Haringey Equalities Policy

Homes for Haringey Equalities and Diversity strategy