Croydon Equalities Pledges

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Adopt the pledge today, make your public declaration against inequality and stand united with Croydon

• We are working to become an anti-racist organisation by embedding this in our strategies, actions and behaviours and by making a difference to the lived experience of our communities
• Committing to zero tolerance of racism from employees, residents, customers and service users by challenging racist behaviour or stereotypes expressed by individuals   
• Developing our knowledge of anti-racist practice by listening and responding to experiences of staff and the wider community 
• Developing an understanding of the role that power, privilege, identity and disadvantage that impacts on the lived experience of all staff in particular those from African/African Caribbean, other African heritage communities 
• Undertaking whole workforce training on unconscious bias and encouraging staff to safely challenge such bias during day to day conversations 
• Developing cultural awareness by learning more about African/African Caribbean and African other history and cultural practices to develop understanding of staff and customers through podcasts, videos, documentaries and by attending events
• Promoting good relationships between groups which share cultural similarities and those that don’t by encouraging communities to celebrate together as one 
• Identifying and addressing any ethnicity pay gaps
• Ensuring that recruitment processes from application, shortlisting, interview and  appointment conducted in a manner that facilitates positive action in recruitment such as media campaigns, advertising imagery and interview panels that represent the diversity of the borough’s population where possible 
• Developing plans to address challenges where race may not be the only factor and the needs of people may also be in relation to: disability, age, sexual orientation, sex or other protected characteristics.    

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