Aberdeenshire Council Equality Outcomes

We asked

Aberdeenshire Council needs to develop its next set of Equality Outcomes, along with the Bi-annual Equality Mainstreaming report. We examined changes over the past four years and asked what the current equalities challenges are in Aberdeenshire to help develop our next set of Equality Outcomes for 2025 to 2029. We engaged with many stakeholders in order to capture the widest and most representative sample of the main equality issues in Aberdeenshire.

You said

The survey was open to all residents and staff of Aberdeenshire Council, with in-person focus groups held with children and young people, and lived experience. This allowed us to capture what were the main issues were across Aberdeenshire. The feedback we received had similar themes which were:

• Accessibility
• Building capability
• Community Safety
• Children and Young People reaching full potential

We will

The feedback has been shared with the six Area Committees, Education and Children Services Committee as well as the Licensing Board. The feedback from the committees has been included in the main report which is going to Full Council for approval.

Once approved by Full Council, Officers will begin implementing the actions to achieve the identified Equality Outcomes.