If you have any queries related to the content of this leaflet, wish for advice on any aspect of the legislative requirements or want to raise an issue for discussion in the College’s Equality Working Group, please contact: Tom Bradley Equality Officer South West College Omagh Campus Dungannon Campus Circular Road, Dungannon 2 Mountjoy Road Co. Tyrone BT71 6BQ Omagh T: 0845 603 1881 Co.Tyrone F: 028 8775 2018 BT79 7AH Textphone: 028 8772 0625 EQUALITY & Tel: 0845 603 1881 Ext: 5418 Cookstown Campus Email: [email protected] Burn Road, Cookstown DIVERSITY Co. Tyrone BT80 8DN T: 0845 603 1881 INFORMATION LEAFLET F: 028 8676 1818 Eimear Rushe Textphone: 028 8676 0490 Human Resource Manager Enniskillen Campus South West College Fairview, 1 Dublin Road, Enniskillen Dungannon Campus Co. Fermanagh BT74 6AE Circular Road T: 0845 603 1881 Dungannon F: 028 6632 6357 Co. Tyrone Textphone: 028 6634 2278 BT716BQ Omagh Campus 2 Mountjoy Road, Omagh Tel: 0845 603 1881 Ext: 3622 Co. Tyrone BT79 7AH Email: [email protected] T: 0845 603 1881 F: 028 8224 1440 If requested, the College will make this Textphone: 028 8225 5237 leaflet available by means of alternative formats including large print, Braille, Technology & Skills Centre audio cassette and computer disk. Killyhevlin Industrial Estate Enniskillen BT74 4EJ T: 0845 603 1881 F: 028 6634 2249 Textphone: 028 6634 2278 for Students, Staff and www.swc.ac.uk Members of the Public Equality of Good Relations and South West College Opportunity Cultural Diversity Equality Statement Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 Under Section 75, the College is also South West College is committed to introduced new duties for public authorities required to have regard to the desirability ensuring that everyone who comes into regarding equality of opportunity. Section 75 of promoting good relations between contact with the College is treated fairly requires the College to have due regard to persons of different religious belief, and should not experience inequality, the need to promote equality of opportunity political opinion or racial group. prejudice or discrimination on the grounds between nine categories of people: those of their: age; gender; disability; marital of different religious belief; of different Good relations is defined as the ability to status; family or dependent responsibility; political opinion; of different racial group; of acknowledge the existence of conflict or nationality; race or ethnic group; religious different age; of different marital status; of any tacit cultural tension and to discuss belief; political opinion or sexual orientation. different sexual orientation; between men what may often be contentious issues and women generally; between people in a safe and supportive environment. What you can do to promote with a disability and without; and people Equality and Good Relations with dependants and people without. The South West College is committed to • Strive to promote a harmonious the principles of Community Relations: The College Equality Scheme environment and acceptance of other people’s beliefs and cultures. EQUITY • Be aware of other people’s views This scheme sets out in detail how the RESPECTING DIVERSITY and perspectives and of aspects College intends to fulfil its commitment to INTERDEPENDENCE promoting equality of opportunity and good of the College’s services which relations. The scheme can be examined It values the diversity brought to it by may adversely affect them. in the Learning Resource Centre at each individuals and believes that the College • Be aware of Human Rights campus through accessing the College benefits from engaging staff and students and try to preserve the rights of website: www.swc.ac.uk/discover/ from a variety of backgrounds, allowing individuals as far as possible. public-information/equality- it to meet the needs of a diverse student diversity or by contacting the population in a multicultural society. The If you are responsible for a service persons named on the South West College is also committed to back of this leaflet. • Be conscious of how in practical supporting staff and students to explore terms people’s rights may be diversity and promote tolerance and infringed unintentionally. acceptance of different cultures and interests. • If you are developing a new policy, make This takes place through induction, ongoing sure you think about its impact on people training and promotional literature aimed at in the nine categories at an early stage. existing and potential students and staff. • If you are developing information for customers, think about whether everyone will be able to understand it..