We are committed to recognising the difference and value that all people add to our organisation and we strive to create an environment where everyone can use their skills and abilities to their maximum potential.

We have a duty to respond to changing demographics and it is important to us that we be an organisation of choice for people from all diverse backgrounds.

We continue to closely monitor our recruitment processes and we’ve identified a number of key areas for focus including continuing to improve BME representation in the workforce and improving female recruitment and progression in our emergency services.

You can view a full summary of our employment monitoring data or take a look at our latest annual report.

Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES)

As per national requirements, you can take a look at the data and subsequent action plan relating to how we seek to tackle inequalities relating to disability in the workplace.

Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES)

As per national requirements, you can view our WRES data for 2019 along with the action plan for the period 2019-2020.  A summary of progress for the action plan 2018-2019 is also available.