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What the law says

The Equality Act 2010 aims to protect disabled people and prevent disability discrimination. It provides legal rights for disabled people in the areas of:

  • employment
  • education
  • access to goods, services and facilities including larger private clubs and land based transport services
  • buying and renting land or property
  • functions of public bodies, for example, issuing of licences.

It protects disabled people from being directly or indirectly discriminated against, harassed or victimised. It also protects people from discrimination if they are associated with a disabled person. This can apply to a carer or parent of a disabled person. People must not be discriminated against or harassed because they are wrongly perceived to be disabled.

The Equality Act has replaced most of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995, however, the Disability Equality Duty of the DDA continues to apply.

As a public body, Haringey Council has a positive duty to promote disability equality and prevent unlawful discrimination against disabled people.

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What it means for the council

As a public body, Haringey Council has a positive duty to promote disability equality and prevent unlawful discrimination against disabled people.

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Disability Equality Scheme

Recent changes, as a result of the Equality Act, mean that the Council is no longer required to have a separate Disability Equality Scheme.

As the council had already begun a review of its existing Scheme, the feedback from the consultation which took place in January and February 2011 will be used to inform the revised Equal Opportunities Policy and to help set the Council’s equalities objectives.

The consultation period for the existing Scheme included an event run in partnership with the Haringey Disability First Consortium. It invited comments from people who:

  • consider themselves to have a disability or long-term health condition (this includes people with sensory needs, physical and learning disabilities, mental health matters and anyone with a long term chronic illness)
  • provide support to a disabled person, or person with a long-term health condition
  • work or live with a disabled person, or person with a long-term health condition.

Residents identified examples of areas where they say the council is doing well, and areas where the council could do better.

The following documents can be found in the attached files section on this page:

  • 2009-2012 version of the Disability Equality Scheme
  • An Easy Read version of the Disability Equality Scheme 2009-2012
  • Responses to the consultation on the review of the Disability Equality Scheme
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Disability Access Guide

We have published a Disability Access Guide which contains listings of local services for disabled people (see attached files section below).

To find out more about services delivered by the Council, follow the links below:

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Contacting the Council’s Equalities Team:

Policy, Equalities and Partnerships
7th Floor, River Park House
London
N22 8HQ
Tel: 020 8489 2488
Email: equalities@haringey.gov.uk

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How to get involved

Haringey Disability First Consortium (HDFC) consists of four main partners:

  • Haringey Race and Equality Council
  • Haringey Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Age Concern Haringey, and
  • Haringey Women’s Forum

It aims to make a real difference to the way people experience, benefit and are represented on disability issues in Haringey.

Haringey Disability First Consortium
Tel: 020 8885 4705
Email: mhairi@hwfonline.org.uk

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Attached Files

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Page Last Updated: 1 November 2011

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