Issue - meetings

[To approve the Rainbow City Plan for the City of Wolverhampton]

1.      That the Council’s Rainbow City Commitment Document as attached at Appendix 1 to the report be approved.

2.      That the Council’s Rainbow City Action Plan as attached at Appendix 2 to the report be approved. 

Councillor Paula Brookfield presented for approval the Council’s Rainbow City Commitment Document and Rainbow City Action Plan. Rainbow City was a collective term for a series of initiatives that would celebrate and put into practice the city’s commitment to the values of equality, diversity and inclusivity.

Councillor Paula Brookfield also announced that today (23 February 2022) the Council had received a Silver Employer award from Stonewall as part of its Bring Yourself to Work campaign, for its commitment and efforts in being an LGBT+ inclusive employer. The award was testament not only to the work of the Council’s Rainbow Staff Equality Forum and the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Team, but everyone within the Council. It was a public recognition that the Council’s drive to embedding equalities across the piece for everybody in the city was working and on track.  She expressed her thanks to all those involved for making this possible.

Cabinet also extended its congratulations to Wolverhampton Homes who had been awarded Bronze Employer for its LGBT+ inclusivity in the workplace by Stonewall.

Resolved:

1.    That the Council’s Rainbow City Commitment Document attached at Appendix 1 to the report be approved.

2.    That the Council’s Rainbow City Action Plan attached at Appendix 2 to the report be approved.