Equality Statement of Mahon Community Development Project

Mahon Community Development Project recognises that in Irish society groups and individuals are discriminated against and denied equality of opportunity. The project therefore is committed to promoting equality opportunities and anti-discrimination practices and procedures. The project will strive to ensure that all barriers, procedures, attitudes and behaviour, which inhibit equality of opportunity, are removed.

The project is committed to a positive programme of action to promote equal opportunities (job applicants or affiliated members) and eliminate any discrimination on the basis of gender, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status, race or ethnic origin, Travellers, religion.

The anti-racist/anti-discrimination working group representing the staff and management of the Mahon CDP will monitor the implementation of the project’s equality opportunity policy.

All users of the project’s resource centre will be treated equally and their individuality respected.

Provision of a user friendly/accessible supportive resource centre.

Encouraging and supporting representation and inclusion of minority/discriminated against groups in the decision-making structures of the project.

Staff, management and members of working groups will be encouraged to avail of in-service training to raise awareness of equal opportunities issues.

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