Equality Monitoring
What is equality monitoring?
Equality monitoring is the process of gathering and analysing data on the equality strands. The equality strands are race, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or belief and age. Equality monitoring can include some or all of the equality strands.
Why are we monitoring?
The Council has recognised that equality monitoring is an important way of assessing our services. Monitoring is an essential part of tackling inequality and discrimination and, if done effectively, will help us check whether our policies, services and organisational culture are meeting the needs of our community.
The Council is producing a standard equality monitoring form, known as 'About Yourself', that will be used for all internal and external equality monitoring. Implementing a standard equality monitoring form will enable the same information to be collected from across the different services. This will mean we are collecting the same information and will help us to see whether different services are meeting the needs of the community.
What will we do with the information?
Any data collected will be analysed and reported on and can be used within the Council for:
What is equality monitoring?
Equality monitoring is the process of gathering and analysing data on the equality strands. The equality strands are race, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or belief and age. Equality monitoring can include some or all of the equality strands.
Why are we monitoring?
The Council has recognised that equality monitoring is an important way of assessing our services. Monitoring is an essential part of tackling inequality and discrimination and, if done effectively, will help us check whether our policies, services and organisational culture are meeting the needs of our community.
The Council is producing a standard equality monitoring form, known as 'About Yourself', that will be used for all internal and external equality monitoring. Implementing a standard equality monitoring form will enable the same information to be collected from across the different services. This will mean we are collecting the same information and will help us to see whether different services are meeting the needs of the community.
What will we do with the information?
Any data collected will be analysed and reported on and can be used within the Council for:
- Setting targets
- Reviewing our service delivery by comparing our performance over time
- Developing services and assist with making changes
About Yourself (word 39.5kb)
About Yourself - large print/bold (word 42kb)
North Devon Town Profiles
The profiles provide a statistical overview, based on a series of facts and figures, of what life is like in each "Devon town" within North Devon. The information has been provided by Devon County Council.
Barnstaple Town Profile (pdf 0.99mb)
Braunton Town Profile (pdf 861kb)
Ilfracombe Town Profile (pdf 3.35mb)
Lynton and Lynmouth Town Profile (pdf 867kb)
South Molton Town Profile (pdf 1.04mb)
