Coventry City Council is committed to fulfilling its duties as a public authority under the Public Sector Equality Duty. As part of this general duty, we are required to comply with a specific duty to publish a set of equality objectives every four years.
In 2025 the Cabinet Member (Policing & Equalities) approved a new set of equality objectives that will run for three years until 2028. The equality objectives are listed below:
- Equality Objective 1: Deliver inclusive services that better meet the needs of our diverse communities through better use of data, including equalities data
- Equality Objective 2: Promote integration, remove barriers and improve community cohesion across Coventry through targeted activities that address the diverse needs of our newly arrived communities
- Equality Objective 3: To Increase year on year the percentage of appointments made to candidates who are either LGBT+, with a Disability or from the Global Majority and reduce the number of leavers from these demographics.
- Equality Objective 4: To Improve outcomes and tackle inequalities within our communities
Progress against these objectives is reported annually to both Cabinet Member for Policing and Equalities and the Council’s Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee.