Equal Opportunities

Our defining values: Equal Opportunities

  • Equal Opportunities - we will actively seek to reach all members of our community and go out of our way to reach traditionally excluded groups
  • Transparency - we will go out of our way to be open and clear about who we are and what we do
  • We will look for creative solutions that celebrate our community and see the people living in it as their own best resource
  • We will keep to time during meetings and respect each others views

Equal Opportunities Statement
The Brockley Cross Action Group (BCAG) Equal Opportunities Statement applies to all member of the Group, the Officers, Committee Members, Volunteers and Staff.
The aims of the Organisation include the implementation of an equal opportunities policy of no less favourable treatment of any person on the grounds of race, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability or age. BCAG is committed to the furtherance of fair treatment and the absence of discrimination in all of the Organisation's employment-related policies, our employment practices and procedures involving staff and volunteers, and in providing redress for any breaches of this policy.
This policy is founded on the principles of law, fairness and best practice. There are two parts to the policy:

A. Equal Opportunities and the BCAG as a Voluntary Organisation
Statement of Policy
1. The Organisation recognises that for an equal opportunities policy to be effective it must encompass all areas of its activities.
2. The Organisation aims to achieve an active membership throughout the organisation that reflects the composition of the communities it serves.
3. The Organisation will act to ensure that membership activities and events attract people from all sectors of the community and that such activities and events do not discriminate against members of disadvantaged groups.
4. The Organisation aims to ensure that harassment and discrimination on the basis of race, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability or age, are not experienced by individuals and groups when working directly for us, on our behalf, or attending events organised by the Brockley Cross Action Group.

B. Equal Opportunity and the Organisation as an Employer
Statement of Policy
1. All job applicants and employees have a right to equal opportunities in employment. The Brockley Cross Action Group aims to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable on the grounds of their gender, race, nationality, age, disability or sexual orientation.
2. The Organisation is committed to a programme of action to make this policy effective in the areas of staff recruitment, promotion, training and in all spheres of its operation.
3. Selection criteria and procedures will be reviewed to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and trained on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities. All employees will be given equal opportunity and, where appropriate, special training, to progress within the organisation and to enhance their career prospects.
4. The responsibility for ensuring that the terms of the equal opportunities policy are adhered to and implemented rests with the Organisation as an employer. However, delegated responsibility is given to the Chair who, and in consultation with the Committee, will ensure the implementation of the policy.
While the main responsibility for eliminating discrimination and providing equal opportunity rests with the BCAG as employer and voluntary organisation, individual employees and volunteers at all levels have responsibilities too. They must not discriminate or knowingly aid the Organisation to do so.
In keeping with the Organisations's commitment to the promotion of equal opportunities, the Brockley Cross Action Group will make this policy statement known to all job applicants.