Disability Equality
We have been working towards continuity of compliance with the Equality Act (2010) and building on the work that has been carried out in previous years. We will be reporting on our compliance in our annual Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Report (website).
For more information on the differences between the DDA - Disability Discrimination Act and the Equality Act, please refer to the Office for Disability Issues (website).
The Council uses the Horsham and District Access Forum which has disabled people involved to support in the development and delivery of the disability equality action plan within the Single Equality Scheme.
Local disability contacts and links
The Horsham and District Access Forum (website) is a useful forum to get access to and feedback from local disabled people.
In addition we work closely with HACVS (Horsham Area Council for Voluntary Service) and regularly liaise with local disability groups. If you are disabled or belong to a disability group and wish to be part of the Forum, please get in touch on equalities@horsham.gov.uk or telephone 01403 215574 (Text Relay calls welcome from deaf and speech impaired people).
The link below lists the range of organisations in the Horsham District that are part of the HACVS:
www.hacvs.org/directory.htm
For information such as resources, video and blogs for disabled young people, parents and families and people who work with disabled children go to the Reach Out website.
For sports and arts courses for children and young people with additional needs and their siblings go to the Aiming High page for disabled children and their families.