Chipping Children’s Community Alliance

Race Equality Policy

Chipping Children’s Community Alliance (CCCA) is committed to fulfilling its obligations under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.

We are a Full Day Care setting meeting the needs of children from the ages of 2 years to 11 years at our Breakfast, Pre-School and After School Club sessions.

We respect the diversity of individuals and communities and will ensure that all families feel valued and respected and that no child or family is discriminated against.

The aims of this policy are to:

  • Eliminate unlawful racial discrimination
  • Promote equality of opportunity
  • Promote good relations between people of different racial groups

It will be the responsibility of the Equalities Champion - Equalities named Co-ordinator (ENCO),Mrs Anne Seed and the Deputy Equalities Champion, Mrs Andrea Gornall, to ensure the implementation and monitoring of this policy. We expect all staff, carers and children to support their work. It will be the responsibility of the manager to report to the management committee to ensure that this policy is implemented successfully.

The setting will fulfil it’s commitment to race equality by:

Eliminating racism/racial harassment – we will fulfil our commitment to race equality by dealing firmly, sensitively, consistently and effectively with racist incidents, harassment and bullying.

Incidents could take the form of verbal or physical abuse.

Incidents may occur against a child, parent, visitor or member of staff.

All incidents will be recorded.

Valuing Diversity in Families/Ensuring consultation – we will consult with families using the setting and those within the local community, to ensure that we are meeting their needs. Information from the setting will be available in a variety of formats (i.e. parents will be verbally informed as well as through letters).

OurAdmissions procedures – we will have a fair admissions procedure ensuring that advertisements and publicity used are based upon the needs of the community. We will fulfil our commitment to race equality by collecting data on each child at admission and using this to inform how representative of the community the setting is. It is helpful for parents to provide ethnic monitoring to improve service, but not compulsory.

Employment – we will ensure that all posts are advertised against a fair criteria. Advertising, recruitment, selection, interviewing, appointment, induction

Professional Development of all staff – opportunities will be available for all staff to access professional development training on issues of cultural diversity and racial equality. It will be the responsibility of the Equalities Champion to ensure that training and information is cascaded to all staff.

The Early Years Foundation Stage/Environment/Interactions/Resources – We will ensure that all children have access to all areas of the curriculum. We will plan activities and provide an environment in which all children will be considered, regardless of race, religion or ability. Thisapplies no matter what they think or say, what type of family they come from or what language they speak – all children will be given listened to and valued.

Monitoring/Evaluation – we will ensure that we review all our policies, procedures and practices and assess whether they promote racial equality in all that we do. We will evaluate the impact of all that we do on all children and families in the area and whether it might advantage or disadvantage families from particular racial groups. All our policies are reviewed annually prior to our AGM held in October/November each year or as the need arises.

This policy has links to many of our other policies e.g Staffing and Employment, Equal Opportunities and Inclusion.

This policy was adopted at a meeting of the CCCA held on………………

Signed on behalf of the CCCA………………………………………………..l

This policy was reviewed on 7.11.08 and 19.10.10 by B Ireland

Date of next review – AGM Oct 2011 or as appropriate.