It is seen as good practice that information about the makeup of our workforce is published. This way the Council can show that it is a fair and inclusive employer, committed to all employees in terms of access and opportunities.

The information is used to look at whether our workforce is representative of the population of the borough - which in turn helps provide better service delivery - and also allows us to check that we are not discriminating against groups of staff in our policies or practices.

Snapshot as of 30/09/2011

• BME - Black Minority Ethnic
• WME - White Minority Ethnic

Age Profile

As one of the largest providers of a wide range of services for local people in Trafford, the Council is committed to challenging inequality, unfairness, discrimination and disadvantage.

Trafford Council is also committed to achieving the highest standard of service delivery and employment practice. In order to do this sometimes services will sometimes ask you to fill out 'Equality Monitoring' forms or answer questions around things that are personal such as:

• Your Age or Date Of Birth
• Your Gender and whether or not this is the same as your sex at birth
• Your Ethnic Origin or Race
• Whether you consider yourself to be a Disabled person
• What your Sexual Orientation is
• What your Religion is or what your Beliefs are

We do not do this to be intrusive!

Information gathered is kept confidential. All equality information is personal and sensitive and steps are taken to ensure that only people who need to work with the information have access to it.

So why do we do it?

It helps us to ensure that as an individual or as part of a wider community that we are providing the best service we can for you.

In addition to service monitoring, other gathered information provides vital pieces of the jigsaw to identify:

• Who our communities are and who use our services
• Whether there are any apparent gaps or inequality in service provision
• How best to streamline our services to meet your needs