{"content":[{"text":"Hovingham Village Hall","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.033137,"width":0.25975100000000007,"height":0.018575999999999995}},{"text":"Equality Policy Statement","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.069954,"width":0.287662,"height":0.018575999999999995}},{"text":"The Hovingham Village Hall Committee acknowledges that the United Kingdom \n is diverse in culture, race, beliefs and religion and believes that no individual or \n group of people should receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of \n gender, age, colour, race, nationality, racial or national origins, cultural heritage, \n disability, marital status, social background, sexual orientation or geographical \n location. The Committee acknowledges that members of these groups are often \n under-represented, exposed to prejudice and stereotyping, and suffer various \n disadvantages with our society.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.10594,"width":0.715998,"height":0.13231099999999998}},{"text":"The purpose of this Policy Statement is to set out clearly and fully the positive \n action that Hovingham Village Hall Committee intends to take to combat direct \n and indirect discrimination in employment policy, management of the \n organisation, relationships with other bodies, and the services it provides to the \n community, community organisations and individuals.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.255583,"width":0.704067,"height":0.08243099999999998}},{"text":"The Hovingham Village Hall Committee is committed to providing equality of \n opportunity in all areas of its work. It aims to overcome discrimination on the \n grounds mentioned above. The Committee recognises that positive steps need \n to be taken to ensure equality of provision in areas of representation, service \n provision, membership and access and will take action to make this policy \n effective.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.355346,"width":0.7081930000000001,"height":0.099057}},{"text":"The Aims of the Committee","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.471735,"width":0.260344,"height":0.01592199999999999}},{"text":"Our aim is to ensure that we become aware of discrimination and the problem it \n causes.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.50499,"width":0.7084860000000001,"height":0.03254899999999994}},{"text":"The Hovingham Village Hall Committee will challenge practices, legislation and \n institutions, which seek to discriminate against or deny the rights of individuals \n or groups in any form.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.554871,"width":0.703644,"height":0.049176}},{"text":"The Hovingham Village Hall Committee will seek to take positive action to \n address the inequalities in our society.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.621379,"width":0.655409,"height":0.03254899999999994}},{"text":"The Hovingham Village Hall Committee is committed to the equal opportunities \n policy set out in this document and will work to develop, improve and monitor it.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.67126,"width":0.70625,"height":0.03254900000000005}},{"text":"The Equal Opportunities Policy and Code of Practice","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.720785,"width":0.589628,"height":0.018576000000000037}},{"text":"Legislation","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.756771,"width":0.10645200000000002,"height":0.01592199999999999}},{"text":"The Committee acknowledges the definitions of various groups of people who \n are vulnerable to discrimination as set out in the relevant legislation. The \n Committee will support and implement the legislation and will work to ensure \n that no person protected by the legislation is discriminated against unlawfully, \n and that any positive obligations and duties are performed.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.790025,"width":0.6928610000000001,"height":0.08243100000000003}},{"text":"The Committee gives the following specific commitments.","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.889788,"width":0.5122420000000001,"height":0.01592199999999999}},{"text":"1 of 2","bbox":{"left":0.141176,"top":0.940641,"width":0.05118700000000001,"height":0.016603000000000034}},{"text":"April 2021","bbox":{"left":0.753035,"top":0.940641,"width":0.09115999999999991,"height":0.016603000000000034}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}