Equal Opportunities Policy

Purpose:

To provide a written statement of the Equal Opportunities Policy operated and supported by the Maker Green Team.

Objective:

To ensure that no Maker Green Team member receives less favourable treatment and when ever possible that a Maker Green Team member is given help to attain their full potential to the benefit of themselves and Maker Green Team

Policy Statement:

The Maker Green Team Equal Opportunities Policy is to seek to: Build a membership that reflects the wider population in which we live i.e. the whole South West Region of UK To create an environment, which maximises the contribution of Maker Green Team members, and which recognises and values the differences in people.

Policy:

There is no place in Maker Green Team for discrimination or prejudice on the basis of gender, marital status, ethnic origin, colour, religion, sexual orientation, disability or anything else unconnected with an individual’s ability to contribute to Maker Green Team.The Maker Green Team quorum and members must ensure that this Equal Opportunities Policy is observed at all times. It is the responsibility of all Maker Green Team members, not just the quorum, to ensure that this policy is implemented and the spirit of Equal Opportunities is adopted throughout Maker Green Team and that all Maker Green Team members and any third party are treated equally.

Grievance Procedure:

If any Maker Green Team member or a third party believes that the spirit of this policy is not being implemented properly, whether it involves them, another member or a third party, then they should, in the first instance, raise the matter with the Maker Green Team quorum for investigation and resolution.