Our mission is “to provide high quality, customer focused housing services that lead to measurable improvements in the quality of life for Council tenants across the borough of Rochdale”.

The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 places a duty on public sector organisations such as Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) to promote race equality. To comply with this duty RBH must have due regard to the need to:

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

RBH is also committed to meeting the Local Government Equality Standard developed jointly by the Commission for Racial Equality, Equal Opportunities Commission, Disability Rights Commission and the Audit Commission. The requirements of this standard go beyond those of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000. RBH aims to reach level 3 of this standard by March 2006.

This Race Equality Scheme (RES) sets out how we will ensure that race equality is given due regard in our policymaking, working arrangements, employment practices, staff training and service delivery. Through the application of this scheme we are aiming to mainstream the subject of race - making it a core consideration in everything that we do.

View the full Race Equality Scheme (210kb pdf)

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