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Screening Reports

Screening Reports

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Equality Screening - Performance Improvement Plan 2025/26

Contents:

Part 1. Policy scoping

The first stage of the screening process involves scoping the policy under consideration.

The purpose of policy scoping is to help prepare the background and context and set out the aims and objectives for the policy, being screened.

At this stage, scoping the policy will help identify potential constraints as well as opportunities and will help the policy maker work through the screening process on a step by step basis.

Public authorities should remember that the Section 75 statutory duties apply to internal policies (relating to people who work for the authority), as well as external policies (relating to those who are, or could be, served by the authority).

Part 1: Information about the policy

Information about the policy
Name of policy Performance Improvement Plan 2025/26.
Is this and existing, revised or new policy? Revised.
What is it trying to achieve? (intended aims/outcomes)

Our Improvement Objectives for 2025/26 are:

Improvement Objective 1:

People - We will help to prevent violence against women and girls.

Aim:

  • Roll out of the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Change Fund.
  • An awareness and training programme to ensure everyone understands what violence against women and girls is, including its root causes, and plays an active role in preventing it.
  • Our organisation will know how to recognise and respond to domestic violence and abuse (via Platinum-level Workplace Charter on Domestic Violence).

Improvement Objective 2:

Place - We will help boost our local economy and town centres.

Aim:

  • The submission of the Mid and East Antrim Local Economic Partnership Action Plan.
  • A range of events within our town centres to boost footfall and support our local businesses.
  • Installation of town centre information notice boards to improve communication and awareness of opportunities.
  • Jobs promoted through business start-up interventions.
  • An effective and efficient Planning Service.

Improvement Objective 3:

Planet – We will all play our part in making Mid and East Antrim a great place to live in and visit.

Aim

  • A communications campaign to encourage everyone to play a part in making Mid and East Antrim cleaner, safer and more attractive.
  • Simpler recycling (via the introduction of a fully co-mingled dry recycling wheeled bin collection service across the borough). 
Are there any section 75 categories which might be expected to benefit for the intended policy?
If so, explain how.

The Performance Improvement Plan applies to all people and areas across the borough.

It is anticipated that all Section 75 categories will benefit.
Policy Lead Officer
(who initiated or wrote the policy)		 Policy, Performance and Partnership Manager.
Who owns/implements the policy?

The Improvement Objectives are implemented by various departments throughout the Council.

The Senior Responsible Officers are their respective Directors.

The Policy and Performance team will monitor and report on the plan.
Implementation factors

Are there any factors which could contribute to/detract from the intended aim/outcome of the policy/decision?

If yes, are they (please tick as appropriate)

Financial - Yes
Legislative - Yes
Other, please specify: Not applicable
Main stakeholders affected

Who are the internal and external stakeholders (actual or potential) that the policy will impact upon? (please tick as appropriate)

Staff - Yes
Service users - Yes
Other public sector organisations - Yes
Voluntary/community/trade unions - Yes
Other, please specify: Not applicable.
Other policies with a bearing on this policy
  • what are they?
  • who owns them?

 

  • Mid and East Antrim Community Plan (2017-2032) “Putting People First”.
  • Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Corporate Plan (2024-2028).
  • Mid and East Antrim Borough Council annual Business Plans.
  • The Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.
  • Programme for Government Northern Ireland “Doing What Matters Most” (2024-2027).
  • Department for Communities policies, legislation and guidance.
  • Department for the Economy policies and legislation.
  • Northern Ireland Audit Office policies, legislation and guidance.

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