Impact assesments are one of the ways we embed equality, diversity and community cohesion considerations into the heart of everything we do, across all services, from strategic decision making to the delivery of front line services.

Impact assessments are a way of finding out whether the plans, actions and services of Aire Valley Homes Leeds will affect some communities or groups of people differently.

Equality, Diversity and Community Cohesion (EDCC) impact assessments help us to:

• identify how services can be made more accessible and appropriate,
• ensure that different groups are equally served by policies and decisions,
• identify improvements to services,
• avoid adopting harmful policies or procedures,
• make better decisions,
• become a better employer.

 And importantly:

• there is a legal requirement to do so in relation to race, disability and gender.
• under other equality legislation, we have a duty to show how our services and policies do not dis