Issue - items at meetings - Trans Equalities Scrutiny Panel Monitoring

Report of the Assistant Chief Executive (copy attached).

51.1    Sarah Tighe-Ford, Equalities Co-ordinator, introduced and explained to the Committee that it was the third monitoring report to come to a Scrutiny Committee.

51.2    The Equalities Co-ordinator stated to the Committee that a full trans needs assessment had been completed and published in 2015, with a further 62 recommendations, which had strengthened the communication and relationship between the Council and the Trans community.

51.3    It was explained to the Committee that a sub-group of the city-wide Equality & Inclusion Partnership (EquIP) had been formed and the members of this group would continue to work on making Brighton & Hove a fairer place for the Trans community.

51.4    Councillor Deane commented that she had been alerted by the Trans community that there were intermittent problems in Palmeira Square due to the language schools in the area. Ms Tighe-Ford agreed to look into it.

51.5    The Councillors thanked Ms Tighe-Ford for all the work her and her team had done.

51.6    RESOLVED – The Committee agreed the recommendations and discharged scrutiny’s role in any further monitoring.