Equality Impact Assessment - Request to use Ward Park
Equality Impact Assessment - Request to use Ward Park
Under the statutory duties contained within Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, Ards and North Down Borough Council gave an undertaking to carry out an equality impact assessment (EQIA) on each policy or group of co-joined policies where screening had indicated that there may be significant implications in relation to one or more of the nine Section 75 categories.
A draft report has been made available as part of the formal consultation stage of the EQIA relating to the Request to hold an Orange Victims Day event at the Ward Park Cenotaph, Bangor, 7th September 2025, and the Council would welcome any comments which you may have in terms of this request by the Orange Order and this EQIA in general.
The EQIA consultation documents are available here: Equality Impact Assessment - Consultation Documents (Word doc, 165 KB) (opens new window)
Complete survey here: https://engage.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/compliance/eqia-orange-order-victims-day-service-of-commemora
If you require these documents in an alternative format, please email equalityanddisability@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk
ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
A public meeting will take place at Bangor City Hall on Thursday, May 22, 2025, from 19.00 to 20:30. If you have any accessibility requirements and wish to attend, please contact equalityanddisability@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk or call 0300 013 3333.
An online public meeting will also be held on Tuesday May 27th, 13.00 - 14.30. Should you wish to register to join the online meeting, please email eqia@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk before 20th May 2025.
If you wish to engage in an alternative format please email eqia@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk stating details of your request and we will do our best to facilitate.
OUTCOME
Following the 12-week consultation running from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Thursday 19th June 2025 at 4pm and once finalised the EQIA Final Decision Report will be made available on Ards and North Down Borough Council's Website.
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