Anti-Discrimination Statement

Anti-Discrimination Statement

Our Commitment on Discrimination

Royal Tay Yacht Club/ Tay Sail Training are committed to promoting promoting equity and diversity in our policies, practices and procedures and in influencing others to do the same in our dealings with staff, volunteers, members, participants and any members of the public who are accessing our premises and undertaking our services.

*We use the term Equity as this goes a step further than Equality. The term Equity aims to promote the idea that individual people sometimes might need an additional helping hand to get the things that they need in order to feel as though they belong to a particular community which could be described as breaking down systemic barriers. Whereas equality only suggests that people should get exactly the same treatment regardless of their individual circumstances.

Royal Tay Yacht Club/ Tay Sail Training are committed to complying in both letter and spirit with all anti-discrimination legislation and associated codes of practice in force either now or in the future.

Royal Tay Yacht Club/ Tay Sail Training will:

1. Treat everyone equitably and with the same attention, courtesy and respect regardless of their religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, sex, pregnancy & maternity, marriage & civil partnership, disability, race, and age.
2. Aim to eliminate all forms of discrimination, harassment and victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under the Equality Act 2010 and other relevant legislation by:
3. Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and people who do not share it by:

For Scotland, Socioeconomic Status is classed as an additional.

• Building cultures of trust, where anyone experiencing discrimination feels confident to come forward and know that they will be listened to, and their concerns acted upon
• Show zero tolerance of discrimination, victimisation and harassment
• Encourage and enable all staff, volunteers, participants and members to act and stand up to discrimination and intervene if they become witness to such actions

• Removing or minimising disadvantages suffered by people due to their protected characteristics
• Fostering good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not share it.
• Embedding good diversity and inclusion practice into our decision-making processes
• Ensure the clubs/centres [delete as appropriate] commitment to diversity and inclusion is communicated through internal practices and externally

By implementing this policy Royal Tay Yacht Club/ Tay Sail Training aims to ensure that we are providing a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for all who wish to undertake boating and social activities within our club/centre.

Last updated 12:41 on 23 August 2024