Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council opens Disability Action Plan consultation
May 21, 2021
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council has launched a public consultation on our draft Disability Action Plan for the period 2021–2025.
The Council would like to hear views from a wide scope of our area to ensure opinions are considered from all interested parties including anyone with an interest in equality for disabled people.
We would particularly welcome feedback from disabled people themselves and from disability support organisations.
The consultation will close on Friday 13 August but you can read the plan by CLICKING HERE.
To give us your feedback through our survey, click here : www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/consultations
Alderman Paul Porter, Chair of the Corporate Services Committee, said of the consultation: “Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council is committed to actively promoting equality for disabled people and we are committed to complying with the Disability Duties on public authorities.
“This plan sets out how we intend to ensure that we promote positive attitudes towards those with a disability and encourage participation by disabled people in public life.
“This Disability Action Plan is a draft document which we have put out to public consultation so we can engage with our residents on how to best achieve these goals.
“The plan will also be reviewed on an annual basis to ensure that as a Council we continue to actively encourage those with a disability in our area.
“Please get in touch to share your views so that we can put together a plan that will best serve those with a disability in Lisburn Castlereagh.”
To respond to the plan, please do so in the following ways:
Email: equality.officer@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
Post: LCCC Civic Headquarters, Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn, Co Antrim, BT27 4RL
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, on request, will take all reasonable steps to provide the Disability Action Plan in alternative formats. Should you require an alternative format please email mary.mcsorley@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
If you have any queries about this consultation or the draft plan, please do not hesitate to contact the equality officer via email: equality.officer@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk.