Agenda

Equality Forum - Monday, 21st January 2013 6.30 pm, CANCELLED

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Venue: Lancastrian, Town Hall, Chorley

Contact: Cathryn Filbin Email: cathryn.filbin@chorley.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Welcome and Introductions The Chair will welcome everyone to the meeting.
2.	Apologies for absence
3.	Minutes PDF 93 KB To confirm the minutes of the last meeting of the Equality Forum held on 11 October 2012. Additional documents: Q&A , item 3. PDF 56 KB
4.	Inter-Faith Forum What is the purpose of this item? The purpose of this item is to provide an update on the plans to develop an inter-faith forum in Chorley. It will also share with the forum the experiences of the Blackburn with Darwen forum through a short interactive session. Questions to the Forum? What are the priorities for an inter-faith forum in Chorley? How could the inter-faith forum help to support faith groups in Chorley? What should the inter-faith forum do first? What will you do with the information? The feedback from the group and outcomes of any discussions will be included in planning the next steps for the development of the inter-faith forum.
5.	Networking break
6.	Warm Homes Healthy People Officer of the Council will speak to the Forum about the Warm Homes Healthy People project. What is the purpose of this item? To inform members of the Forum about the benefits the project will bring to our customers. Questions to the Forum? Members of the Forum would be asked about the accessibility of the service and promotion.
7.	Open Forum to discuss any issues for each equality strand
7a	Age
7b	Disability
7c	Gender Reassignment
7d	Pregnancy and Maternity
7e	Race
7f	Religion and Belief
7g	Rurality
7h	Sex
7i	Sexual Orientation
8.	Notices / Feedback / Publicity Members of the Forum are welcome to inform other members of upcoming event, give feedback or notices.
9.	Any other item(s) that the Chair decides is/are urgent
10.	Dates of Future Meetings The next meeting of the Equality Forum will be held on Thursday, 18 April at 6.30pm in the Lancastrian Room, Town Hall, Chorley.