Cumbria Strategic Partnership is committed to challenging all forms of discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity and good community relations. On these pages you will find useful information for the Cumbria Equality and Diversity Partnership. For further information about the partnership, visit the Cumbria County Council website here: Cumbria County Council - Equality & Diversity Partnership.

Alternatively, for any other enquires regarding equality issues please contact Joel Rasbash, Equality Officer, Cumbria County Council at joel.rasbash@cumbriacc.gov.uk or tel: 01228 606639. 

The document below is the Cumbria Equality Scheme, which merges together the Equality and Diversity Policy; the
Equality Implentation Strategy; the Race Equality Scheme; the Disability Scheme; and the the Gender Equality Scheme, into one document.

• Cumbria Equality Scheme 2007-10

Cumbria's Interfaith Forum brings together representatives from different faiths in order to find a common agenda and work together to celebrate diversity.

For more information on the Interfaith Forum, please contact Joel Rasbash using the contact details above.

Community Spirit Cumbria

Community Spirit Cumbria is an event run by the Interfaith Forum.  It is a celebration of the diversity of culture that makes up Cumbria in the 21st century.  It is an event for all who live in Cumbria, and for those who are visiting, to celebrate the diversity of our community life. 

For more information on Community Spirit Cumbria, follow the link below.

Community Spirit Cumbria

To access data on ethnic minority groups in Cumbria please visit the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory website at the link below.

Cumbria Intelligence Observatory - Ethnicity and Minority Groups