Arranging Accessible Meetings - Basic 10 Point Checklist

If you are arranging a meeting the following checklist provides some basic questions you should ask yourself to ensure it is accessible to disabled people. If you require further information please refer to the more detailed Arranging Accessible Meetings guidance.

Leicestershire County Council is a service provider and is also responsible for exercising public functions. This means under the Equality Act 2010 we have a legal duty to ensure that wherever possible disabled people can use or receive the same services to the same standards as non-disabled people; and that disabled people do not experience unlawful discrimination. We also have a duty to anticipate that disabled people will want to use our services or be subject to our public functions and we should make reasonable changes or "adjustments" so that they are able to do so.

Under the new Equality Act adjustments must be made where disabled people experience a 'Substantial disadvantage'

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