Independent Community Inclusion Board
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service (DFRS) has set up an Independent Community Inclusion Board (ICIB) to more proactively engage with minority and emerging groups from the diverse communities which we serve. The group represents the various protected characteristics including but not limited to race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age and transgender. Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Services Chief Fire Officer and Chief Executive Sean Frayne has given his personal support for this important initiative and has helped to bring the ICIB together as a group.
Aim
The primary aim of the Board is to work in partnership with the Service to provide a permanent means for engaging with the communities of Derbyshire. The Board can provide the service with invaluable information and vice versa can feedback information from the service back to their communities. The ICIB also share ownership of the strategic vision that is underpinned by DFRS's Service Plan and Inclusion Strategy.
Membership
The members of the board are drawn from many diverse community groups. THere is hope that overtime more groups will send a representative. The initial members are made up of representatives from:
- Hadhari Nari Women's Project
- Hadhari Elderly Centre
- Bosnian Community Centre
- Derby West Indian Community Centre
- University Of Derby
- Derbyshire Friends
- Jobs Education and Training
- Age UK Derby and Derbyshire
- Pakistani Community Centre
- Sight Support Derby's
- Derby & Derbyshire Race Equality Commission
- Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group
- Campaign for Tackling Acquired Deafness
Meetings
Meetings of the ICIB take place on fire service premises that have community rooms or available meeting rooms. The board meets quarterly, with the first meeting taking place in November 2011.
Agendas and minutes of the meetings are listed below in reverse chronological order.
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All documents are provided in pdf format, you will require a pdf reader such as Adobe Reader to view the files, Adobe Reader can be downloaded here.
Further Information
If you require any further information about the ICIB please contact the Prevention & Inclusion department either through the switchboard on 01332 771221 or using our online contact form.
