7/27/2019 Fairness Charter

1/1

Ten key steps to achievinggreater fairness

The Fairness Principles

Max Steinberg, Chief Executive,

Liverpool Vision

Joe Anderson,

Mayor of Liverpool

Steve Parry, Managing Director,

Neptune Developments

Frank Hont, Regional S ecretary,

UNISON North West

John Flamson, Director of Partnerships,

and Innovation University of Liverpool

Lesley Dixon, Chief Executive,

Liverpool PSS

Jane Kennedy,

Former Liverpool MP

Gideon Ben-Tovim OBE, Chair,

Liverpool Primary Care Trust /

NHS Merseyside

Elaine Bowker, Principal,

Liverpool Community College

Claire Dove MBE (Chair)

Chief Executive, Blackburne House,

Chair of Social Enterprise UK

Dr Martin Carey Chief Executive,

Business Gateway and Urban Hope

Liverpool Hope University

1. We will ensure the principles of fairness are at the heart of

all our decision-making including the setting of budgets, the

allocating of resources and strategic planning.

2. We will set measurable and realistic targets for achieving

greater fairness across all areas of our organisations

activity, with progress monitored and reported annually.

3. We will ensure that when working with partners we make

best use of combined resources to target inequality, so as

to maximise impact.

4. We will support, and where possible, will develop initiatives

that address the education, training and employment needs

of young people.

5. We will target resources and opportunities at those in

greatest need.

6. We will support the growth of local business and social

enterprises, as well as inward investment as the key

to increasing prosperity and improving employment

opportunities for Liverpool people.

7. We will support the use of increased wealth generated

through economic growth to reduce income differentials,

and will support the citys work towards the introduction of

a Liverpool Living Wage.

8. We will apply social value criteria to all our procurement and

contracting practices.

9. We will commission services on the basis of who is best

able to meet the needs of service users.

10. We will actively encourage and support both employers

and employees to gain the skills and qualifications needed

to improve the competitiveness of local businesses,

the prospects of local people and the prosperity of

Liverpools economy.

The Fairness Charter

The signatories of this Charter are committed

to making Liverpool a fairer City, where

everyone is valued and their voice heard; aCity that values and cherishes all its citizens,

and which sets the standards for equality,

health and wellbeing that others will aspire to.

We are a great City with an international

reputation; we have the self-confidence to

overcome the challenges we face through

harnessing the skills and creativity of our

people and their belief in fairness and mutual

support. Working together we can make

Liverpool a fairer City, one which will be a

more prosperous, better educated, healthier,

greener and safer City for all its people.

We believe that at the heart of the decisions

made about the Citys future should be a

commitment to achieving greater fairness

and overcoming both the inequalities within

Liverpool and those that exist in comparison

with other parts of the country. We endorse

the following ten key steps as the basis for

achieving greater fairness and commit to

taking the actions necessary within our own

organisations and agencies to help make

Liverpool a fairer City for all:

Fairness is when you are treated properly,

equally and when you are given a chance.

When you are treated the same as everyoneelse regardless of who you are and where

you are from. Emmanuel Anam; ten year

old pupils from New Park Primary School,

Kensington - Emily Hollinshead, Paris

Roberts, Ennis Gerxhalija.

Fairness is about relationships; it is about

how we acknowledge and express our

common humanity and how we live together.

Our principles of fairness are rooted in the

evidence we have heard and the values

and culture of our city. They are more than

aspirations. They are practical principles

and a call to arms. They are about Liverpool

coming together to make a fairer city for all.

A City that respects and cherishes all its citizens and

people, and where no-one experiences discrimination as

a result of their ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation,

belief or disability.

A City that directs its resources to overcome and

minimise inequality and disadvantage.

A City where every person is valued and where every

voice is heard.

A City where no child grows up in poverty.

A City in which every young person receives the

education and training they need to gain worthwhile

and fulfilling employment.

A City that provides the opportunity to work for everyone.

A City where pay differentials and rewards are

proportionate and reasonable to reflect work and

responsibility and where everyone can receive a

Living Wage.

A City where every citizen will enjoy good health and

life expectancy at least on a par with anywhere else

in the UK.

A City where people care for each other and

their neighbourhood.

A City where no one fears growing old because of lack

of care or insufficient i ncome.

A City where everyone has access to safe, decent and

affordable housing.

A City with a clean, green, safe and healthy environment

for all those who live and work here.

A City that will be an energetic advocate for fairness

will use its economic and moral influence to promote

fairness and respect for human rights.