Equality Impact Assessment

Lead officer(s)

Richard Grieveson, Depute Chief Executive

Date relevance assessment conducted

07 Apr 2025

Which groups of people do you think will be, or potentially could be, impacted (positively or negatively) upon by the implementation of this policy?

People with disabilities : No

People from black and minority ethnic communities and different racial backgrounds : No

Women and men (boys and girls) : Yes

Older people : No

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people : No

People from different religions or beliefs and people with no belief : No

Women who are pregnant or on maternity leave : No

People who are married or in a civil partnership : No

Children and young people : No

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially impact on Children's Rights 4?

Not applicable

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially impact on Human Rights 8?

Not applicable

Do you have evidence or reason to believe that this policy/function/review will, or may potentially:

Eliminate discrimination faced by particular groups : low

Impact upon the promotion of equality of opportunity between particular groups : low

Impact upon good relations between particular groups : low

Does it have overall relevance to equality? low

Impact on communities, including communities of interest: low

Reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage:

Equality impact assessment required?

No

Rationale for decision

This is a proposed four year prison based employability programme at HMP Kilmarnock, aimed at supporting people in custody nearing release to transition into meaningful employment. This programme looks to utilise the Individual Place and Support (IPS) model which is a highly effective, evidence based approach that has been adapted to help vulnerable people including those leaving prison. As part of the programme there will be pathways in place to support people into sustainable employment, one of the pathways is the Fresh Start Programme where individuals will have the opportunity to apply for training assistant posts within the Council to gain work experience across services such as Housing & Communities, Facilities & Property Management, Ayrshire Roads Alliance.

This programme will impact a small proportion of the community living in East Ayrshire, the programme will only impact approximately18 individuals each year over the 4 years, and therefore has an low impact in relation to equality and the Fairer Scotland Duty.