Inclusive Environments - Level 1 Flashcards
Give an example of a reasonable adjustment?
- Electric doors
2. Ramps
What is an inclusive environment?
- designed and managed to allow people with a diverse range of needs and abilities to access and use it.
- Goes beyond meeting minimum standards or legislative requirements
Give examples of environments?
Building, homes, workplaces, shops, healthcare facilities, sports venues.
Give examples of inclusive environment considerations at different levels of the property lifecycle.
Design/refurb - accessibility for various users
Building occupancy - reasonably accessible for all despite disabilities
What Building Regs applies to inclusive environments?
Building Regulations Part M –2 parts
Vol 1: Dwellings
Vol 2: Buildings other than dwellings
What legislation applies to inclusive environments?
Equality Act 2010
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Tell me about the Equality Act 2010 the measures it takes to promote inclusion.
Places Duty on Service providers
- Take reasonable steps to avoid provision which puts disabled person at disadvantage
- Avoid physical feature which puts disabled person at disadvantage
- Provide auxiliary aid where, without it a disabled person would be at disadvantage
Requirements under Fire Safety (Regulatory Reform Order) 2005
- Requirement to carry out a Fire risk assessment
- Requirement to have PEEP (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan)
- Must be pre planned
- Must identify needs of disabled person
- Must ensure proper arrangements to evacuate are in place
What is Inclusive Employer Quality Mark?
4 key principles:
Leadership - demonstrable commitment at the highest level to increasing the diversity of the workforce
Recruitment - engage and attract new people to the industry from under-represented groups; best practice recruitment methods
Culture - an inclusive culture where all staff engage with developing, delivering, monitoring and assessing diversity and inclusivity
Development - training and promotion policies that offer equal access to career progression to all members of the workforce
Duties under equality act 2010?
Employers have legal obligation to comply with act and eliminate discrimination from workplace.
Name the relevant primary and secondary legislation??
Primary
- Equality Act 2010
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Planning and Building Acts
Secondary
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Building Regulations
- Fire Safety Regulations
How does CDM affect inclusion?
What are the essential principles for achieving an inclusive environment??
- Contribute to building an inclusive society now and in the future
- Apply professional and responsible judgement and take a leadership role
- Apply and integrate the principles of inclusive design from the outset of a project
- Do more than just comply with legislation and codes
- Seek multiple views to solve accessibility and inclusivity challenges
- Acquire the skills, knowledge, understanding and confidence to make inclusion the norm not the exception
Tell me about the RICS’ Diversity and Inclusion strategy?
NEED TO MORE INFO HERE - LOTS OF INFO ON RICS WEBSITE
What is NBS’ Equality policy?
- mission is to build an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and for our society to reflect the diversity of the wider communities we serve.
- Inclusion Partners with their own inclusion and diversity plans
- Black Young Professionals Network.
- commitment to female progression
