230623CNPABdPaper6Annex1UpdateEqualityOutcomes20212024V10

This document contains an update on the Cairngorms National Park Authority's (Park Authority) equality outcomes from 2021 to 2025. It details how the Park Authority is working to ensure equality is part of its daily work, meeting the aims of the Equality Act (2010). The report highlights key achievements, including a reduced gender pay gap, signing up to the LGBT Charter, forming internal and external equality advisory groups, and supporting the Alzheimer Scotland's outdoor dementia resource centre. It also outlines ongoing efforts to improve inclusivity in areas such as community engagement, recruitment, service provision, and staff awareness, with specific actions and targets for increasing the representation and participation of underrepresented groups, including women, minority ethnic communities, people with disabilities, and the LGBT community; in Park Authority initiatives.