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To promote the provision and use
of trained interpreters:
1. For people from minority ethnic communities living
and/or working in Slough and the surrounding areas.
2. By statutory, voluntary and private sector service
providers.
To provide a translation service in relation to 1 &
2 above.
To promote awareness among agencies of the value of using
trained professional interpreters and providing translations
of relevant materials into minority languages.
To encourage the recruitment, training and assessment
of interpreters and translators.
To promote and organise co-operation in the achievement
of the above purposes and to that end bring together in
the service representatives of statutory, voluntary and
private sector organisations and individuals engaged in
the furtherance of the above
purposes within Slough and the surrounding areas.
To promote equality of opportunity between people of different
race, religion, colour, sex and disability and to work
towards the elimination of discrimination and disadvantage
within our multi-racial, multicultural society.
Please click here to download our Equal Opportunities Policy (.pdf file, 26K)
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