Section A
Details about the policy or decision to be screened
1. Title of policy or decision to be screened:
Belfast City Council Disability Action Plan 2026-2029.
2. Brief description of policy or decision to be screened:
This Disability Action Plan 2026-2029 outlines themes and priorities required to address the identified inequalities experienced by disabled people and to tackle the barriers that disabled people continue to face in our society.
The action plan shows what we will actually do to improve the lives of children and adults with disability visiting, working or living in Belfast.
3. Aims and objectives of the policy or decision to be screened:
To ensure that the council, working with communities and stakeholders, takes a lead role in improving quality of life, now and for future generations of disabled people in Belfast, by making the city and its neighbourhoods better places to live in, work in, invest in, study in and visit.
The purpose of the Disability Action Plan is to give coherence and guidance to the council’s activities across specific areas of policy that impact on disabled people.
The development of the plan enables us to further promote our work regarding accessible services, activities, facilities and buildings for disabled people.
Public authorities, when carrying out their functions must have due regard to the need to:
- promote positive attitudes towards disabled people; and
- encourage participation by disabled people in public life.
The council is required to prepare a Disability Action Plan, drawn up to consult with the public.
4. On whom will the policy or decision impact?
Consider the internal and external impacts (both actual or potential) and explain:
| People | Actual or potential impact |
|---|---|
| Staff | The Disability Action Plan will have an impact on employees working in the council. Employees are required to complete mandatory training, e.g. disability awareness. Employees will be required to deliver action measures listed in the Action Plan. The Disability Action Plan will have a positive impact, supporting employees with disabilities in the workplace. |
| Service users | The Disability Action Plan will have a positive impact on people with disabilities and their carers. |
| Other public sector organisations | The Disability Action Plan will deliver programmes, in partnership with other public sector organisations, to deliver a positive impact on people with disabilities. |
| Voluntary, community groups and trade unions | The Disability Action Plan will deliver programmes, in partnership with voluntary and community groups, to deliver a positive impact on people with disabilities. |
| Others, please specify | Not applicable |
5. Are there linkages to other Agencies or Departments?
Not applicable.
