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Our Council Plan is our core strategy that sets out our vision of a North Ayrshire that is fair for all. Our priorities were created in partnership with our communities, so it is our contract with our communities.
Track progress towards the plan’s priorities by reading our reports every six months. These are created in a ‘magazine’ style so you can read about our performance across our services:
- Our Council Plan Mid-Year Progress Report 2023 to 2024 document
- Our Council Plan Year-End Progress Report 2023 to 2024 document
- Our Council Plan Mid-Year Progress Report 2024 to 2025 document
- Our Council Plan Year-End Progress Report 2024 to 2025
Our Annual Performance Report forms part of a suite of year end reporting.
Effective performance management’s core purpose is to improve the lives of the people we serve. Our Performance Management Strategy document shows:
- how we support a culture of continuous improvement.
- the work of every employee is crucial to achieve our vision
It outlines how we develop our performance management, so it’s accessible, engaging and ensures our residents can scrutinise services.
We are redeveloping our Performance Dashboard.
Equality means everyone has the right to be treated fairly and have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Promoting and supporting equality is embedded throughout Our Council Plan, with our vision being a North Ayrshire that is fair for all.
North Ayrshire Council Equality Outcomes
Public sector organisations set Equality Outcomes once every four years.
This section contains the report on the Equality Outcomes, sub-outcomes and actions specific to our council.
North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (NAHSCP) equality outcomes
North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership is committed to ensure all communities are:
- treated fairly
- have the opportunity to thrive
- fulfil their potential
For NAHSCP equality outcomes see NAHSCP meeting equalities duties.
Mainstreaming Equalities and Equality Outcomes
Our reports outline the progress we have made on mainstreaming or embedding equality within our council as of 2025. These reports relate to North Ayrshire Council and North Ayrshire Education Authority.
We have included a separate document on Employee Statistics and protected characteristics. A summary of our employee statistics is available in our mainstreaming report.
The Licensing Board is required to publish a separate report on progress made and meeting their own equality outcomes.
Previous report
Equal Pay Statement
Our Equal Pay Policy Statement document outlines how we will ensure that pay and conditions of employment do not discriminate.
Corporate Equality Group
The Corporate Equality Group directs, supports and reviews arrangements for:
- promoting equality
- addressing discrimination
- fostering good relations
It involves representatives from across our council and Health and Social Care Partnership.
Ayrshire Equality Partnership
The Ayrshire Equality Partnership (AEP) is a partnership between East, South and North Ayrshire Councils, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Procurator Fiscal. We work in partnership to pool resources and ensure the best outcomes for the people we serve.
We have an internal online Equality and Children’s Rights Impact Assessment process. Children’s Rights, Human Rights, the Fairer Scotland Duty and Island proofing have all been integrated. New or adapted policies, procedures and strategies are assessed against these tools to ensure our council is meeting the needs of the Equality Duty. The most important element of the ECRIAs is to ensure we have the information available to inform our decisions. This is so we can embrace opportunities for our people in North Ayrshire and minimise potential negative impacts.
Generic impact assessments
Equality and Children’s Rights Impact Assessment (ECRIA) – 2025 to 2026 Budget
The following full assessments and screenings were completed for our 2025 to 2026 Budget. If you have any queries, email Equalities@north-ayrshire.gov.uk
ECRIA full assessments
Communities and Housing
Education
- cleaning (reduction in Schools and Early Years) document
- realign the level of Teaching Resource across North Ayrshire document
- redesign of the Music Service document
- review Funding Arrangements for Campus Police Officers document
- review of Educational Psychology Service document
- review of School Crossing Patrols document
Place
ECRIA screenings
Communities and Housing
Corporate Services
Education
- catering move to term time document
- review of Education HQ posts document
- review of Facilities Management Services document
Place
- Bridgegate TV screen document
- greater publicity, tracking and consumption monitoring of the council’s energy consumption document
- managing Persistent Organic Pollutants within waste upholstered domestic seating document
- one-off reduction in the play park budget document
- review of Streetscene and Housing document
- Roads review of staffing structure document
- Streetscene alternative working patterns document
Equality and Children’s Rights Impact Assessment (ECRIA) – 2024 to 2025 Budget
The following screenings and full assessments were developed for our budget 2024/2025 and published on our website from March to September 2024. Documents are available by emailing NorthAyrshirePerforms@north-ayrshire.gov.uk.
ECRIA full assessments
Place
- review of Unauthorised Gypsy Traveller Encampment Services
- review collection frequency for Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP)
ECRIA screenings
Chief Executives
- ICT - reduction in non-employee budgets
- Financial Services - review of non-essential spend
Communities and Education
- Procurement Savings
- reduction of cleaning in offices & depots aligned to a reduction in footfall
- removal of school crossing patrollers currently allocated to Roads
- review of Facilities Management posts across all areas of the service and a re-design of SM Services
- reduction in opening times in public libraries
- cessation of evening lets in some secondary schools and re-direction of lets into other council buildings
- reduction of venue assistant core hours
- reduction in book budget in public libraries
- redesign of the Community Learning and Development Service
- redesign of CLD resourcing
- Part 1 of a review of Admin Support within Connected Communities
- cessation of Arts Participatory Budgeting awards
Place
- one-off savings in ELC due to the August 2024 opening of Montgomerie Park School
- reduction of School Crossing Patrollers posts
- removal of the current Learning Community Librarians from secondary schools
- reduction of £10,000 to Community Learning & Development sessional budget
- education turnover applied to non-teaching staff budgets to recognise the standard pattern of activity
- Commercial Estate
- minor reduction in Roads Revenue Budget
- Streetscene - Street Furniture
- Streetscene - Play Facilities
- Streetscene - Removal of communities Christmas lights budget
- Waste Review - Review of Operating times at HWRC sites
- transition from summer bedding plants to perennials
- Roads Restructure
- Waste Review - cease issuing free food waste liners
- Solar PV Farms (Nethermains and Shewalton)
- promote further biodiversity and wild flower areas across the school estate leading to a reduction in grass cutting areas
- Waste Review - Indexation on Waste Processing Contract Costs and income
- Business Gateway
- Economic Development and Regeneration Savings
- Regeneration Revenue Budget - Savings Proposal
- review of Unauthorised Gypsy Traveller Encampment Services
- review collection frequency for Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHP)
The Local Government Benchmarking Framework (LGBF) provides an opportunity to benchmark our performance with other local authorities in Scotland.
It is managed by the Improvement Service in partnership with the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) and highlighted within the Accounts Commission’s Statutory Performance Information Direction 2021. This defines how local authorities should demonstrate they are achieving Best Value for the people they serve. Several of the indicators are used within our 2023 to 2028 Council Plan.
The latest LGBF Analysis Report document details our performance as at the data released in June 2025. Most relates to 2023 to 2024.
This is an agreement between the Community Planning Partnership and the Scottish Government. It sets out what we hope to achieve as a partnership for the people and communities of North Ayrshire.