ART is committed to the principles of equality of opportunity.
ART will encourage its employees and members to ensure equality within ringing.
Irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, ethnic origin, nationality, colour, parental or marital status, dependency, pregnancy, religious belief, class or social background, sexual preference or political belief, all must receive fair treatment, equal opportunities and will not be unlawfully excluded.
ART accepts that any assessments under its schemes are an assessment of individual competence.
If a teacher or new ringer is unable to show competence in the ways recommended by the scheme we will be flexible and adapt the assessment where appropriate.
Where a teacher believes that due to a disability a student is unable to be assessed in the required way they should email the ART Administrator giving the following information:
To ensure a consistent but flexible approach and to deal with any health or safety issues a panel of three ART Members will consider the request and decide what is required for each candidate having considered the type and level of disability.
The Panel, nominated by the Management Committee, will consist of a Tutor, a member of the Management Committee, and another ART Member. There will be some experience of disability issues by at least one panel member.
Panel decisions will be recorded to develop a system of precedent to allow an element of consistency.
There will be a right of appeal to the Management Committee.
Learning the Ropes or other logbooks should be clearly marked referring to the panel decision.
Premises and other facilities need to be able to accommodate those with disabilities where that is reasonable. Premises are not usually under ART’s control but care needs to be taken at all ART arranged events to ensure access and other facilities conform with requirements where appropriate.
ART Members are asked to report any incidents of discrimination to the Management Committee.
Last Modified: March 2019
Last Reviewed: March 2019