Fresh’s objects are:
- Promoting equality, diversity and the elimination of unfair treatment and discrimination
- Promoting community cohesion to support social and environmental well-being
- Networking to encourage discussion and action on equality, diversity and anti- discrimination
- Monitoring equality and diversity practice in agencies with a statutory equality duty, and supporting them to meet equality and diversity obligations in policy and service delivery
- Identifying and challenging oppressive and discriminatory views and behaviour
- Campaigning publicly for good equality and diversity practice and improvements in poor practice
- Improving the quality and effectiveness of equality and diversity practice through education, learning, consultancy and support.
FRESh’s values include:
- Equality and anti-discrimination
- Social Justice
- Collective action
- Community empowerment
- Working and learning together
- Being a voice for its members, and for equality issues which are related to their communities, groups and organisations