Social Inclusion Advisory Group

The Social Inclusion Advisory Group (SIAG) is responsible for the promotion, influencing and monitoring of social inclusion policies and good practice within the Reading 2020 Local Strategic Partnership (LSP).

A multi-sector group, it is made up of representatives from: 

• The voluntary and community sector (Reading Faith Forum, Reading Voluntary Action, Sakoma, Reading Children's and Voluntary Youth Services (RCVYS).
• Reading Borough Council
• Berkshire West NHS
• Other co-opted members with issue based knowledge

SIAG plays a scrutiny role in directing the areas where Equality Impact Assessments (EIA’s) are used as the work base methodology in addressing inclusion matters; ensuring that recommendations made as a result are acted on and make the findings of the assessments available to a wider audience.

SIAG is comprised of 2 main groups:

• Management - provides leadership and steer work of SIAG, ensuring the establishment of a wider pool of managers from voluntary and community and statutory sectors
• Specialists - managers and representatives responsible for the provision of frontline services. These specialists understand how people might experience social inclusion and understand or are responsible for the delivery of services directly to the clients and user groups. The specialist group makes up the scrutiny panels that assess the Equality Impact Assessments.

For more information on the SIAG and its terms of reference, please click here

For more information on the SIAG representatives, and their contact details, please click here