B10. A Park for AllAnyone, no matter who they are, where they come from, what their beliefs or their needs are, should be able tovisit and enjoy the Cairngorms National Park. We recognise that a continued focus on equalities is imperative,particularly at the current time, following a global pandemic and in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis that hasexacerbated inequalities in our society.We have also recognised in the last few years the need to engage more proactively with external equalitiesexperts. To this end we reconstituted our Equalities Advisory Panel in 2020, bringing together experts fromacross the public, private and third sector to provide evidence-based feedback, guidance and advice, groundedwherever possible in lived experience.Residents of the National Park should have opportunities to benefit from living in a spectacular naturalenvironment with a strong sense of community. There is also a need to provide targeted support across theNational Park to ensure that programmes and projects contribute to reducing inequalities for residents andvisitors alike.Finally, we also need to ensure that a wider range of people are involved in, benefit from and supportactivities that protect and enhance nature and tackle climate change in the National Park. Tackling the climateemergency and nature crisis can only be done by taking people with us: local communities, workers in the ruraleconomy, visitors, under-represented groups and so on.OBJECTIVEThere will be better opportunities for everyone to enjoy theNational Park and the visitor profile will be more diverse,especially with regards to people who are disabled, fromlower socio-economic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and fromminority and ethnic groups.TARGET•Visitors to the National Park will more closely resemble the overall demography of Scotland.INDICATOR•Resident and visitor values and attitudes to key issues in theNational Park are regularly evaluated.73
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