There is a huge pool of talent among young people from Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage backgrounds and we work to promote this group to employers to help improve representation in the workplace.
For us, having a more equal society means young people will believe that their race, ethnicity or faith won’t limit what they can achieve in life – and employment is central to this.
What the numbers say
Young people aged 16-24 from Black backgrounds
(the highest of any ethnic group), 2023-2024
compared with 10.7%
from White workers.
The pathway from education to careers for young people is currently one that is deeply flawed and requires desperate attention. We are the future and it is imperative that we are invested in to ensure that the instabilities and barriers preventing us from flourishing are eradicated.
In working with young people to develop their employability and enhance their opportunities to find the meaningful career they aspire to, ARE has published information to help employers and young people alike.
Ten Recommendations for Action
Collating ten years of learning from the Moving on Up programme, our ten recommendations for action aim to close the continuing employment gaps experienced by young Black men and other groups of ethnic minority young people in the UK.
Positive Action Guide for London’s Chief Executives
This guide, created by Moving on Up, focuses on one underrepresented group in the workforce – young Black men. The Positive Action Guide should be read together with the government guidance and the Mayor of London’s Inclusive Employers Toolkit.
The Mayor of London’s Inclusive Employers Toolkit
The Inclusive Employers Toolkit aims to help companies adopt commitment from the top levels of leadership to increase recruitment, retention and progression of young Black men within their workforces.
A Journey to Inclusion: Young, Black and Talented
A supplementary resource to the Mayor of London’s Inclusive Employers Toolkit, featuring stories and case studies from young Black men, and London employers who have successfully implemented EDI strategies. Prompts, advice and exercises for every employer.
Top Tips guide: Preparing for your interview online or face to face
Informed by Moving on Up’s Employer Champions Group, this preparatory guide provides useful tips to support young Black men at interview stage, either online or face-to-face. Download now
Is there a resource you’d like to see? Let us know: email hello@actionforraceequality.org.uk with your suggestions.
Changing the story
We’re committed to working collaboratively with funders, employability organisations and employers to better support the provision of Black, Asian and Minority ethnic-led employability services to improve the hiring, progression and retention of our young people.
Discover a selection of our employment programmes and activities below:
policy spotlight: EMPLOYMENT
As the country takes on a new government, we have published ten years of learning on one of the biggest concerns faced by our communities: youth unemployment.
Read what we believe decision-makers need to do to tackle this.
Young people shaping change
Young people from Black, Asian, Mixed-heritage and minority ethnic backgrounds lie at the heart of our work to achieve race equality, which is why we are proud to have created a specialist Youth Action Network.
