Responding to the Children’s Commissioner’s findings on the strip-search of children by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), Action for Race Equality (ARE) CEO and Vice-Chair of EQUAL, Jeremy Crook OBE, has called for an urgent review of …
Police Chiefs Must Listen To Black Communities And Organisations
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and College of Policing have released their draft Race Action Plan: Improving policing for Black people, sharing their vision in making policing anti-racist. The draft plan, published on Tuesday 24th …
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Where do we stand with Inclusive Britain?
On Wednesday 17th March, the government released its Inclusive Britain vision as its response to the controversial Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) report of March 2021. The Report, popularly known as the 'Sewell Report', was …
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Institutional racism, a leadership challenge
ARE's CEO, Jeremy Crook reflects on the UK’s history of institutional racism and the legacy of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report, following Sir William Macpherson's death last year. The collective failure of an organisation to provide an …
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Challenging bias in Further Education
Colleges and employers have diversity and inclusion policies in place but to what extent do they deliver? While those of us working with young people of Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage want to see colleges successfully implement these policies, the …
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We can’t stop and search our way out of Knife Crime: ARE comments
Fighting Knife Crime London was launched on 1st June 2021 to address the causes and effects of knife crime and all forms of violence in Greater London. Alongside its solutions-focussed network, it curates a quarterly magazine as a …
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More harm than good: a super-complaint against Section 60
In May 2021, Criminal Justice Alliance brought forwards a super-complaint on the harms caused by s.60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. The complaint outlines that Section 60 is harmful, ineffective, inadequately scrutinised and …
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ARE staff reflect on the Sewell Report
The release of the highly anticipated Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report, chaired by Dr Tony Sewell, on March 31st 2021 drew criticism for its rejection of institutional racism. Its publication inspired junior members of Action for Race …
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