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In this ARE guest piece, budding journalist and creative, Hayley Mills-Amissah, examines the disproportionately loud spotlight cast on cases of missing white women by the media. Her article, originally posted for the Green Room, features interviews …
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In our latest guest blog, Diane Spence, founder and manager of social enterprise Genesis Sun, which is currently one of eight organisations taking part in a deep dive of the youth employability landscape for our Infrastructure Resilience Programme, …
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Action for Race Equality is working with specialist Employment, Enterprise and Financial Health (EEFH) leaders from Black and Minoritised backgrounds, in the Pathways to Economic Opportunities (P2E) Programme, by the London Community Foundation, …
Windrush advocates from across the country gathered in Parliament on Tuesday 16th May with ARE, to present MPs, journalists and policymakers with a picture of the deep-rooted issues plaguing the government’s Windrush Schemes and potentially impacting …
We are delighted to announce Meka Beresford has been appointed as new Head of Policy at Action for Race Equality. This is a new position that will oversee policy outputs across our three key activity areas: education, criminal justice and employment. …
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For decades, research has proven that parental involvement has a direct positive impact on academic achievement in children and young people. With this in mind, ARE’s Routes2Success (R2S) Team held their first parent session at Brentside High …
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We are proud to announce Camden Council have commissioned Action for Race Equality to understand the business needs of female Black and minority ethnic business owners needing support to grow their businesses in the London Borough of Camden. …
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Action for Race Equality's longstanding Routes2Success role-model and mentoring programme for Black, Asian and minority ethnic young people in schools, is delighted to have secured support from the Propel funding initiative. This is a long-term …
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light and exacerbated historical and structural racial inequalities and led to a number of funders initiating dialogue around the impact of these inequalities on Black and minoritised ethnic-led organisations. We have …
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Action for Race Equality has today (Monday 3rd April 2023) released a brand-new film, the first of a three-part series specially commissioned by the Mayor of London, as part of a joint drive to encourage employers to advance equity, diversity and …
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On March 1st 2023, our Routes2Success team, Brianna Cryus and Phoebe Georgestone, held their first session with parents at Brentside School in Ealing. Brentside have been taking part in the school mentoring and role-model sessions, and the forum was …
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Caz Simmonds is Business Manager for London Works at East London Business Alliance (ELBA), a collective impact partner of Moving on Up (MoU). She has been part of the MoU programme since its inception in 2015, as one of the strategic leads reaching …
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On Thursday 23rd March, 2023, our Moving on Up (MoU) team came together for their final Advisory Group meeting with Bola Abisogun OBE - Founder of DiverseCity Surveyors, and Digital Director at the BIM Academy - as as its Chair. This is a position …
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Today, on Tuesday 21st March, 2023, also UN anti-racism day, Baroness Dame Louise Casey's year long investigation into the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police Service was published as the Casey Review. ARE attended …
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We are delighted to announce that we have two exciting paid opportunities for young people to get involved in our projects this year! This is a unique moment to work with Action for Race Equality as we look to improve the employment outcomes of …
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