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 …
Celebrating Routes2Success role-model: Bayo Igoh
Last month Bayo Igoh, an Executive Coach & Mentor and dedicated role-model for our Routes2Success programme, was featured on the distinguished Tedx Talks series. Giving his first Tedx talk on the theme "You don’t pick role models…they pick …
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Representation Matters: Black women as entrepreneurs
ARE Associate and Communications Advisor, Alex Louis recently supported Black women and other business leaders under-represented as entrepreneurs on our Inclusive Entrepreneurs and Enterprise Support Programmes with Islington Council. In this blog, …
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A close look at Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System: new research shows significant disparities
Six years on from the landmark Lammy Review (2017) into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) [1], new research reveals compelling evidence that race and ethnicity …
Windrush voices: Gloria’s story
Gloria, aged 59, travelled to the UK from Saint Kitts on her own passport when she was ten. Her mother had been working in the UK but died shortly after Gloria arrived, and her elder sister bought her up. During this time social services were …
Representation in media and film: a guest blog
In this guest blog, Shelley Patterson, an Action for Race Equality volunteer currently supporting our Routes2Success programme, writes about the state of race and representation in the film and media industry, and the impact of seeing your reality …
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The Power of Sports and Social Media: Why Representation Matters
In this guest blog, Routes2Success volunteer role-model and a Senior Data Strategy Director, Greg Bonsu, takes a close look at one of his passion areas: the power of sports, and what it means to have an industry that supports, nurtures and rewards …
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Boys and absent fathers
Actor, broadcaster, teacher and R2S volunteer role-model, Hepburn Harrison-Graham looks at the impact of absent fathers, and the importance of male role-models in the run up to International Men’s Day. In the summer of 2008, my nineteen-year-old …
Building Ethnic Diversity in the Youth Employability Sector
Our two-year programme for the Black, Asian and minority ethnic-led employability sector. This infrastructure programme has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Youth Futures Foundation's Infrastructure Resilience Fund. We want …
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Being a Black graduate and job-seeker: an intern’s perspective
Over the summer, recent Philosophy and Politics graduate Kamarl Wilson, joined us as an ARE Intern. Whilst with us, Kamarl was able to reflect back to his time as an undergraduate, and some of the parallels he noticed as a young Black job-seeker …
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Volunteer with Routes2Success
Have you ever considered being a R2S Role Model? What has held you back? Listen to the insights of five role models plus a mentee who credits having a role model in helping achieve his dream of being a doctor. Routes2Success is ARE’s flagship …