The Young Review: Ten Years On DECEMBER 2025 The Young Review: Ten Years On, produced by Action for Race Equality in partnership with Clinks, revisits the original 2014 Young Review and assesses what has – and has not – changed for Black and Muslim …
Building Fair Futures: The Race Equity in Employment Task Force
Back in May 2025, we came together with Business in the Community (BITC) to launch the Race Equity in Employment Task Force, a bold partnership aimed at tackling one of the most persistent inequalities in the UK: the barriers that hold back Black, …
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Race Equity in Employment Task Force
The Task Force will: (Compared to a 58% employment rate for their white counterparts.) Discover more work tackling youth unemployment: …
Evidence into Action
Details about this programme can be found on the Youth Futures Foundation website. For more information about the Evidence into Action programme or if you have any questions, contact the Youth Futures Foundation Grants team. …
Equity in Employment: Looking Back at the Northern Cities Youth Conference
On February 19th, young people, employers, policymakers, and community leaders gathered at Friends’ Meeting House in Manchester for the inaugural Northern Cities Youth Employment Conference. 🕒 Estimated read time: 6 …
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Tackling inequalities and building Ethnic Diversity in Youth Employability
On Thursday 23 January, Action for Race Equality, together with community and voluntary sector organisations, funders and young people gathered at Lift Youth Hub in London, to reflect on the outcomes of the Building Ethnic Diversity in the Youth …
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Ten Years Tackling Employment Disparities: Learnings and Reflections for the Future
Through Moving on Up, our flagship employment programme aimed at improving employment outcomes for young Black men aged 16-24 in London, ARE has gained significant insights into what works - and what doesn’t - when it comes to addressing youth …
Moving on Up Awards: inspring shortlist announced!
We know that there are countless individuals out there championing equity, diversity and inclusion. Yet, there's a small subsect of that group, particularly geared towards addressing the disparities faced by young Black men, aged 16-24, in London - …
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Youth Employment Conference: What are the key policy asks?
Action for Race Equality’s inaugural Youth Employment Conference in 2024 brought together stakeholders from across the voluntary, community and civic sector, as well as employers and policy-makers, to discuss the key issues young Black, Asian, and …
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Widen the gate, don’t lower the bar: reflections from ARE’s first Youth Employment Conference
Employment barriers preventing young Black, Asian and Mixed heritage people from accessing fair and equitable employment opportunities were brought into sharp focus at Action for Race Equality (ARE)’s inaugural national youth employment conference …
‘Turning Mayhem to Magic’: Living in Brent, Seeing it Happen.
In the run up to our youth employment conference on February 22nd, as the UK marks National Apprenticeship Week and Race Equality Week, we take a moment to look back at reflections from ARE Youth Action Network member, Axce Sellutharai on the impact …
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What stops employers recruiting young Black men?
ARE's Moving on Up programme took to parliament in November 2023 to highlight the large employment gaps impacting young people from Black, Asian, Mixed-heritage and minority ethnic backgrounds, our Chief Executive, Jeremy Crook OBE, urged action from …
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Parliamentary roundtable sheds light on employment disparities
Action for Race Equality with Sir Stephen Timms MP for East Ham, hosted an important roundtable event in Parliament focused on addressing unemployment disparities faced by young people from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Mixed heritage backgrounds …
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Complete our ethnic minority young graduate survey!
Action for Race Equality (ARE) is applying for a new grant to develop and deliver a London ethnic minority graduate employment project. We have launched a crucial survey aimed at young graduates in London from Black, Asian, East & South …
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