Action for Race Equality
Empowering Young People who are Black, Asian and of Mixed Heritage
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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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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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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Young Black men are three times more likely to be unemployed compared to their white counterparts. Do you want to help change this? Action for Race Equality is looking for passionate young Black men, aged 16-24 to become Moving on Up Ambassadors. …
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Action for Race Equality is delighted to be running a Youth Panel, as part of our Infrastructure Resilience Programme! This is a platform for young people to get involved in an exciting area of work to improve employment opportunities and services …
One of Action for Race Equality’s newest programmes, the Infrastructure Resilience Programme, is working to create strong foundations for the Black, Asian, Mixed-heritage and Minority ethnic-led employability sector. We believe that the …
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Data on apprenticeship starts in England shows that Asian, Black and Mixed heritage people are still significantly and disappointingly underrepresented in apprenticeships. Asian, Black and Mixed groups in England together make up 16.8% of the …
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Moving on Up (MoU) is ARE’s flagship employment programme for young Black men in London, and came about from a Panorama programme several years ago highlighting the disparities in unemployment rates for young Black men. At the time, it was four times …
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Action for Race Equality (ARE) were delighted to speak at the Breaking the Cycle of High Youth Unemployment on Thursday 26th January. The event was hosted by 21K Digital Media - a Black-led organisation based in Edmonton working to increase access to …
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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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The Enterprise Support Programme is a programme backed by Islington Council to help Black, Asian and Minority ethnic-owned businesses to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Action for Race Equality has been working closely with a range of local …
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The Enterprise Support Programme is a programme backed by Islington Council to help Black, Asian and Minority ethnic-owned businesses to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Action for Race Equality has been working closely with a range of local …
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The Inclusive Entrepreneurs Programme, funded by Islington Council, has been supporting early-stage entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups, particularly young people (those aged under 30) from Black, Asian, and Minority ethnic backgrounds who …
The Life Giving Project Dunya started her business The Life-Giving Project in 2021 to provide Eastern and African holistic practices for women and girls and to offer women a nurturing space. Its activities include collaborating with local …
