Last week, Chief Constable Sarah Crew acknowledged that her own force, Avon and Somerset Police, is institutionally racist. Action for Race Equality welcomes the comment made by the Chief Constable. We would welcome this acknowledgement from …
Unleashing The Power Of Stories: ARE Youth Competition Celebrates The Windrush Generation
In a vibrant celebration of heritage and resilience, Action for Race Equality is thrilled to announce a brand-new youth competition inviting 10-18 year olds to share their stories and memories from the Windrush Generation. ARE's Windrush Voices …
Comment on allegations of racism within the Police Race Action Plan
Staff involved with the development of the Police Race Action Plan, developed jointly by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing, made concerning allegations of experiencing racism yesterday, including reports of feeling …
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Missing in the media: the fight to cure Missing White Woman Syndrome
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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ARE comment on Baroness Casey’s Review
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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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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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 …
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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FAQ’s for Routes2Success role-models and mentors
Routes2Success (R2S) is a volunteer-led ethnic minority role-model and mentoring programme. We deliver workshops in schools across the UK to support young people, aged 10 - 24 from Black, Asian, Mixed and Minority-ethnic heritage, and work closely …
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#EndCJSinequality
In March 2021, EQUAL formed part of a coalition of criminal justice and race equality organiations to campaign around the elements of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (now Act) that the government themselves admitted will have a …
ARE’s response to the Inclusive Britain Report
EQUAL, Action for Race Equality's criminal justice arm, has responded to the government's Inclusive Britain report and called for further action to be taken to address racial disparity across the UK, particularly in the criminal justice system where …
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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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