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 …
Enhancing Support for Small Black, Asian and Minority ethnic organisations: insights from leaders
Organisational development is a crucial aspect of the journey for any non-profit or social enterprise, and when it comes to small Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME)-led organisations, it becomes even more of a necessity. 1 These …
Ten hours as a role-model: the impact
In this guest blog, Greg Bonsu, Senior Strategy Director and dedicated Routes2Success role-model and mentor, shares the impact that volunteering to work with young people has had on him. Routes2Success is our ethnic minority school role-model and …
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Culturally Competent Support: A Guest Blog By Aishah Help
Aishah Help is a women-led organisation based in East London that supports disadvantaged communities to achieve their personal, social and economic potential. They provide services to Black, Asian and Minority ethnic women (BME) and their families …
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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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National Independent Advisory Group merges with Action for Race Equality
Action for Race Equality today announces that the National Independent Advisory Group (NIAG) will be wrapping up its criminal justice activities under the EQUAL banner/branding. The announcement comes after 5 years of EQUAL’s work influencing …
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Our foundations: the Young Review and EQUAL
In recent years much of our work addressing racial inequality in the criminal justice was through the EQUAL programme which had its roots in the Young Review, 2014. ANNOUNCEMENTAction for Race Equality provided independent Secretariat support for …
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Ambassadors with a purpose: the young people behind Moving on Up
We are delighted to announce six new young people have been selected to become ambassadors for our work championing better employment prospects for young Black men aged 16 – 24 in London, through our Moving on Up programme. There are currently …
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Senior Leaders Urged to Tap into London’s Black Talent at special event in Canary Wharf
Action for Race Equality, in partnership with award-winning creative agency BLITZWORKS, is excited to launch its inaugural campaign aimed at reducing deep-seated unemployment disparities in London. Through our Moving on Up programme, which is …
Alliance for Police Accountability
The Alliance for Police Accountability (APA) aims to transform policing and is promoting a new public health approach to addressing serious violence, and empowering Black communities across England and Wales. Internationally, the APA is working with …
What would the Empire Windrush passengers make of today’s Britain, 75 years on from their arrival?
For Windrush 75, Jeremy Crook and Dr Liz Mackie, ARE Associate for our Moving on Up programme, reflects on what the anniversary means, and the ongoing fight for racial justice. This blog post originally appeared on Trust for London's page, who are …