Action for Race Equality
Empowering Young People who are Black, Asian and of Mixed Heritage
Weâre proud to share that Action for Race Equality (ARE) has been shortlisted for Collaboration of the Year at the 2025 London Youth Awards, recognising our longstanding partnership with Brentside High School and the positive impact it has made on …
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âAt first, I was not too sure how [well] I was going to do or even if I could do it. But I had amazing support around me and I appreciate it because now I am doing well, and I have learnt a lot of new skills that I can use in my personal life and as …
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Nine students from Oasis Hadley Academy in Enfield have been recognised at the 2025 Shine School Media Awards for their work on A Question of Colour (AQC), a youth-led podcast created through Action for Race Equalityâs Routes2Success (R2S) …
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As part of our Routes2Success mentoring programme, Action for Race Equality has launched two new Race Equality Action Projects (REAPs) with secondary school students in London, one addressing knife crime, the other exploring unconscious bias. đ …
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All through Black History Month, we've been asking our team and Routes2Success' volunteers to share their perspectives on what this year's theme, #ReclaimingNarratives, means to them. Catch up on our series below! As we come to the end of the …
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For this yearâs Black History Month celebrations, Action for Race Equality has been supporting the âReclaiming Narrativesâ theme. As part of this initiative, Business Coach and Routes2Success role-model, Bayo Igoh, contributes to the ongoing …
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A guest blog by Senior Strategy Director and Routes2Success role-model and mentor, Greg Bonsu What does Black History Month (BHM) mean? Itâs a question I periodically ask myself and always intensifies as the celebration grows closer. If you search …
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The opinions of young people are often disregarded in society. Whether talking about race, media, education or wider politics these opinions are often overlooked in favour of those with more âlife experienceâ. By doing this we lose valuable and …
