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 …
Job Application: Fatigue and the Endless Pursuit
In this guest blog Youth Action Network member, Ishitha Islam, reflects on the lessons she's learnt on her employment journey, and shares a message to her younger self - and other young people like her - about what she wish she had known when …
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Race, employment and pay in the art world
In this guest blog by ARE's Chair of Trustees, Seema Manchanda reflects on the art world, and the disparities that still exist for Black, Asian, Mixed heritage and Minority ethnic communities as audience members, as well as artists trying to forge a …
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Half of young people experience prejudice or race discrimination in the workplace
Research from Youth Futures Foundation, who are currently funding ARE's work to tackle employment disparities through our Building Ethnic Diversity Programme, has found that almost half of young people from an ethnic minority background have …
‘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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Shaping Futures Together: ARE National Conference to explore Youth Employment Disparities
We're delighted to announce ARE’s inaugural national youth employment conference, Strengthening Education to Employment Pathways for Black, Asian, and Mixed Heritage young people, aged 16-24, will be held this year on 22nd February 2024. Thanks to …
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 …
Become an Ambassador
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. …
FAQ’s for Youth Panel
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 …
Asian and Black people remain under-represented in apprenticeships
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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Breaking the Cycle of Youth Unemployment in Enfield
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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New infrastructure fund awarded by Youth Futures Foundation
Action for Race Equality is delighted to announce that we have been selected as one of seven organisations to benefit from the £1.3 million Infrastructure Fund from Youth Futures Foundation in their latest round of grant funding. The award seeks …
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Response to Public Accounts Committee on apprenticeships
BTEG welcomes the Public Accounts Committee report and agrees with the Chair of the Committee that job losses among young Black people needs ‘serious attention now’. However, we do not believe the Committee’s recommendations go far enough. …
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Steep rise in unemployment for young black men
The unemployment rate for young black men in the UK, the great majority of whom live in London, is more than double the rate for young white men. This disparity has persisted for years. It has led to Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the Public …
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