Action for Race Equality

Shaping policy, challenging discrimination and delivering projects to end racial inequality across education @are_r2s, employment & criminal justice.

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Our new film, #Roots isn’t just about the barriers young people face.
It’s about what's possible when young people are heard.
About support showing up.
About believing there is space for change.

Watch the full film 👇
🔗 https://t.co/UJQJqDhNsC

#ChangeNeedsAllOfUs

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Watch out for ARE's new R2S recruitment film. COMING SOON!!!

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Action for Race Equality stands with Professor Jason Arday and all Black professionals facing racialised scrutiny. Black excellence deserves recognition, not suspicion. To challenge racial bias, we call for fair and accountable reporting.

https://t.co/dPXuZAnADs

#raceequality

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ARE's Chief Exec Jeremy Crook OBE has received a Hon Doctorate in Social Science recognising his contribution to advancing race equality and his commitment to supporting disadvantaged and underrepresented communities.

Congratulations Dr. Jeremy Crook.

https://t.co/Usl7rEDbQn

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This month marks South Asian Heritage Month.

This blog by Indra Nauth, ARE’s Deputy Chief Exec, spotlights her little known Indo-Caribbean background by writing about growing up in the UK with a strong Guyanese heritage.

https://t.co/aOAX8wICWv

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#Hiring - Senior Assistant to SLT

This role will provide high-level admin and governance support, including managing diaries, preparing briefings and presentations & coordinating meetings/ events.
📍 3 days in office, 35hrs pw
💷 £35k pa
Apply by 14 Aug
https://t.co/MhQWFthr7u

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What needs to change in #YouthEmployment?

Our Race Equity in Employment #TaskForce report with @BiTC says it’s not only about supporting young people, but also changing employer behaviour and tackling systemic barriers.

👉https://t.co/3zr89LqcpX

#NoTalentWasted

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What barriers are young people facing moving into work?

Our Race Equity in Employment #TaskForce report, developed with @BITC, highlights barriers facing Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage young people and set our recommendations to ensure #NoTalentWasted👇

https://t.co/WNcWWp9Il8

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🚨There is a moral and economic imperative to act on racial disparities in #YouthEmployment.

Our #TaskForce report, developed with @BitC, shows closing ethnicity participation and pay gaps could benefit the UK economy by £37bn.

Read: https://t.co/i5ZYQazzOk

#NoTalentWasted

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Over 1 million young people aged 16–24 are NEET.
For Black, Asian & Mixed Heritage young people, racial discrimination compounds the challenge.

Our #TaskForce report sets out what must change to ensure there is #NoTalentWasted:
https://t.co/3zr89LqcpX

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How do we ensure #NoTalentWasted?

Our Race Equity in Employment #TaskForce report, developed with @bitc, sets out 5 key recommendations on how we can improve race equity in #YouthEmployment for Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage young people.

Read in full:
https://t.co/3zr89LqcpX

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Friday photo from Downing Street 📸

Earlier this week, our Chief Executive, Jeremy Crook OBE attended a Windrush Day reception at Number 10, hosted by the Rt Hon David Lammy MP.

The reception brought together organisations working with and supporting the Windrush generation.

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Today we’re launching our #TaskForce report with @BITC '#NoTalentWasted: A roadmap to ending ethnic inequality in #youthemployment.' It draws on evidence, lived experience and discussions with our 14 members, chaired by Andy Burnham during his mayoralty.

https://t.co/ZYTxRqwHTo

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In light of the recent anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh, ARE calls for an end to the use of anti-migrant and anti-Muslim language in political narratives.

https://t.co/PfbNl70kz1

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This #WindrushDay were reflecting on our Windrush Justice Programme, which has seen us work with over 30 grassroots orgs across the UK, who have supported over 1.5k people to regularise their status and apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

👉https://t.co/y5Al8BTZaE

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This #WindrushDay were reflecting on our Windrush Justice Programme, which has seen us work with over 30 grassroots orgs across the UK, who have supported over 1.5k people to regularise their status and apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

👉https://t.co/y5Al8BTZaE

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As we mark Refugee Week/World Refugee Day with this guest blog by Islington Refugee and Migrant Forum, we look at how migrants have fallen foul of the far-right's fear of 'outsiders'.

https://t.co/DzKt5EfiY7

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Action for Race Equality is delighted to see our friend and colleague Patrick honoured with a Knighthood. Patrick has worked with ARE for the past four years on our Windrush Justice Programme, providing robust policy advice and crucially chairing our Independent Advisory Panel.

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Action for Race Equality (ARE) calls for urgent action as it warns that rising division, attacks on anti-discrimination laws, and growing youth disengagement are damaging hope, safety and opportunity across the UK.

https://t.co/TXMJvUTSlg

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ARE statement re a policing review following the murder of Henry Nowak

There is an urgent need for policing to demonstrate professionalism and humanity in its interactions and for politicians not to use the situation to drive their own agendas.
https://t.co/j3r7OE0SMe

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Now ONLNE, tomorrow's Action for Race Equality round table features the latest updates and developments surrounding ethnicity pay gap reporting and discuss what organisations should be doing now to drive meaningful action.RESERVE YOUR SPOT: https://t.co/OeefdgcQ9y