Maurice McLeod takes over the helm at Race on the Agenda
The Trustees of Race on the Agenda are happy to announce that Maurice McLeod has been appointed as the incoming CEO of Race on the Agenda following the retirement of Andy Gregg.
ROTA’s statement on the 2020 A-Level Results
Ever since GCSEs and A levels were cancelled due to the Corona virus lockdown, concerns have been raised about the fairness of replacing them with teacher predicted grades. Pupils from certain race and ethnicities are often given underpredicted grades for ‘A’ Levels, and since April, ROTA along with other race equality organisations such as Runnymede…
ROTA Statement on Black Lives Matter
Race on the Agenda stands in lockstep solidarity with the Black community and millions of others across the world who are organising and demonstrating for racial justice, following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month. We are campaigning for transformative changes to the systemically racist policing, which infects both the US and the…
Covid19 Relief Art
We at ROTA are proud to support Art & Co. – the world’s largest online auction to raise funds to help those affected by the coronavirus contagion, run out of London. The auction closes on June 27, 7pm. 42 artists have joined seven charities to fight the seen and unseen effects of the coronavirus: domestic…
CORE writes to Health Secretary to address the recent review into the racial disproportionality of COVID-19 deaths
CORE have written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock to address the recent review by Public Health England into the racial disproportionality of COVID-19 deaths. They argue that the government-commissioned report tells us what we already know – that BAME individuals and their communities are more likely to die from COVID-19. However, what CORE finds disappointing, is that the report contains no…
Bake4Change fundraising campaign by Rachel Ayo Ogunleye
A huge thank you to Rachel Ayo Ogunleye is organizing this amazing fundraiser on behalf of Race on the Agenda. More information on the campaign and to make a donation, please see HERE.
Andy Gregg to retire as CEO of ROTA in August
After seven years as head of ROTA Andy Gregg has announced that he will be retiring at the end of August. Ali Ahmed, ROTA’s Chair during this period said “Regrettably I am sorry to announce Andy’s departure from ROTA. Andy continued to build our work on put race equality at the centre of the policy…
Emergency Funding Opportunities
During this difficult time for many organisations, we have drawn up a list of funding opportunities. See HERE.
Consultation on exceptional arrangements for exam grading and assessment in 2020
The Government is consulting on the 'Exceptional arrangements for exam grading and assessment in 2020. ROTA is very concerned that the guidance does not adequately address the disproportionate impact the new arrangements may have on certain groups of BAME pupils, those who are socio-economically disadvantaged, and those who share other protected characteristics. The Coalition…
March 2020 ROTA Policy E-Newsletter
Read the latest March edition of our Policy E-Newsletter now available HERE. This is our quarterly newsletter full of information about our work, our partners/supporters and what is happening around the sector in relation to race equality. If you have something you would like to include and publicise in our next issue, scheduled for May 2020, please contact…
