Using the Equality Act 2010 Free two day training for organisations supporting Black, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BME&R) communities Training Day one: Complying with the Equality Act 2010 18th Sept. 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Participants will: learn who is protected under the Equality Act 2010; learn what types of behaviour and discrimination are unlawful; review their…
The devastating fire at Grenfell Tower has cost at least 80 lives, destroyed livelihoods and traumatised survivors. It has exposed the stark inequality in housing provision in Britain, with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups and migrants bearing the brunt of this injustice. Holding those responsible to account is vital. ROTA has convened an informal…
Over the last year ROTA has been working as part of the Way Ahead partnership to design a new vision and system for civil society in London and how it can be better supported in future. This process is designed to empower individuals and communities and ensure that groups of all sizes get the support…
New Race Equality 2017 manifesto now launched. ROTA is one of 40 organisations involved. Britain is at a crossroads on race equality, Brexit, immigration and identity. A coalition of race equality organisations has drawn up a plan to put fairness and equal life chances for Britain’s Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. So that we…
We are pleased to re-launch our Policy E-Newsletters. Read our latest edition HERE. This will be a quarterly newsletter full of information about our work and what is happening around the sector in relation to race equality. If you would like to include or publicise something in our next issue, please contact the Office Manager,…
Read the latest edition of our Equality Law Briefing, available HERE.
On 21st April 2017 ROTA was back in Birmingham for a seminar on BAME employment in the West Midlands. With Black people three times more likely to be unemployed in Birmingham than White British people, the seminar focused on the barriers and solutions to unequal employment outcomes. Co-hosted with local equality think tank BRAP, the…
Read our blog by Hanna Stephens: ROTA Interviews Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Editor at Galdem.
By Hanna Stephens As Article 50 is due to be triggered on March 29, there is concern that this will lead to another spike in hate crime, as recorded following the EU Referendum vote. This also coincides with the attack on Westminster this Wednesday, with the attacker claimed by Isis as a ‘soldier of Islamic…