British Future’s new report ‘How To Talk About Immigration‘ sets out the challenges for all sides when it comes to discussing and regaining trust on one of the most hotly contested issue in British politics. The pattern of falling trust, in politicians of every party, leads many to assume that the politics of immigration offer…
For many years, black and some other minority ethnic groups have been badly served by our mental health services. Some of the problems can be attributed to the fact that services have not adapted adequately to the fact that the understanding of what is ‘mental health’ and ‘mental illness’ is culturally determined and ‘one size…
For many years, black and some other minority ethnic groups have been badly served by our mental health services. Some of the problems can be attributed to the fact that services have not adapted adequately to the fact that the understanding of what is ‘mental health’ and ‘mental illness’ is culturally determined and ‘one size…
ROTA PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday 24 September 2014 Free Schools failing black and Asian children, new research shows Free Schools were supposed to put power into the hands of local communities but they are failing children from Black, Asian and minority Ethnic communities (BAME) and increasing inequality, according to a new report. Building…
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NASUWT PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday 15 September 2014 Free Schools failing to demonstrate they are advancing racial equality, new report finds The Coalition Government’s free schools programme, contrary to its stated aims to address educational disadvantage and attainment gaps, is failing to do so, concludes a report commissioned by the NASUWT, the largest…
Vidushi Marda, formally a ROTA volunteer in June 2014 interviewed participants of ROTA’S Healthy, Mobilised and BAME Project. Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) were introduced in England and Wales in 2008, following the Mental Health Act of 2007. They are a mechanism of offering people……continue >>>>
Vidushi interviewed participants of ROTA’S Healthy, Mobilised and BAME Project. Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) were introduced in England and Wales in 2008, following the Mental Health Act of 2007. They are a mechanism of offering people supervised treatment following their discharge from hospital. The rationale behind CTOs is to keep “revolving door patients” out of…
Read the latest issue of our Equality Law Briefing – August 2014, available here.
Read the latest blog 'Is “White Privilege” a useful concept in the current UK context?' by Andy Gregg, ROTA Chief Executive. In the United States over the last 30years a useful concept has been developed which we could do with discussing much more on this side of the Atlantic. This is the concept of ”white…