February – March 2012 In partnership with Tower Hamlets CVS, the Osmani Trust, Hackney CVS, the Selby Centre and Islington BAME CVS, this seminar series has now been successfully delivered. Through the series, over 200 representatives from the voluntary, community, statutory and private sectors considered the broad questions: “Is there an elephant in the room?…
On 30 March, a Tamil Community Centre women's group hosted a story hour on women and migration to celebrate International Women's Day. Women in the group came together to share their experiences of life in the UK and reflect on the circumstances for women in their country of origin. Filmed for the Through the…
In November 2011 the Mayor’s Education Inquiry was launched to examine key challenges for education in London and make recommendations for practical action with key partners including the boroughs, schools and policy-makers. Read the full briefing here.
Following a successful pilot conducted in late 2011, ROTA is now extending the Free School monitoring survey. If you are involved (or have been) in proposing a free school, please take this opportunity to share your views and experiences of the application process. Your responses will provide important information that will contribute to a better…
நீங்கள் லண்டனில் வாழும் ஸ்ரீ லங்கா நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த தமிழ் இனத்தவரா? நீங்கள் அல்லது உங்களது பெற்றோர் இலங்கையில் இருந்து பிரித்தானிய நாட்டிற்குக்குடிபெயர்ந்தவர்களா? அப்படியாயின் உங்களது அனுபவத்தைக் குறிக்கும் கதை பலரது கூறப்படாத அனுபவங்களில் ஒன்றாக இருக்கலாம். உங்களது அனுபவங்கள் தமிழ் மக்களின் சரித்திரத்தில் ஒரு முக்கிய பகுதியாகும். பிரித்தானிய நாட்டில் உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையை அமைத்துக்கொள்வதற்கு நீங்கள் முகம் கொடுத்த போராட்டங்களை இளம் சந்ததியினர் அறிந்துகொள்வதற்காக இவைகள் எழுத்து மூலமாகவும் ஒலிநாடாக்களிலும் பதிந்துகொள்ளப்படும். உங்களது அனுபவத்தைக் குறிக்கும்…
ROTA PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 February 2012 The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant to Race on the Agenda (ROTA), in partnership with the Tamil Community Centre (Hounslow), to carry out an innovative one-year oral history project with the Tamil community in London. The project, called ‘Through the generations: untold stories…
Read the latest issue of ROTA's Policy E-Newsletter here.
Through the generations: Tamil oral history project, a one-year oral history project supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, is currently recruiting volunteers to help document the narratives and experiences of the Tamil community in London. The project, jointly delivered by Race on the Agenda and the Tamil Community Centre, is looking…
ROTA's submission to the Office of the Children’s Commissioner: Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in gangs and groups (CSEGG). Read the submission here.
