Dr Richard Stone is a medical doctor who also has extensive experience working against social exclusion, homelessness, and in the grant making charitable sector. He is a leading expert in social cohesion, anti-racism, and Islamophopia, and is a regular speaker around Europe at conferences on these topics. Richard was a panel member of the 1997/99…
This week London Councils voted to cut funding for over 200 groups working with London's most vulnerable and disadvantaged residents. Organisations placed in category's B and C will lose funds in June. This cut will reduce the current London Boroughs Grant Scheme from £26.4 million to a core scheme of £9.875 million – a cut…
Starting in November 2008, ROTA carried out research through the network of MiNet to look at the impact of the recession on London's BAME Third Sector and London's BAME population. The research showed that the recession as a phenomenon has had a specific impact on London's BAME third sector largely attributed to vast majority of…
MiNet launched its report at a successful event on 30th June 2009 at NCVO in London. Speakers at the event included, Ibukun Olashore, MiNet Chair and Director of Organisation for Blind African's and Caribbean's, Ian Redding, Head of Grants, London Councils and Lisa Greensill, Head of the Communities and Third Sector Team in Government Office…
In March 2010, MiNet commenced monitoring public spending cuts on London's BAME Third Sector. The purpose of this research is to map public spending cuts on the BAME Third Sector across the various London boroughs and collect information on the different areas of service delivery where cuts are more prevalent. This will enable MiNet to…
AFRUCA and MiNet are working jointly to map any emerging patterns as a result of the economic downturn on London's BAME children and young people. The information gathered will be used to inform a short report identifying concerns, barriers and potential solutions which will enable AFRUCA and MiNet to accurately raise these concerns at a…
The Transformative Justice Project builds upon on the recommendations from the two year Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) and EHRC funded Restoring Relationships Project. The Transformative Justice Project will be delivered through a cross-sector, multi-agency partnership steered by a Forum chaired by CPS London, and consisting of members such as Metropolitan Police Service, ACPO, Probation,…
New report: fresh thinking needed to support women and girls involved in serious youth violence Specialist services and policies targeting women and girls involved in gangs are needed to help reduce and prevent youth violence, a new report by Race on the Agenda (ROTA) says today. The Female Voice in Violence report draws on face-to-face…
ROTA's final Transformative Justice Project publication explores the complex issues behind trust and confidence in the criminal justice system. Download the publication here.
Press Release: 5 September 2011 The free schools agenda is coming at a high price to many communities that already face educational disadvantage, says Race on the Agenda (ROTA). There are worrying signs that local communities are losing out. These include 20 voluntary organisations that will be displaced by the West London Free School, whose…
