Funding from Propel secured
We’re proud to announce that we’ve been backed with Propel London funding under their Building Strong Communities mission.
ROTA’s education work
We’re proud to announce that we’ve been backed with Propel London funding under their Building Strong Communities mission.
Race on the Agenda and Airbnb help Hosts to be more inclusive
Whether you’re a seasoned Host or opening your home for the first time, building a community based on belonging, trust and safety is a priority at Airbnb. This is why we founded our UK Trust and Safety Alliance, a network of expert organisations that provide information and guidance for UK Hosts and our wider community. …
ROTA Research Report – Thwarted ambitions: Barriers to completing university education
Why do some students from Global Majority and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities choose to withdraw from university? Although preliminary findings from ROTA's Pilot Study cannot be said to be representative of the Higher Education sector as a whole, some concerning issues have emerged. Among many reasons why students choose to leave or consider leaving…
Black people are over three times more likely to experience homelessness
A new report, authored by Heriot-Watt University, found that in England the highest levels of homelessness risks are experienced by people from Black and minoritised ethnic backgrounds. Black people are three and a half times as likely to experience statutory homelessness[1] as White British people. The report, conducted in partnership with Race on the Agenda…
New Research Findings on Higher Education
Race on the Agenda (ROTA) surveyed students at all London Higher Education institutions and interviewed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Leads from ten London Universities to explore why a disproportionate number of UK-domiciled students from Global Majority (GM) and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities choose to withdraw from university. Detailed findings will be published in…
53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
On the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Director of BlkOutUK Rob Berkeley, shares his experiences at the intersections of homophobia/patriarchy and anti-Black racism. In the early morning of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. While police raids on gay bars…
Cost of Living Crisis threatens to increase inequality
As an organisation which works with marginalised communities across the country, we call on the Government to urgently address the impact of the cost-of-living crisis, in order to prevent the exacerbation of poverty and debt for millions of low-income households in the UK.
ROTA Parliamentary Report: Spring 2022
6 new laws and how they will impact our communities
ROTA’s Statement on the Government’s Inclusive Britain Action Plan
The Government recently published Inclusive Britain, a response to the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED), which was launched as a result of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. The report of the CRED was criticised for failing to acknowledge systemic racism in the UK, and although Inclusive Britain now accepts…
