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Avocado+ Funders Den 2019 hailed as a great success

This year, the Avocado+ event was held in the prestigious surroundings of London’s Living Room at City Hall on 4th October 2019. The idea of the event was for six small Black, Asian, Minority-ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) charity and voluntary organisations to pitch their business ideas to the representatives of funding bodies assembled on the…

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September 2019 ROTA Policy E-Newsletter

Read the latest September edition of our Policy E-Newsletter now available HERE. This is our quarterly newsletter full of information about our work, our partners/supporters and what is happening around the sector in relation to race equality.  If you have something you would like to include and publicise in our next issue, scheduled for November 2019, please contact…

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New Research: Mind the Gap: Choice, opportunity and access in Higher Education for UK-domiciled BAME students

Since 2018, ROTA has been researching student choice and disadvantage in Higher Education with reference to UK domiciled BAME students. In May 2019, the Augar Review of Higher Education was published. ROTA’s full report, containing a Commentary on the Augar Review. In response to the Augar Review, ROTA is concerned that: Reducing the fee level…

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The Coalition of Race Equality Organisations send an open letter to the Home Secretary “Priti Patel please don’t politicise the police”

ROTA PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday 23 August 2019 The Coalition of Race Equality Organisations send an open letter to the Home Secretary “Priti Patel please don’t politicise the police” A coalition of 20 race equality organisations has sent an open letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel. The letter reads … “We the undersigned…

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Active Lives, Healthy Minds – End of project conference

Active Lives, Healthy Minds was a a three year (June 2016-2019) refugee-led mental health and wellbeing project in West London run by Race on the Agenda (ROTA) in partnership with Account Trust (Nepali community organisation), Network of Eritrean Women UK, Qoys Daryeel – Family Care (Somali community organisation), the Tamil Community Centre and Ilays. The…

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How to genuinely consult refugee communities

NHS England is consulting community members and community-led organisations on their Long Term Plan. The Local Healthwatch in Hounslow has been commissioned to undertake consultations to hear from "disadvantaged groups" about their experiences with the NHS. Being consulted is not a new experience for our partner organisations on the Active Lives, Healthy Minds project, a…

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Race equality coalition calls on the government to share plans for responding to racism post-Brexit

CORE a coalition of race equality organisations from across the UK met on 18 February to reflect on the state of racism in Britain today, and how we as a society are responding to it. With 29th of March deadline fast approaching, CORE is calling on the government to share its plan for responding to…

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Theresa May’s mental health act reform: Warm words but scant action

You may well have missed it under the Brexit deluge but Theresa May announced a major reform of the Mental Health Act this month – the first for 30 years. She had commissioned Sir Simon Wessely, Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King’s College London and president of the Royal Society of Medicine to examine the…

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December 2018 ROTA Policy E-Newsletter

Read the latest December edition of our Policy E-Newsletter now available HERE. This is our quarterly newsletter full of information about our work, our partners/supporters and what is happening around the sector in relation to race equality.  If you have something you would like to include and publicise in our next issue, scheduled for March 2019, please contact…