Runnymede Trust
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| Founders | Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill |
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| Founded | 1968 |
| Headquarters location | London, United Kingdom |
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| ID | 2480076 |
About Runnymede Trust
The Runnymede Trust is a race equality think tank founded in 1968 by Jim Rose and Anthony Lester, with the aim of acting as an independent source for generating intelligence for a multi-ethnic Britain through research, network building, leading debate and policy engagement.
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... The Runnymede Trust and other organisations wrote an open letter to Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley about the plan, which was announced last week...
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... The Runnymede Trust, a race equality charity, said: " Our children are being failed by the state institutions there to protect them...
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... The Runnymede Trust race equality think tank found 979 Safer Schools Officers (SSOs) in schools last spring, compared with 683 in 2021...
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... Ms Kwoffie s experience mirrors the findings of a survey by the race equality think tank the Runnymede Trust and gender equality organisation the Fawcett Society...
Long-term plan to tackle racial disparity in UK
... And Halima Begum, chief executive of the Runnymede Trust, says the proposed changes don t go far enough...
Coronavirus: Sundays safety plan not published
... meanwhile, the Runnymede Trust, interim managing Director, Dr Zubaida Haque has health Minister, Matt Hancock wrote, along with a coalition of 15 other race equality organisations, with the most important recommendations for the protection of ethnic minority workers...
Fear over plans for the next year, the tests, MPs said
... Dr Zubaida Haque of the Runnymede Trust, said it is not needed to have an urgent look at what could be done for students back to school this summer...
Long-term plan to tackle racial disparity in UK
The government has set out its long-term vision to address racial disparities in the UK with changes to policing, health and education.
More Than 70 measures are part of the new " Inclusive Britain" action plan.
It includes greater scrutiny over The Way police use stop and search powers and improvements to how ethnicity data is collected.
Inclusive Britain has been developed in response to The Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
That led to the establishment of a Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which made a series of recommendations for reform, grouped under: building trust, promoting fairness, and creating agency.
The new measures include:
Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch MP said: " This is at The Heart of our levelling up agenda. It's broader and more wide-ranging than any other review we've had into race and ethnicity in This Country .
" The causes behind racial disparities are complex and often misunderstood.
" Our new strategy is about action, not rhetoric and will help create a country where a person's race, social or ethnic background is no barrier to achieving their ambitions. "
The Announcement builds on the published last month which aims to spread opportunity more equally across the country.
Inclusive Britain was officially presented to business leaders, charities and public figures in Birmingham.
Somia Bibi from Himaya Haven, a Support Group in Birmingham which helps families of loved ones in custody and prison, said racism is still a problem in some parts of the UK.
" Institutional Racism comes in many forms, especially in the Criminal Justice system, " She Said .
" We find our Family Members are disproportionately from south Asian and black communities and if you look at the make-up of The Prison system race is a factor. "
But Naseam Kaid, a Streetwatch co-ordinator in Birmingham, believes good progress is being made.
" You see a lot of Asian and black officers around now, especially in my neighbourhood, " He Said .
" There's more diversity and better training in police work now. "
Last Year 's independent commission was heavily criticised for playing down the impact of racism and systematic barriers facing ethnic minority communities.
And Halima Begum , chief executive of the Runnymede Trust , says the proposed changes don't go far enough.
" We welcome any measures which will begin to address racial and socio-economic disparities, " She Said .
" But we must not forget how much black and ethnic minority communities have suffered in The Last two years as a result of Covid-19.
" We don't want to see the government giving with one hand to ethnic minority communities and taking away with The Other , but instead action from the whole of government is needed to address racial disparities in our society. "
Source of news: bbc.com