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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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brap has launched an
innovative new guide to help organisations understand how to respond to and diffuse
potential inter-ethnic tensions and promote better relationships between
communities. Produced with funding from the Equality and Human Rights
Commission, Mediating and Resolving
Conflict: A Guide provides a
clear and straightforward outline of the basics of conflict mediation for
voluntary, community and refugee organisations.
Although Birmingham is one
of the most ‘diverse’ cities in Europe, the disturbances in Handsworth in 2005
show that conflicts can still occur between different ‘ethnic’ groups due to
misconceptions, competition for resources, and a lack of communication. As
such, brap’s new conflict resolution framework emphasizes the critical
importance of understanding community and equality issues.
brap CEO Joy Warmington said:
brap’s mediation and
conflict resolution process is unique. We have highlighted the importance of
incorporating an explicit equality element to ensure that the outcome to a
dispute is more likely to be fair and the agreement sustainable.
I hope organisations across the public and third sector find something in the
guidance they can use to improve their relations with staff, other
organisations and the wider community.
To read the guide click here.
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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brap is launching an exciting new magazine called Speak Out.
Every three months Speak Out will deliver a magazine packed with articles, stories,
poems, photographs and comment, and to do this we need your help.
Whether you’re a poet, an artist, a writer, a photographer
or someone who has something to say send us your work and ideas. It doesn’t
matter if you’re aspiring or established, young or old. All that counts is that
you want the opportunity to share your work with the whole of Birmingham.
For more information click here.
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Monday, 09 June 2008 |
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Responding to a government consultation on how to ensure funding promotes community cohesion, brap reminded the government of the problems involved with targeting funding at a particular social group (such as ethnic or faith groups).
The government’s Cohesion
Guidance for Funders provides advice on how voluntary and community
organisations that work with excluded groups should be funded. The Commission
on Integration and Cohesion – a high-profile government body looking into
community cohesion – had previously said that funding for single groups should
be not be promoted unless there was a compelling business case.
brap, who contributed to the Commission’s work, urged the
government to remain firm on this commitment. brap said:
single group funding often
reinforces the notion of the ‘other’ between different communities. We need to
find new, more joined up and shared approaches to addressing the inequality
faced by all groups in society. This should help to reduce the competition and
resentment that often goes hand in hand with single group funding.
To read the full consultation response  click here.
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