Over the last few months, Birmingham has once again found itself in the spotlight as parents of pupils at Parkfield Community Schools have protested the teaching of the No Outsiders equality programme. Parkfield recently announced it will teach a revised version of the programme - called No Outsiders for a Faith Community - and will cease consultation with parents. During this period we have occasionally been asked why we haven't been more vocal about this issue. We can now r

What’s the role of civil society organisations in furthering race equality? This is an opportunity to contribute to Civil Society Futures, a two-year inquiry into the future of civil society which is due to complete in November this year. The event will examine and debate information gathered from a range of civil society organisations on the issue of race inequality. This event is intended to be a participative ‘deep dive’ into some of the reasons why civil society organisat

What does the perfect organisation look like? We don’t mean the obvious things – chocolates pens, two-hour working days, and a ban on Coldplay on the office radio. We mean equality-wise. People are always asking us what the ‘best’ organisations are doing in terms of training, staff networks, board representation, and so on. The truth is, there isn’t a recipe for a perfect organisation. It just doesn’t work like that. Every organisation is unique, with its own history, staff p

Whether it's Black Lives Matter, decolonising curricula, or shouting down the EDL, it appears that race is back on the agenda. But have we learnt the lessons from the last 20 years of equalities campaigning? brap CEO Joy Warmington asks the difficult questions... brap have our roots in the race equality moment. Formed in 1999 our origins date back to the invention of race equality councils and the role they played in supporting communication between the Black and minority eth

To celebrate the launch of NHS England’s new guide on how to create diverse boards (which we were privileged to author) we’re publishing a series of posts on how to make diversity part of the fabric of your organisation. All these posts are modified versions of what’s in the guide, so if you want more info make sure you download it (it’s free!). Last time we asked why team diversity is important and came up with some (hopefully) surprising answers. This time, we want to think

To celebrate the launch of NHS England's new guide on how to create diverse boards (which we were privileged to author) we’re publishing a series of posts on how to make diversity part of the fabric of your organisation. All these posts are modified versions of what’s in the guide, so if you want more info make sure you download it (it’s free!). First up – why is any of this important at all? Because the people we work with are generally polite they don’t literally roll their