Informative and engaging articles from across the Race Equality Foundation, as well as external contributions.
From the streets to policy action: the blueprint exists to address increasingly virulent and violent racism
20 May 2026 | London, UK Last Saturday’s (16 May 2026) far-right protests, and the recent failure to address racist and Islamophobic violence in the public domain, will leave some in the [...]
Race Equality Foundation co-signs call to extend SEND Reform consultation
The Race Equality Foundation has co-signed a joint letter calling for an extension to the SEND Reform consultation, currently due to close on 18 May 2026. Alongside Include Me Too, Black SEN [...]
Race Equality Foundation comments on the announcement of the government’s “once-in-a-lifetime” mental health strategy consultation
Today (15 May 2026), the Government opened a call for evidence to inform a once-in-a-generation Mental Health Strategy to improve mental health care in England. The announcement marks a significant shift toward [...]
What does it actually take to do inclusive research? Lessons from the TOGETHER study
Last month, The Lancet Public Health published the TOGETHER study, showcasing findings from a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities parenting programme – an intervention developed by the [...]
Promising developments to close racial disparities in women’s health – but the real test is in delivery
April 2026 | Tracey Bignall Over recent weeks we have seen promising health care policy developments with the potential to improve health outcomes of Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities in the [...]
Mapping the Margins: Exploring the Intersection of Racism, Physical Health, and Mental Wellbeing in Young People
Mapping the Margins is a NIHR-funded project led by the Race Equality Foundation in partnership with City, University of London, and St George’s, University of London. The project centres the lives of [...]
Making Sense of Poverty Data: Building a Better Picture of Inequality in the UK
Aleks Collingwood, Partnership Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, writes on the challenges of understanding poverty and inequality in the UK with the current limitations in socio-demographic datasets. The blog both identifies the consequences of data gaps, and what is needed to ensure greater access to high-quality inclusive data capable of driving social justice efforts.
Community co-production for more racially inclusive survey data
Nissa Finney, founding member of the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, explores the importance of community involvement and co-production in creating racially inclusive datasets.
What works for families: SFSC backed by landmark trial evidence
Today marks a significant moment for the Race Equality Foundation and for everyone who has been part of Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC). The main findings from [...]
Reflections on a Lunch and Learn webinar with a Local Authority
Last week, the Online Programmes team hosted our first lunch and learn webinar event, titled ‘How to successfully engage families in parenting and relationship support in an inclusive and collaborative way for [...]
At the Margins of Care: Lived Realities of Young South Asian Disabled Women Navigating Inaccessible Healthcare
“It took me five years to get the right diagnosis,” shared one participant, after facing years of medical gaslighting, forced antidepressants and talk therapy instead of the treatment she actually needed. Accessing [...]
Limitations of ONS Life Expectancy Estimates for minoritised ethnic groups in the UK
Dharmi Kapadia, Senior Lecturer at University of Manchester, and Director at the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, presents research carried out alongside Harry Taylor and Laia Becares (King’s College London) on the limitations of ONS life expectancy estimates published in 2021.
Safer Lives moves into pilot phase
The Safer Lives project has now moved into the pilot phase of the study, marking an important milestone as delivery begins to take shape across our partner areas. Safer Lives is a [...]
Why We Record Ethnicity – And Why It Matters
As the Race Equality Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, launch their landmark conference, ‘Advancing Racial Justice: Convention on the State of Data 2026’, our Chief Executive, Jabeer Butt, reflects on the use, and mis-use, of ethnicity data from the 1960s to the present day.
Statement on the Government’s Social Cohesion Strategy
The Race Equality Foundation welcomes the Government’s acknowledgement that racism, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hostility threaten the safety and stability of communities across the United Kingdom. However, the response set out in the Social Cohesion Strategy risks underestimating [...]
Disability, race, and the climate crisis
It is popular to describe the climate and nature crisis as “something that will affect us all”, but this universalising language erases the complexity of the issue. The truth is, the climate [...]
Press Release: New employment rights legislation fails to address racial inequalities driving health crisis among Black and Asian workers, report reveals
New evidence review exposes how structural racism connects poor-quality work, inadequate sick pay and early workforce exit Black and Asian workers experience health of people decades older by their 40s and 50s [...]
How online SFSC courses support the Race Equality Foundation’s anti-racist mission
For 25 years, the SFSC team at the Race Equality Foundation has delivered its evidence-based and inclusive Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities parenting programme. The programme recognises that the communities around families can [...]
Why Stronger Families, Not Stricter Bans, Are the Key to Children’s Wellbeing
As calls grow to ban under-16s from accessing social media, the debate is increasingly shaped by a sense of moral panic, one that risks obscuring the deeper pressures facing children, young people, [...]
Spotlight on… Litter Heroes: SFSC and the power of community engagement
In a society that can feel fractured and divided, many of us find ourselves asking, what does it take to be part of a strong and resilient community? A community may [...]
Black Care Leavers on Support, Care Services and Racial Identity
Turning 18 is a big step for anyone, but for young people in the UK who've been in care, the milestone often means having to face adult life and its responsibilities [...]
Local elections 2026: Making sure all have the opportunity to shape local government
This year on Thursday 7 May 2026, voters across the UK are expected to vote to elect councillors to their local government. Some local elections have been temporarily postponed due to [...]
Getting Safer Lives ready: building trust, teams and momentum
Safer Lives is a three-year research project exploring how the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) programme can support families and young people affected by offending and serious violence. Funded by the Youth [...]
Statement on Women and Equalities Committee report: Discrimination, harassment and abuse against Muslim women
The Race Equality Foundation welcomes the publication of the Women and Equalities Committee report ‘Discrimination, harassment, and abuse against Muslim women’. The report provides powerful evidence of how Muslim women face a [...]
Warm homes won’t reduce inequality unless equity is built in
The government’s new Warm Homes Plan has been described as the biggest home upgrade programme in British history. At a time when millions of people are living in cold, damp and unsafe [...]
