Informative and engaging articles from across the Race Equality Foundation, as well as external contributions.
The Together Study
The Together Study is a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded study evaluating the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) parenting programme. The Race Equality Foundation has run two workshops as [...]
Ethnicity and young people’s health inequalities
In this blog post, Rachael McKeown explores the evidence on the health inequalities experienced by young people from ethnic minority backgrounds. New AYPH reports present the latest available data and experiences of [...]
Start for Life initiative
The Race Equality Foundation will be supporting the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to deliver on their Start for Life initiative over the next two years. Start for Life is part [...]
Mu’minah Iqbal: Joining the Race Equality Foundation
I'm excited to have joined the Race Equality Foundation as a Research Assistant. I am currently working on the racism and trauma project. Before joining the team, I completed my Masters [...]
End Violence Against Women latest Snapshot report
Our coaliton partner End Violence Against Women's latest Snapshot report contains key recommendations to end and prevent violence against women and girls - from public attitude campaigns to holding accountable the tech companies that promote [...]
Supporting Black, Asian and minority ethnic carers
Many Black, Asian and minority ethnic unpaid carers don't recognise themselves as carers. Some languages even lack a distinct word for ‘carer’. It’s vital that services are inclusive to ensure that carers can [...]
Eva Morrison: Joining the Race Equality Foundation
I am very pleased to be part of the team at the Race Equality Foundation. I've joined the charity at an exciting time and look forward to using my extensive communications [...]
Environmental crises in the UK, and Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities
The Race Equality Foundation and charity think tank NPC are collaborating on a project to raise awareness on the impact of the climate and nature crises on the lives of people from [...]
BBC Newsbeat interview on mental health support
Evidence shows that people with severe mental illness die younger and this is often the result of their physical health. They are at increased risk of multiple long-term conditions and have higher [...]
How we are working to reduce parental conflict
Enhancing relationships has always been a core component of Race Equality Foundation’s ‘Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities’ (SFSC) parenting programme. Whether parents and other main adult carers live together or apart, evidence shows [...]
Should Rishi Sunak be a care worker?
There is a danger in asking the Prime Minister ‘would you do the job of a care worker for £18,000 a year?’ Clearly the question is designed to see how he defends [...]
Sharing Lessons on dementia with Care Quality Commission
Earlier this month, the Race Equality Foundation were really pleased to be a part of, and host, an online webinar with over 170 Care Quality Commission colleagues exploring issues around dementia care. [...]
Race Equality Foundation response to the COVID-19 Inquiry questions
Race Equality Foundation responded to a set of questions put to ourselves and others regarding the pandemic and the lessons that can be learned from the UK's response to it. A brief [...]
Awaab Ishak: another avoidable tragedy
The shocking death of Awaab Ishak and the failure to take action by his social landlord, continues to raise significant concerns, with the Regulator for Social Housing, last week downgrading Rochdale Boroughwide [...]
COVID-19 Inquiry and Matt Hancock
Matt Hancock’s participation in I’m A Celebrity has generated endless publicity and commentary, a significant portion of it pointing to his supposed failings when he was Secretary of State for Health during [...]
Together Study recruitment hits target milestone
This month saw a key achievement for the Together Study as we completed the recruitment phase of our randomised control trial looking at the impact of the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities Programme [...]
Health Equals: The UK’s Campaign for Improving Health Opportunities
Right now, in the UK, things such as poverty and poor living conditions are damaging health and wellbeing and cutting lives short. In response to this, The Race Equality Foundation worked with [...]
Tracey Bignall: Tackling high blood pressure in Black African and Caribbean communities
Tracey Bignall, Senior Policy & Practice Officer Everyone wants to have a good and healthy life. We want to protect our heart from the risk of disease and long term [...]
Trupti Patel: Joining the Race Equality Foundation
I’m so excited to be joining the Race Equality Foundation team as a Research Assistant. I completed a PhD in science and at the end decided to move away from working [...]
None of the Clocks Work
None of the Clocks Work – How young people, theatre and Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities have come together to create change The Race Equality Foundation’s Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) team [...]
Ethnic minority patients in secure mental health units
The journey to being a patient in a secure mental health unit is, by its nature, a traumatic one. By the time one gets admitted one has been assessed, prodded, and, [...]
Black Covid and in lockdown: In our own words
Between December 2020-June 2021, West Bromwich African Caribbean resource centre conducted community-based research to enable black African diaspora experiences of the Covid lockdown to be heard without qualification. This was funded [...]
Better support for BAME people living with Dementia
Race Equality Foundation has been awarded a grant by the Department of Health and Social Care to lead a programme with Black South West Network, Caribbean African Health Network and Friends [...]
Reflecting on racial justice in maternity services
The disparities in maternal outcomes for Black, Asian and minority ethnic women have been known for some time. For around 10 years, the MBRRACE confidential inquiry into maternal deaths regularly highlights [...]
Christie Garner: Joining the Race Equality Foundation
I’m thrilled to be joining the team as a Policy and Practice Officer. I’m already familiar with Race Equality Foundation through collaboration on my PhD research, looking at young people’s experiences [...]
