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.
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.
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.
How the NHS Can Break the ‘30-Year Cycle’ and Use Ethnicity Data to Tackle Health Inequalities Today
New research reveals how to break cycle of waiting for perfect ethnicity data to act and use imperfect data already collected to drive visible change 2 December 2025 – Communities from Black, [...]
Building sustainable change across London’s health and care system with the Race Equity Maturity Index (REMI): Dr. Amanda Simon
Dr. Amanda Simon, Researcher at the Race Equality Foundation, reflects on her experience of creating the Race Equity Maturity Index (REMI). The Race Equity Maturity Index (REMI) is a pioneering self-assessment tool co-produced with [...]
Annual health checks for people with a learning disability
Improving Uptake of Annual Health Checks for People with a Learning Disability from Black, Asian, and Minoritised Ethnic backgrounds This project builds on our ongoing efforts to address health inequalities, focusing [...]
Stronger Relationships programme
Welcome to SFSC: Stronger Relationships Discover SFSC: Stronger Relationships, an evidence-based addition to our suite of SFSC programmes, designed to empower parents and caregivers. Our focus is to support families and [...]
Understanding the experience of Black, Asian and minority ethnic young people with epilepsy or type 1 diabetes
The Race Equality Foundation worked on two exciting new projects in partnership with the Association of Young People’s Health, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Young Epilepsy, and the [...]
Racism, Trauma, and Intergenerational Trauma Project
The Race Equality Foundation has been commissioned by Barnardo’s SEEN to investigate the impact of racism, trauma and intergenerational trauma on the lives and experiences of Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic [...]
Share the Pressure
High blood pressure can result in a range of life-threatening diseases. However, it can also be better managed through exercise and diet. The Race Equality Foundation has received funding from Burdett [...]
Race equality and the Health and Justice workforce
In April 2021, the Race Equality Foundation was commissioned by NHS England (NHSE) to do a deep dive impact assessment into race, ethnicity and religion for NHSE's Health & Justice Inclusive Workforce [...]
Health and Wellbeing Alliance
The Race Equality Foundation is a member of the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance (HWA) alongside 19 other member organisations. The HWA works closely with NHS [...]
National BAME Transplant Alliance (NBTA)
NBTA brings together a range of organisations and individuals dedicated to improving the life chances for black and minority ethnic people who need organ, bone marrow, stem cell, and blood transplants. [...]
Children and Young People with Asthma
Children and Young People with Asthma: Understanding Vulnerabilities and Reducing Health Inequalities Young People’s Health Partnership are partnering with the Race Equality Foundation and Friends, Families and Travellers on an NHS [...]
Parenting Support Project
Staff from the Race Equality Foundation’s Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities programme are taking part in a major project with Impact on Urban Health (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation), facilitated by Shift [...]
First Steps funded by City Bridge Trust
The Race Equality Foundation has received funding from the City of London Corporation’s charity, City Bridge Trust to provide infrastructure support to voluntary and community sector organisations in London working with [...]
Arts for wellbeing
This project was initiated as a result of conversations between Race Equality Foundation, Flourishing Lives, and HEAR Equality and Human Rights Network. The plan was to bring together arts and wellbeing [...]
Better Housing
The Better Housing project seeks to develop a national evidence-based resource to help housing practitioners: improve service provision for black and minority ethnic communities embed race equality in their day to [...]
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 [...]
Dementia and BAME Communities
It is estimated that the number of people with dementia worldwide will double by 2030 and triple by 2050, yet dementia research remains relatively underfunded. There is also evidence that African-Caribbean [...]
Breast Cancer Project
This project is about improving access to breast cancer screening programmes from groups that are struggling to access them at the moment. This is against a background of fewer and fewer [...]
Blood pressure testing for African and Caribbean men
Black Caribbean and African men are at high risk of developing high blood pressure. What is high blood pressure? Your blood pressure pushes blood through your body, but if it is [...]
Better Health
The Better Health project seeks to develop a national evidence-based resource to help health practitioners: improve service provision for black and minority ethnic communities embed race equality in their day to [...]
Learning from deaths: Experiences of BAME people with learning disabilities
The fourth annual report of the Learning Disability and Mortality Review (LeDeR) identified a number of examples of better practice and the factors that contribute to it, but continued to detail [...]
