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Working partnerships are key during these challenging times
By Chris Whitwell, CEO of Friends Families and Travellers
As an organisation which continues to fight for fairness and equality on behalf of Gypsies and Travellers we know first hand how important it is to work collaboratively with other organisations.
A main concern for Gypsies and Travellers is the shortage of appropriate accommodation, and to put some context to this, we don't know exactly how many Gypsies and Travellers there are in the UK because before 2011 they were not included in census statistics. However, it is estimated that there are between 200,000 and 300,000 Gypsies and Travellers in the UK (excluding newly arrived Roma from other parts of Europe).
Government shows a lack of leadership on race equality
Members of the BME VCS Coalition including V4CE have written a letter to the Guardian, calling on the Government to draw up a race equality strategy that provides leadership in the wake of rioting.
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE SEMINARS
Policy Activism: The role of small and medium sized health charities
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23 November 2011, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
- At BHA, Democracy House, 609 Stretford Road, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0QA
A collaboration of BHA, Naz Project London, Positive East and Positively UK is hosting a 'by invitation only' roundtable on policy activism for small and medium sized health charities on 23 November 2011 at BHA in Manchester. The roundtable will explore how small and medium sized charities can most effectively use and target their limited policy activism capacity, e.g., who is the most effective group to work with and/or to target? The discussion will draw on the experience of participants working with vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.
Help Compact Voice understand what’s happening locally
The second annual survey of Local Compacts is now open. Compact Voice are encouraging voluntary and community organisations to take 10 minutes to fill in the survey – and are offering everyone who completes the survey the chance to win an Amazon Kindle.
Norfolk Race Equality Council closes
The Norwich and Norfolk Racial Equality Council has folded after 18 years, after making a net loss of £42,000 in the last financial year and becoming “unsustainable”.
The Runnymede Trust have called this closure "a disaster for the people of Norfolk".