The BME VCS Coalition supports Doreen Lawrence's open letter to the Government on the planned review of the Public Sector Equality Duty.
The BME VCS Coalition supports Doreen Lawrence's open letter to the Government on the planned review of the Public Sector Equality Duty.
Listen to our Director, Vandna Gohil, speak to the BBC about the UK riots. Whilst it's too early to draw simple links between rioting and spending cuts, we need to understand the unrest as happening within a context of inequality, Vandna argues.
Charities that are based outside London and meet the eligibility criteria could receive a bursary to attend a CES training course at Charities Evaluation Services (CES) training venue in London.
CES have recently been awarded a grant from The Lankelly Chase Foundation to offer a bursary scheme for non-London organisations to attend CES training. The bursary can be used to attend either a one-day or two-day course.
2 February 2011
The Government’s decision to wind down the strategic partnership programme to zero by 2014 threatens the delivery of effective social policy, a leading equalities organisation have warned today.
If the Government are to deliver the aspirations of a Big ‘inclusive’ Society, they need strategic support and guidance from the voluntary, community and enterprise sector (VCSE sector), Voice4Change England (V4CE) argue.
Kunle Olulode, Director, Voice4Change England: “With limited emergency funding available, it’s important that charity groups and communities are kept fully informed of the support that is available during this really difficult time for civil society. Good outreach communication is going to be critical to reach all. We will do our best, with other infrastructure bodies to ensure the message gets out.”
Theresa May, Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities revealed that the Government felt that equality has become a 'dirty word' in a speech in November 2010. Voice4Change England wrote to the Editor of the Guardian to set the record straight and asks how the Minister plans to build a 'fair' society without equality.
This years Voice4Change parliamentary reception signaled both the launch of two new policy initiatives and the end of a previous era with the departure of former Director and V4CE co-founder, Vandna Gohil.