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The headlines say one thing – cuts, inequality a lack of social justice and the Big Society advocates say another: what sense can we make of this ? 03/09/2010
Professor John Diamond (the University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) reflects on some of the headlines from the news this week: ” Looking through the report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies released this week on the impact of the Coalition’s Budget and the increasing number of examples from the Voluntary and Community sector of [. […]
Looking for Absences – Social Justice and Equalities in the Big Society: what does this tell us? 03/09/2010
Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) points to continuing absences in the Coalition’s Big Society initiative: “I am struck by the notable absences in the Coalition’s Big Society project. There are, at least, two really central ones – for me- and they are any references to Social Justice and Equalities. […]
Summer Holidays, Stories and The Big Society: Why We Need More Than A Bucket And Spade 03/09/2010
Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) reviews some recent stories from the national press on the Big Society: “Reading through the papers over the weekend the connections between the Big Society idea, the Coalition’s Budget and the emerging impact of the cuts became clearer. There are two articles which are w […]
Getting The Most Out Of The Equality Act 2010 03/09/2010
This is THE essential conference for equality law practitioners. The key note speech will be given by Mrs Justice Laura Cox. Major changes to the law will be presented by discrimination law experts. Karon Monaghan QC will discuss what is in and what’s out – new definitions and concepts – disability discrimination, gender re-assignment, combined […]
The Big Society, A Sense of History and why Local Politics Matter 03/09/2010
Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) returns to the question of a Sense of History: ” An interesting absentee in the Coalition’s claims for their Big Society is any reference to their own different histories and ways of relating to the localism debate. So, the Liberals do have a tradition and history […]

Fata He – Unity meetings

Meeting Dates for Unity Plymouth at the Council House. www.unityplymouth.co.uk 26th June 2010 31st July 2010 21st August 2010 25th Setember 2010 30th October 2010 27th November 2010 18th December 2010 Representatives/ Councillors are invited from various organisations. If you have an issue and would like it to be addressed then please tell us Please [...]

Equality Bill to become law

Just in the nick of time, MPs approved the House of Lords’ amendments to the Equality Bill meaning that it has now become law ahead of the election. The bill is expected to receive Royal Assent from the Queen shortly, with provisions in the Bill beginning to take effect in the autumn. The new legislation, [...]

Fata He

FATA HE is a West African word which means ‘Inclusion’ and was established in 2001 to redress social and economic inequalities relating to Black and Minority Ethnic (B&ME) individuals, families and groups within the city of Plymouth. Since becoming incorporated as a Limited Company (Social Enterprise) in 2003, Fata He has become an umbrella organisation [...]

Colour Coded

BBC Radio 4 – Listen Again WebSite Descriptions of the human race based on racial characteristics go back to the late seventeenth century. In 1684, a French doctor, François Bernier, published “Nouvelle division de la terre par les différentes espèces ou races qui l’habitant” which proposed four different face and body types: Europeans, Far Easterners, [...]

Is the countryside racist?

Nearly 8 per cent of the population is from an ethnic minority, and yet they make up only 1 per cent of the visitors to National Parks. Is the countryside a no-go zone for non-white Britain? Sathnam Sanghera takes his Punjabi-speaking mother and a bag of brazil nuts on a trip to the North York [...]

Do Racist Attitudes Hinder Mothers of Mixed-Race Children?

Professor Ravinder Barn and Dr Vicki Harman from the Centre for Criminology and Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London are carrying out research into white mothers of mixed-race children. It is part of a wider study of mixed-race children and young people that has spanned more than two decades. See more at:- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100428121600.htm With [...]

Soul Brittania – The Specials/Rhoda Dakar

RHODA DAKAR, known for singing with Two Tone bands The Bodysnatchers, The Specials and Special AKA will be collaborating with MIXED (Facebook Group) to write testimonies of the people taking part…

Arthur Warburton – The first black professional football player.

Crossing the White Line – The Walter Tull story

Welcome to Crossing the White Line:The Walter Tull Story website, an award winning initiative put together by City of Westminster Archives and Walter Tull biographer, Phil Vasili and funded by Kick it Out and the Heritage Lottery. This website is part of a project, which aims to raise awareness and celebrate the short but historically significant life [...]

Lord Avebury calls for fairer Gypsy and Traveller policies

Runneymead Trust I recently noticed that Lib Dem peer Lord Avebury has written a letter to the Conservative Party regarding its policy on Gypsies and Travellers. The policy, outlined in a green paper earlier this year, states that the Tories will provide stronger enforcement powers to “tackle unauthorised development and illegal trespass”. In his letter, [...]

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