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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 [...]

Stephen Lawrence 10 years after

Plymouth City Council – Report It

Disablist, faith and belief, homophobic, racist and transphobic incidents We are committed to eliminating discrimination from all aspects of our work and to ensuring we contribute to making Plymouth a safer place for minority communities. If you have experienced or witnessed an incident we want to hear about it. Incidents may include: assault vandalism harassment [...]

Black Mental Health UK

About us Black Mental Health UK (BMH UK) was established in 2006 to raise awareness and address the stigma associated with mental illness. The aim of our work is to see a reduction in the inequalities in the treatment and care of people from African Caribbean communities who use mental health services, and to inform these [...]

The scandal of ‘criminalising’ mental health patients

Community and faith groups condemn the rapid rise in prisoner suicide rates Tuesday 2 January 2008 Human rights group Black Mental Health UK have added their voice to the growing numbers of community and faith organisation who have condemned the rapid rise in the numbers of suicides of people in prison over the last 12 [...]

The Destitution Trap

http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/campaigns/destitution/april09_mp_action.aspx Please take action now to end destitution of refused asylum seekers. -

An atrocity by stealth

Moving Here

Moving Here explores, records and illustrates why people came to England over the last 200 years and what their experiences were and continue to be. It offers free access, for personal and educational use, to an online catalogue of versions of original material related to migration history from local, regional and national archives, libraries and [...]

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