The Runnymede Trust has long campaigned for the removal of Safer Schools Officers from UK schools, and so we support the Met’s recent announcement to do so. There is no credible or conclusive evidence ...

For more than 50 years, we have worked tirelessly to build a Britain in which we all enjoy equal opportunities. From broadening the curriculum to exposing the Windrush scandal, our work is rooted in ...

Welcome to our blog, Race Matters, where you can read the latest content on all matters to do with race. Race Matters aims to bring new perspectives to matters of racial (in)justice, including topics ...

We are deeply concerned that the Chancellor’s spring statement published yesterday, threatens to inflict and compound harm on some of the most under-protected people in our communities. This, ...

Two decades since Runnymede was first credited with coining the term 'Islamophobia' in our flagship 1997 report, we look at how the phenomenon has evolved over the past 20 years, and how it manifests ...

Proudly independent, for over 50 years Runnymede’s esteemed research, analysis and policy development has provided the evidence to challenge racial injustice. From broadening the curriculum to ...

Safer Schools Officers (SSOs) fail to support a safer school environment, particularly for Black and ethnic minority children who are already over-policed and under-protected. Freedom of Information ...

Shocking levels of economic and racial inequality in Britain are revealed in The Colour of Money. For example, Black African and Bangladeshi households have 10 times less wealth than White British ...

Runnymede Trust analysis of new Home Office strip search data shows that Black people are disproportionately strip searched by nearly all police forces in England and Wales. Black children are 6.5 ...

The survey, Over Exposed and Under-Protected - The Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Great Britain (conducted by the Runnymede Trust and ICM in June 2020), ...

Race and Racism in English Secondary Schools explores the nature of racism in secondary schools and is organised around four key issues: the teacher workforce; curricula; police; and school policies ...