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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Six months on from riots where asylum accommodation, mosques and minority-owned businesses were systematically attacked by groups of far right supporters, a new Runnymede Trust report highlights the ...
Our response to the government's Curriculum and Assessment Review, in which we encourage the government to introduce amendments to the National Curriculum to embed statutory topics on race, migration ...
The racist riots of summer 2024 were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK. With direct attacks on Muslims and mosques, this explosion of violence is linked to the ways that UK ...
Misogynoir - where racism and sexism intersect - continues to hinder Black women's professional advancement, wellbeing, and sense of belonging in the workplace. "I feel as though Black women are ...
A policy response to the UK racist riots which took place in summer 2024.
This publication is part of the Runnymede Perspectives series, the aim of which is to foment free and exploratory thinking on race, ethnicity and equality. Academics from a range of institutions ...
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 ...
Art is one of the only subjects that explicitly offers a space for personal exploration, where students are encouraged to respond to the world and their place within it. Art lessons are therefore a ...