Professor Uzo Iwobi receives CBE for services to racial equality and to championing diversity and inclusion We are delighted to share that our Founder, @UzoIwobi has been awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the #QueensBirthdayHonours list 2022 for services to racial equality and to championing diversity and inclusion #JubileeHonours
2022 United Nations Day for the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ To mark the 2022 United Nations Day for the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination’ we are posting our conference ‘Changing Our Future Welsh History – Embedding Anti-racism in Education & Business in Wales.’ Huge thanks to everyone who…
Black History Wales press release: Mrs Betty Campbell MBE Monument Late Black History Wales Patron, Mrs Betty Campbell MBE leads the way as first named Welsh woman to have a statue in Wales. We are delighted to announce that the unveiling of the Betty Campbell Monument, our late Black History Wales Patron will take place…
Windrush Voices – National Windrush Day 2021 To commemorate National Windrush Day 2021, Velindre University NHS Trust, Race Council Cymru, Black History Wales and the Windrush Elders worked in partnership to capture the experiences and stories from the Windrush elders about their time working in the NHS. ‘Voices of Windrush’ aims to save these oral…
Refugee Week 2021 / Wythnos Ffoaduriaid 2021 Today marks the start of Refugee Week 2021, a week dedicated to celebrating the diverse communities we live in and to raise awareness of the challenges facing Refugees worldwide. We are pleased to share a short film produced by the Mid and South West Wales Cohesion Team, which…
We are delighted that Race Council Cymru (RCC) Black History Wales’s dedicated volunteers, based in Cardiff, have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK – the MBE for voluntary groups. RCC Black History Wales, based in Cardiff, was formed in 17yrs ago…
Welsh BAME lives ‘not reflected’ in racism report Equality groups have criticised a report into UK racism, claiming it does not reflect “lived in experiences” of minorities in Wales. The UK government-commissioned report found that the UK “no longer” had a system rigged against minorities. But in a letter sent to the prime minister,…
Partnership Letter to Dr Tony Sewell CBE Partnership Letter to Dr Tony Sewell CBE Wales Race Equality Leaders, Practitioners and Activists come together to slam the ‘fundamentally flawed’ Sewell Report Commissioned by the @GOVUK Read the Open Letter to Dr Sewell and UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson #RaceReport #SewellReport @10DowningStreet
COMIC RELIEF GLOBAL MAJORITY FUND (GMF) WALES Race Council Cymru In Partnership with BAWSO And WELSH REFUGEE COUNCIL Will be overseeing and delivering funds of £254,000 through a new grants programme on behalf of Comic Relief (co financed by The Clothworker’s Foundation and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation) and National Emergencies Trust who are committed to making…
