Stonehenge Illuminated in Dedication to Welsh Unsung Champions of Heritage World Famous Stonehenge Illuminated in Dedication to Welsh Unsung Champions of Heritage Today TV historian, Sir Tony Robinson, bestowed a unique honour on some of the individuals who work tirelessly to keep the UK’s heritage alive all year round, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic In…
Welsh Government works with BAME community partners to address racial inequality in Wales The Welsh Government has awarded 25 grants totalling £115,580 to community groups across Wales to help put Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) voices at the heart of the development of Wales’ Race Equality Action Plan. The disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on…
Newport Multicultural Hub Virtual Launch On behalf of our diverse ethnic community organisations and partners that make up the Newport Multicultural Hub, Race Council Cymru and all our hub partners would like to cordially invite you to the formal virtual launch of the very first Multicultural Hub in Newport. Since the closure of SEWREC, it is…
Windrush Cymru: celebrating the lives and journeys of a generation Our Voices, Our Stories, Our History In June 1948, the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury Dock in Essex carrying over 450 passengers from the Caribbean. Leaving friends and families back home, these brave men and women were responding to Britain’s post-war need for workers.…
Report: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) population in Wales This article was produced to support the work of the First Minister’s COVID-19 BAME Advisory Group, which was established in April 2020 and will report on 22 June. It summarises the analyses available to the group up to 19 June…
CQC publishes data on deaths in care settings broken down by ethnicity The information that care homes submit to CQC about the deaths of people in their care is published on a weekly basis as part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reporting on deaths. The ONS data is not routinely broken down by…
Structural and systemic racism key risk factor in Wales’ Covid-19 BAME deaths Structural and systemic racism has contributed to the higher death rate among black, Asian and minority ethnic people in Wales, according to a report. The First Minister Mark Drakeford had commissioned the report after statistics showed that BAME people were nearly twice as likely…
Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 and BAME Communities Public Health England (PHE) have released their report into disparities in risks and outcomes in COVID-19. The PHE report on Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 pulls together a variety of data sources, all collected for different reasons and with different strengths…
Welsh Government launches risk assessment to support BAME workers A new risk assessment is today being launched to support people from BAME backgrounds in the NHS and social care in Wales. Developed by the expert advisory group, which was set up by the First Minister, the two-stage risk assessment will help to reduce people’s…
Race Council Cymru (RCC) all Wales BAME COVID-19 Meeting with Health Officials from Welsh Government Huge thanks to 98 BAME groups, including grassroots BAME communities across Wales! Brilliant chairing by @shavtaj of @walestuc we need to act on the information shared by ethnic minority people across Wales. @BHMWales @BAMECymruElders @iolanda_banu @AliAbdi_ @WelshGovernment We are very…
