Statement on appeals for A levels, AS, Skills Challenge Certificate and GCSEs Statement from Education Minister, Kirsty Williams on appeals for this year’s awarded examination grades. Earlier this week I directed Qualifications Wales to broaden the grounds for appeal for A levels, AS, Skills Challenge Certificate and GCSEs. Today, they have now confirmed what this…
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Black Lives Matter Wales Black Lives Matter Wales Do you want to join me in making a difference? We are raising money in aid of RACE COUNCIL CYMRU’s BLM Wales campaign group and every donation will help. To donate please click here: Black Lives Matter Wales Thank you in advance for your contribution to this…
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Llanelli Remembers Srebrenica Remembering Srebrenica Remembering Srebrenica To mark the 25th anniversary of the tragedy at Srebenica members of Llanelli Multicultural Network (LMCN) lit a candle to honour the victims and survivors of this genocide, and pledged to create a better, stronger, and more cohesive society in Llanelli and Wales. On 11 July 1995, the town…
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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…
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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…
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Race Council Cymru were delighted to receive funding from the Carmarthenshire Covid-19 Community Response Fund specifically to support Llanelli’s Polish community. Llanelli became the main destination for Polish citizens after many agencies recruited workers to undertake “undesirable” and “difficult” jobs. These types of jobs often meant unstable contracts for agency workers. During Covid-19 many Polish families…
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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…
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First Minister Mark Drakeford announced today further steps to unlock Wales All non-essential shops in Wales will be able to re-open from Monday (22 June) as part the biggest unlocking of the coronavirus regulations to date, First Minister Mark Drakeford announced today (Friday 19 June). Retailers will be able to resume trading if they can…
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National Windrush Day 2020 Please join us to celebrate National Windrush Day 2020 Monday 22 June 2020 | 9.30 am to 11 am Led by the Windrush Cymru Elders in partnership with and part funded by Welsh Government, supported by the Royal Navy and the Royal Commonwealth Society Wales and delivered together with organisations across…
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8 Books About Race You Need to Read Right Now Following the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, a number of conversations have made their way to the fore. Conversations about race, conversations about injustice, conversations that are, quite frankly, well overdue. In any case, regardless of the discourse that has already arisen, the journey…
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