Welcome to the Equality and Diversity UK blog, where we celebrate the power of allyship and its transformative impact. Today, we want to shed light on the importance of allyship and its role in creating a more equitable and inclusive society. Allyship is not just about passive support; it is about actively advocating for and […]
Inclusive events don’t happen by accident they are designed with access in mind. Whether you’re organising a meeting, training session, conference or community event, Deaf awareness is a vital part of equality and inclusion. Making events Deaf aware ensures that deaf people and people with hearing loss can fully participate, contribute and engage not as
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What is changing, why it matters, and who it affects From 1 January 2027, the government plans to reduce the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims from two years to six months. This is one of the most significant changes to employment law in recent years and will affect how organisations recruit, manage, support, and
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The government’s Employment Rights Bill is on track to become law before Christmas, marking what ministers have described as the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation. After months of political debate, the legislation completed its final stage in Parliament this week when Conservative peer Andrew Sharpe withdrew his final amendment in the House
Recent news stories about Nigel Farage’s racist behaviour in his youth have prompted a familiar public response. Some rush to minimise it: “It was a different time.” “He was young.” “People are too offended now.” These reactions miss the point entirely. Racism is not something people are born with. It is learned. It is absorbed
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Racism in the UK is not an occasional outburst or something that only happens “over there.” It is a pattern visible in statistics but lived as experience in boardrooms and classrooms, in council offices and hospital wards. To confront racism, we must see it where it already exists, understand how it harms people, and commit
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Racism in the UK is not only the rare, headline-grabbing incident. For many people, it is a pattern: repeated barriers, coded messages, unequal outcomes, and the quiet fatigue of having to prove again and again that what they experienced was real. The most difficult truth is this: racism can exist even when nobody “means it.”
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For decades, the UK has grappled with the consequences of racial disparity across policing, the criminal justice system, and the media. From the 1970s “mugging” narratives to the treatment of the Stephen Lawrence family, our country has repeatedly witnessed how racialised crime reporting fuels fear, reinforces stereotypes, and inflicts lasting harm on communities of colour.
(A lived experience of the hostile environment) In a land that whispers welcome, yet builds fences in its mind,Where a neighbour becomes a warden, and compassion grows unkindLives a quiet, constant tension, shaped by laws that hide their aim,For the “race-blind” written letter masks a deeper, older blame. They talk of illegal bodies, as though
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New research exposes the racist reality of UK citizenship stripping laws that place 3 in 5 people of colour are at risk Stripped: The Citizenship Divide shows that up to nine million people are vulnerable to having their British citizenship stripped, three million more than previously estimated. Ethnically diverse people are twelve times as likely to
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In recent years, organisations have found themselves navigating a landscape shaped by rapid social change, polarised public discourse and increasing scrutiny. Leaders often describe feeling “caught in the middle”, wanting to uphold fairness and inclusion while fearing missteps, complaints or legal challenges. Too many organisations respond by tightening rules, imposing blanket bans, or policing identity
