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• Advice and Support to individuals
• Community Development
• Policy Development
• Research and Public Education
• Training
• Specialist areas of work
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The Race Equality Centre in Leicester & Leicestershire
Address: 3rd Floor, Epic House, Lower Hill Street, Leicester, LE13SH
Tel: 0116 2999800
Fax: 0116 2999801
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Race Equality News 2012:
Current Work
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In the summer, TREC, on behalf of the REDP co-ordinated the region’s response to the Government Equality Office’s consultation on
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Report from the Institute of Race Relations: First they came for the Asylum Seeker
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Racial Minority Voluntary Community Sector (RMVCS)
Awaiting current minutes.
Latest News
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Commons Select Committee report into Racism in Football
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/120919-racism-in-football-rpt-publication/ -
Stop and search 'racial profiling' by police on the increase, claims study.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/jan/14/stop-search-racial-profiling-police?mid=57 -
New data on BME voting patterns.
http://www.runnymedetrust.org/news/368/272/New-data-on-BME-voting-patterns.html -
BME staff face discrimination in higher education.
http://www.ecu.ac.uk/news/bme-staff-face-discrimination-in-higher-education -
Guardian: Race variation in jail sentences, study suggests.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/nov/25/ethnic-variations-jail-sentences-study -
Publication Gangs Revisited: What's a Gang and What's Race Got to Do with It? Ian Joseph and Antony Gunter.
http://www.runnymedetrust.org/publications
Archive Press Releases
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October/November 2009
Article that appeared in the Leicester Mercury on Wednesday 28th October.Iris Lightfoote, The Chief Executive Officer of The Race Equality Centre in Leicester, responds to BNP Leader Nick Griffin’s controversial appearance on Question Time.
News Archive
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