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• TREC/Encompass Training Programme:
Click here to see a breakdown of information on our training programme
10% discount on selected Training Programmes
- ILM Level 4 Award in Managing Equality and Diversity in an Organisation
- ILM Level 4 Award or Certificate in Management
- Managing Advocacy Campaigns to Encourage Organisational Change
• Refugee Service
• Refugee Move on Pack:
What to do once you have received a positive decision on your asylum claim
• Racial Minority Voluntary Community Sector (RMVCS)
• The truth about asylum
• Asylum Seekers – Mythbusting
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We also provide volunteering opportunities where individuals can, to the benefit of all parties, join with the staff of the TREC in the pursuit of their mission in Leicester & Leicestershire
(No opportunities available at the moment)
The Race Equality Centre in Leicester & Leicestershire
Address: 3rd Floor, Epic House, Lower Hill Street, Leicester, LE13SH
Tel: 0116 2999800
Fax: 0116 2999801
Online Contact Form
Race Equality News 2012:
Current Work
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Racial Minority Voluntary Community Sector (RMVCS)
Meeting to be held on Monday October 24th 2011 at the Highfield Centre at 6pm. To be attended by the City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby. For more information contact Chino Cabon on 0116 2999800 ext 34
Latest News
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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 -
A police officer is being investigated for allegedly posting foul mouthed and possibly racist material on his Facebook page.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicestershire-policeman-s-foul-mouthed-rant/story-14180468-detail/story.html -
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 -
Mum racially abused and punched in the face on bus.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Mum-racially-abused-punched-face-bus/story-13874272-detail/story.html -
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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