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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
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• Hate Crime Survey
• Report from the Institute of Race Relations: First they came for the Asylum Seeker
• Director of Liberty keynote speaker at Human Rights and Equality Event in Derby
• Refugee Service
• Racial Minority Voluntary Community Sector (RMVCS)
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VIEW 2010/2011 annual report
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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 September/October 2011:
News
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A 33-year-old man who shouted racial abuse at a group of Asian men has been ordered to do unpaid work.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Judge-s-rap-race-abuse-man/story-13304313-detail/story.html -
Romany Gypsies living in Leicestershire have spoken out about the prejudice they feel they face and the struggle to keep their cultural traditions alive.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9409000/9409574.stm -
A new generation of extremist far-right supporters could emerge if mainstream parties do not unite against them, a thinktank has warned.
http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2011/09/22/call-for-action-over-growing-extremist-threat -
Does protection from caste discrimination exist under the Equality Act 2010? A recent claim has shed an interesting light on how discrimination is interpreted under the existing law
http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2011/09/12/57933/legal-opinion-is-it-time-to-clarify-the-law-on-caste-discrimination.html -
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued its recommendations on actions the UK government should take to promote race equality in the UK.
http://www.runnymedetrust.org/news/350/272/UN-Committee-urges-Government-to-put-race-equality-back-on-the-agenda.html -
Home office statistical findings for England and Wales 2010/1. The figures in the table below show the number of reported incidents to police forces in England and Wales
http://www.redp.org.uk/news/items/racist-incidents-latest-statistics/ -
Home Office: Equality is vital for policing:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/news/Equality-vital -
This release presents the latest immigration statistics from Home Office administrative sources, covering April - June 2011 and detailed tables for the calendar year 2010, together with earlier data.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/immigration-q2-2011/ -
Immigration Statistics April - June 2011 – Summary of key facts
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/immigration-q2-2011/immigration-q2-summary