The Royal Borough of Greenwich celebrates Race Equality Week
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is joining workplaces across the country to support Race Equality Week.
The national movement takes place from 3 to 9 February, uniting organisations to address the barriers to race equality in the workplace.
Alongside internal events for staff, the council are encouraging local organisations to join the 560 who have already signed our Equality and Equity charter. The charter represents a commitment to promote equality, diversity and inclusion across the borough. Recent signatories include The World Reimagined, Thamesmead Community Choir and Community Empowerment and Support Initiatives UK.
The recipients of all 67 of the Council’s Voluntary and Community sector grants from 2023 to 2027 have also pledged to sign the charter.
Councillor Sandra Bauer, Cabinet Member for Equality, Culture and Communities said: “This year's Race Equality Week theme is ‘Every Action Counts’. Every positive action we take, big or small, is a step towards reaching true equality and equity. Race equality is everyone’s responsibility and throughout the week activities are on offer to council staff to learn more about challenging race inequality.
“The council’s Equality and Equity Charter outlines our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and how we promote these values. We’re also in the process of developing our new anti-racism strategy.
“If, like us, your organisation is committed to making Royal Greenwich a welcoming, inclusive and safe place for all, sign our Equality and Equity charter this Race Equality Week.”
Our signatories have been taking action to improve equality and equity within their organisations, supporting the council in our commitment to ensuring people do not experience discrimination in our borough.
This includes:
- organising events to celebrate and support marginalised groups including social activities, cookery clubs, Ramadan food preparation sessions and holding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) workshops
- EDI training at all levels, with a focus on senior leadership
- diversifying trustees and volunteers to ensure a diverse range of voices are represented and heard within the organisation
- internal reviews to identify areas for growth and improvement
- reviewing forms used to capture information to ensure they are more representative of their clients
- collecting feedback from service users to ensure they’re doing the best they can for the
As well as supporting Race Equality Week, the Council’s Black History 365 event programme recognises and celebrates Black history all year round.
Sign our Equality and Equity Charter at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/equality-equity-charter
See the full programme of Black History events at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/events/bh365