SOUTH WEST RACIAL EQUALITY COUNCILS

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WELCOME
SOUTH WEST RACIAL EQUALITY COUNCILS NETWORK
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• Welcome
• Guest Speakers
• Workshop Facilitators
• Equality South West
• Racial Equality Councils
• 5.Attendees

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• Reasons for the Conference
• To formally introduce SWRECN to the region
• To discuss the place of Racial Equality in the
  wider equality agenda
• To explore racial equality as it affect some
  areas of RECs work
• To disabuse the myth about the end of racism and
  RECs
• 5. To consult on SWRECN Business Plan

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A Brief History of SWRECN
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Bristol
Bath and North East Somerset Racial Equality
Council 5 Pierrepont Place, BATH. BA1 1JX Tel
01225 442352 Email admin_at_bathnesrec.org.uk.
Website www.bathnesrec.org.uk
Director Rosco Jones
Bristol Race Equality and Human Rights Service
(REHRS) 5 Russell Town Avenue BRISTOL BS5 9LT.
Tel[phone] Email steve_at_blackdeva.org
Website www.blackdeva.org.uk Director Steve
Stephenson
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A Brief History of SWRECN
Cornwall Racial Equality Council PO Box 89 TRURO
TR1 1ZD Tel [phone] Email
eileenbortey_at_supanet.com Website
www.crec.org.uk Chair Eileen Bortey
Devon and Exeter Racial Equality Council 15 York
Road EXETER EX4 6BA Tel [phone] Email
devonrec_at_devonrec.org.uk Website
www.devonrec.org.uk Chair Peter Boeuf CBE
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Dorset Racial Equality Council Suite 3 Floor 4
Richmond House 33 Richmond Hill BOURNEMOUTH BH2
6EQ Tel [phone] Email
enquiries_at_dorsetrec.org.uk Website
www.dorsetrec.org.uk
Chief Officer Adnan
Chaudry
Gloucestershire Racial Equality Council 15
Brunswick Road GLOUCESTER GL1 1HG Tel 01452
301290 Email alexandra_at_glosrec.org.uk Website
www.glosrec.org.uk Director Alexandra Macrae
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Plymouth District Racial Equality Council 3rd
Floor Prideaux Court Palace Street PLYMOUTH PL1
2AY - Tel [phone] Email a.wilkinson_at_plymout
hrec.org Website ww.plymouthrec.org
Co-Director Ann Wilkinson
Somerset Racial Equality Council Walker House
Somerton SOMERSET TA11 9AR Tel [phone]
200Email david.onamade_at_srec.org.uk Website
www.srec.org.uk Chief Executive David
Onamade -Incorporating North Somerset Racial
Equality Project The Badger Centre 3-6 Wadham
Street Weston super Mare BS23 1JY - Tel 01934
414455 Email e.johnson-idan_at_srec.org.uk
Website www.srec.org.uk Assistant Director
Elvis Johnson-Idan
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Swindon Racial Equality Council Farringdon House
1 Farringdon Road SWINDON SN1 5AR Tel 01793
528545 Email swindonrec_at_srec.fsnet.co.uk
Website www.srec.org.uk Director Jaginder
Bassi Singh
Wiltshire Racial Equality Council Bridge House
TROWBRIDGE BA14 9AE Tel [phone] Email
karolyne.fm_at_wiltsrec.org.uk Website
www.wiltsrec.org.uk Consultant Manager Karolyne
Fudge-Malik
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SWRECN

• OUR AIMS

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SWRECN
1.1 To serve as a membership umbrella body for
all the Racial Equality Councils (RECs), and
other organisations with interest in racial
equality, particularly those organisations that
do Race Complainant Aid Work, in the South West.
And where the need arises to extend this
membership to other equality areas. 1.2 To
promote racial equality in the South West by
giving due regard to the need to eliminate
racial, and all other forms of discrimination,
promote equality of opportunity and good
relations between people of different racial
groups and other equality backgrounds. 1.3 To
Support RECs in the South West in their efforts
to facilitate the building and maintaining of
community cohesion and good relationship between
people of different racial groups and backgrounds
in the South West.
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1.4 To work with others, including statutory,
voluntary and business sector partners and
organisations to ensure equality and equality of
opportunity in their processes and in their
efforts to eliminate racial and all other forms
of discrimination in the South West. 1.5 To
represent all the RECs, and other equality
interests in the South West, at partnership
arrangements, to provide a strong voice for its
members and to lead on strategic work for racial
equality and all other areas of equality in the
South West. 1.6 To work with others to identify
and support BME communities so that the
communities are empowered to fully participate in
the life of the areas where they live, work or
play. 1.7 To ensure that all RECs in the South
West provide a consistently good quality service
throughout the South West and to provide a
bridging service in any REC area that need such a
service.
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SWRECN

• Racial Equality Councils
• A Brief History
• Race
• Work

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• Compliance Work
• Complainant Aid

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