Upcoming Training Events
Hate Crime Week from Saturday 12th October to Saturday 19th October 2019 We are delivering Hate Crime training to our partners and networks on: Friday 18th October 2019 Attending Hate Crime Conference at Lloyd House on: Thursday 17th October 2019 We are delivering Prevent Training for our partners and networks: Monday 4th November 2019
To Our New Women’s Empowerment Ambassador: Suzanne Virdee
We are glad to announce that Suzanne Virdee is our new Women’s Empowerment Ambassador. Suzanne is a highly experienced broadcast journalist. She presents the ITV National Weekend News as well as the ITV London News. She is a freelancer and has recently presented documentary items for BBC Inside Out and BBC Radio 4. She started […]
Partnership working with the Inclusive Muslim Action Network and Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commission Group
RES working with the Inclusive Muslim Action Network (IMAN) Rights and Equality RES are working closely with the IMAN Group to challenge NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group’s (SWBCCG) decision to no longer fund Male circumcision for religious reasons which would predominantly impact the Islamic community in Sandwell. RES supported the setting up […]
Women’s Empowerment Group
Some of the members of the Women’s Empowerment Group that met on Wednesday 4th September 2019. This is the second meeting and attracted new and different women. Suzanne Virdee joined us who has a keen interest in women’s empowerment, and the Group asked to become their Ambassador, which in turn she accepted. The Group were […]
Sandwell Equalities Network Update
Members of the Network in a Q & A session with Amarjit Ballagan and Rachel Allchurch from Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, following their presentation of Sandwell’s Joint Strategic Needs Analysis – Vision 2030. Please note the next meeting of this network will take place on Thursday 14th November 2019 between 9:30 a.m until 12:00 noon. […]
Violence Reduction Units
Funding has been made available for £35 million for 18 police and crime commissioners units. Furthermore, a variety of services will be involved such as healthcare services, the local government and community leaders, they will be responsible for the reasons behind why, there is a drive for crime in specific areas. For more information on […]
EU Settlement Scheme
If you are an EU citizen , you and your family members may be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK. For more information click here. For a flowchart about the application process and how you would go about applying click here.
The Windrush Compensation Scheme
The Windrush Compensation Scheme is where compensation is given to those who suffered a loss because you could not demonstrate your lawful right to live in the UK.To read more about this please click on the link below. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/windrush-compensation-scheme