
Women’s Empowerment Group Dates
The Women’s Empowerment Group met on 6th November 2019. The group had a good turn out and the meeting proved very productive. They have now set up a Steering Group and some of the members are pictured below. They were delighted to be joined by a colleague from the Express and Star who were asked […]

European Communities Seminar: Police & Professionals
On the 8th November we landed at Tally Ho to take part in both very interactive and informative seminar dedicated to sharing good practice between police officers and various professionals across the country. Supt Nick Dale provided us with a very thoughtful and insightful overview of operation FORT which is the biggest Modern Slavery case […]
22nd Annual Ethnic Minority Business Conference
Since 2016, it has become a part of our regular engagement, whereby we take an active part in this fantastic event organised by Professor Monder Ram from Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship. RES has a very strong vision for cohesive and empowered BAMER community. Hence, we do not sit idle where there is […]

Equality Act & Hate Crime Training
On the 18th October following a request from our partners, we delivered another interactive training session aimed at those who wish to increase their awareness around the Equality Act 2010 and its rich background history; as well as understanding what Hate Crime actually is, how and where to report it. Training was attended by 16 […]

Hate Crime Conference at Lloyd House
On the 17th October we took part in a conference organised by WMP which main aim was t to present the latest updates regarding data we hold on Hate Crime (H.C), strategies used in the region and how it compares nationally. We heard from Force Lead for H.C – Mat Shaer; Victim Support, Community Safety […]

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. […]