Female Genital Mutilation
RES has employed an FGM Development Worker to work with communities that are affected by the practice of FGM. Over the next 2 months will be focussing on: A scoping activity to identify the demography of where practicing communities reside in Sandwell.Setting up coffee mornings and to engage with affected communities.
The future relationship between the UK and the EU
The government published its White Paper presenting the future relationship the UK wants to see with the EU. Document is available in French, Bulgarian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Welsh, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene and Spanish. You can find it here.
One World Event
On 20th June RES took part in One World Event organised by Sandwell College. Its main aim was to celebrate cultural diversity of college learners and staff- something we embrace and relate to. It was great to see so many students and their teachers coming together, sharing their incredible talents, showing culture and traditions alongside […]
Windrush 70th Public Service Day
We had the opportunity to attend an event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush being held at Tally-Ho Birmingham on Monday 18th June 2018. The Windrush arrival symbolizes the historical beginnings of British multiculturalism. This laid the foundation for the Equality Act 2010 as it highlighted the gaps in the […]
Who would you be if the world never gave you a label?
(Credits to: Prince Ea/Youtube)
Train the trainer session organised by Sandwell Children Safeguarding Board RES
Following Train the Trainer session organised by Sandwell Children Safeguarding Board RES continues to share good practice with partner organisations. Below delivery of Level 1 Safeguarding Children and Young People training for EWA CIC staff.
We are a Third Party Reporting Centre for Hate Crime
Rights and Equality Sandwell is in conjunction with West Midlands Police as a Third Party Reporting Centre for victims of Hate Crime. If an individual has been subjected to Hate Crime they can report the incident by contacting RES where they would report and complete a form online describing the incident. The form that is […]
Truth about existence of Modern Slavery bothers us a lot
We find it equally unacceptable and shocking that in in this day and age, Modern Slavery is the fastest growing crime globally, worth $150 billion annually and still growing. RES stands very strongly against such a despicable violation of Human Rights. This is why we are taking an active part in various meetings, conferences and […]
Sandwell New Communities Network
Sandwell New Communities Network was created to keep everybody in the ‘loop’ of what’s happening in the borough around Newly Arrived Emerging Communities. The regular meetings are held monthly. Some of the topics discussed are related to housing, access to education, health, and immigration. The last meeting took place on 23rd of May. During the […]