Racial Discrimination is covered by Race Relations Act 1976. This includes the areas of employment, education, dealing with authorities (e.g the Police), trying to buy or find somewhere to live and when buying or using goods or services. Discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favorably than another person in the same or similar …
Hate crime is a term that can be used to describe criminal behaviour, where the crime is motivated by hostility or indicates hostility to another person because of their gender, age, disability, ethnicity, sexuality, religious beliefs and age. Below are some facts about hate crime: Characteristics of hate crime include but are not exclusive to …
RES was commission to develop and deliver the Peer Health Champions (PHC) programme by Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group. This programme was to improve awareness and literacy of diverse and vulnerable community groups to enable them to make informed choices about their health and well-being. RES has now, successfully, completed the programme and …
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 …
Truth about existence of Modern Slavery bothers us a lot Read More »
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 …
This is a third year Rights & Equality Sandwell is working in partnership with SWBCCG to host excellence in equality awards. Building on last year’s success as winner of the Voluntary and Community Faith Award with our Migrant Health project, we were again nominated as a finalist in this year’s Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector …
Sandwell and West Birmingham Equality Awards 2017 Read More »
Rights and Equality Sandwell (RES) organised series of Harassment and Hate Crime Trainings for SMBC Staff and other advisers to help them respond to reports of harassment and hate crime incidents and to handle cases. Permjeet Panesar CEO provided an overview of the Equality Act 2010 and Hate Crime legislation. Attendants achieved the complex insight to …
Harassment and Hate Crime Training for SMBC Staff Read More »
New year brings the improvements in gender gap reporting. From this year, all public sector bodies in England, including NHS Trusts are required to report on their “gender pay gap”. These came into force on 31st March 2017 for public and private sectors on 6th April 2017r. This applies to all public sector employers in …
