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Cohesion, diversity, equality: renewing civil society in multi-ethnic Britain

'Improving Opportunity, Strengthening Society', the government’s strategy to increase race equality and community cohesion, was launched at a conference held by the Runnymede Trust in January 2005.

Charles Clark, Home Secretary, and Fiona Mactaggart (the then Parliamentary Under Secretary for Race Equality, Community Policy and Civil Renewal) gave an overview of the strategy and its three key themes:

tackling inequalities and opening opportunities for all
building an inclusive sense of citizenship and cohesive communities
eradicating racism and extremism.

The strategy aims to focus educational support on specific groups that experience the greatest disadvantage, through:

raising the attainment of African-Caribbean, Pakistani and Bangladeshi boys
effective use of Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant funds
improving the teaching of English for pupils for whom English is a second language
increasing recruitment of minority ethnic teachers to 9 per cent of those entering the profession during the next three years, in order to ensure that teachers are representative of the communities they serve.

Trevor Phillips (Chair, Commission for Racial Equality) responded to the keynote speeches, welcoming the strategy as a platform for bringing about change.

Delegates considered the practical implications of the policy in workshops. Sashi Sivaloganathan, vice-chair of the GTC, led the education workshop.

Alan Dyson (Professor of Education, University of Manchester) and Keith Ajegbo (Headteacher, Deptford Green School) presented examples of their work in ‘The Wider Role of Schools’ and ‘Education and Community Cohesion’ respectively.

To read the full text of the strategy, download the PDF.

You can find out more about the work of the Runnymede Trust by visiting the website.

This is Where I Live: a virtual exhibition and teaching resource

A highlight of the day was the launch of an innovative citizenship project where young people express their views through the arts on such subjects as heritage and identity, belonging, prejudice and discrimination, and the future.

A five-minute film of the project was screened and two young musicians who wrote, performed and produced the title theme songs addressed the conference, sharing some of their thoughts on the benefits of the project.

A project resource pack is due to be sent to all secondary schools in the country.


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