Estimated Price

£3,000

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Summary

We will deliver training for local organisations to support anti-racist practice. As the area becomes more diverse, we need to ensure that our organisations cater for everyone who lives in the area.

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Description

As the population of north Edinburgh becomes more diverse, we need to ensure that our organisations and services are demonstrating best practice in working with BAME residents. 

We have already formed an anti-racism working group which includes 10 organisations.  The remit of the group is

• Identifying and sharing best practice in the area
• Gathering data and sharing data to raise awareness of the changing demographics and need to engage with antiracist work
• Identifying and sharing resources that help us provide better, more accessible services
• Sharing ideas
• Working with statutory services
• Developing new collective initiatives that support this work e.g. training, world café.

As part of this wider work, we want to develop and deliver training that will be available for decisions makers within local organisations to support them to think about what might be needed within their own organisations and how they can learn from others in the area to improve their existing practice, particularly for BAME residents.

At our next R2 meeting (for all 50 R2 member organisations) we will highlight some of the barriers that are faced by BAME residents and seek further information from local organisations about what level of training would be useful for them.

We aim to deliver 3 x 3hr training sessions in the autumn.

The training will introduce key concepts around an anti-racist approach including

• Understanding Race and Racism
• Systemic Racism
• Implicit bias and microagressions
• Creating inclusive environments

The course will encourage personal reflection and give participants the opportunity to explore how they might collaborate with others in the area to find solutions.  They will be encouraged to take action within their own organisations and explore how to hold each other to account for these actions, leading to an ongoing network of support in north Edinburgh. 

The training will be delivered by Project Esperanza on behalf of R2 and be free to attend for all local organisations.  We’d encourage a least two people from each organisation to attend to support and encourage action within organisations.