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Can the United States and Europe learn from each other on racism?
Police killings in the United States trigger global protests and debates on racism.

VIDEO: Capturing community spirit from the #COVID19 crisis to better serve #ageing populations
Join Keren Etkin, Founder, Thegerotechnologist.com; Co-Founder and Vice President Product, Clanz; Sanjay Lobo, Founder, OnHand; Susan Stiles, Senior Director, Product Development and Strategy, National Council on Aging; Patrick Vernon, Associate Director for Connected Communities, Centre for Ageing…

Great Black Britons competition
Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives are backing a national competition launched by the 100 Great Black Britons campaign and supported by Britain’s biggest teachers’ organisation, the New Education Un…

Windrush scandal: Only 60 people have had payments from Government’s compensation scheme
JUST 60 people have had payments from the Government’s Windrush compensation scheme, the Home Office has confirmed.

NEW UK COVID-19 Hospital honors Jamaican Nurse Mary Seacole
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Coronavirus: Seacole hospital ‘a tribute’ to BAME NHS staff
A new community hospital recognises Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole – and BAME staff who have died.

Campaigner launches fundraiser to support BAME communities affected by coronavirus
A fundraiser has been launched to support members of the Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities who have lost loved ones to coronavirus.

Thousands back campaign to name NEC hospital after pioneer nurse
Petition organiser says that the gesture would be ‘an immensely powerful statement’

Soldiers complete transformation of London’s ExCel centre
Rows upon rows of cubicles hastily erected in London’s ExCel centre show the expected scale of the explosion in numbers of coronavirus patients.

Calls to name Covid-19 hospital after Mary Seacole to honour BME nurses | Nursing Times
A petition to name the second field hospital in England after Mary Seacole has been launched to recognise the inspirational nursing figure as “a beacon of

Windrush compensation scheme should be moved out of Home Office, Priti Patel told | Civil Service World
MPs and campaigners say department will not be trusted after report said the department had shown decades of
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Petition to name field hospital after Crimean war nurse reaches 1,000 signatures
The petition’s founder said the move in honour of Mary Seacole would be a ‘beacon of hope and diversity for the country’.

EXCL Priti Patel urged to take Windrush compensation scheme out of Home Office hands to encourage victims to come forward
The Home Office ‘cannot be trusted’ to run the scheme to compensate people wronged by the Windrush scandal and should hand it over to an independen…

Windrush compensation scheme should be moved out of Home Office, Priti Patel told | Civil Service World
MPs and campaigners say department will not be trusted after report said the department had shown decades of
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Older people who are not tech savvy ‘risk being left behind’ in virus outbreak
Services and communications are increasingly going digital as physical movement is limited.
Social activist condemns lack of action after Windrush scandal
A social activist and former councillor condemned the Government for its lack of action in the wake of the Windrush scandal.

‘Paltry’ Windrush payouts criticised
Only £62,198 of an estimated £200m fund has been paid to victims of the scandal, it is revealed.

Grassroots organisations urged to apply for Windrush Justice Fund to support victims
Grassroots organisations set up to help people affected by the Windrush scandal are being urged to apply for funding.

Windrush victims ‘waiting too long’ for payouts from compensation scheme
Organisations and lawyers representing around 100 people criticised the way claims need to be submitted

Windrush scandal compensation meeting
Brixton’s Black Cultural Archives (BCA) is organising a public meeting in Lambeth town hall for anyone affected by the Windrush Scandal on Saturday 18 January at 2pm. There will be an opportunity t…

We must stop treating older people as problems to be siloed in retirement homes
Inside Housing, news, analysis, and comment about the social housing sector in the UK.

Windrush scandal an ‘incomplete’ victory, say campaigners
Campaigners who helped to highlight the Windrush scandal, have said that despite its successes, it is an “incomplete” victory.

Patrick Vernon: What do declining volunteer numbers mean for our communities?
As this year’s Community Life Survey reveals a decline in volunteering, Patrick Vernon, associate director of communities at the Centre for Ageing Better, discusses what charities can do about it.

A Plan to Right the Wrongs of the Windrush Scandal | Blog | CLASS
The Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) is a think tank established in 2012 to act as a centre for left debate and discussion. Originating in the labour movement, CLASS works with a broad coalition of supporters, academics and experts to develop and advance alternative policies for today.

Robinson snaps up 100 Great Black Britons book | The Bookseller
Little, Brown imprint Robinson will publish Patrick Vernon and Dr Angeline Osborne’s book 100 Great Black Britons to coincide with the announcement of the new list in 2020.

Campaign For Windrush Day Is Part Of Our Long History of Race Equality And Social Justice | Blog | CLASS
It has been a long journey since 2010 when I wrote an article in the Guardian arguing that we would have failed as a nation if, by 2018, there was still no substantive recognition for the Windrush generation on the 70th anniversary of their arrival in Britain.

Patrick Vernon OBE appointed as Chair of Labour Party’s Race Equality Advisory Group | ROTA – Race On The Agenda
’Fifty years ago today (8th of December) the Labour government of Harold Wilson introduced the first Race Relations Act – outlawing discrimination based on ethnicity. Labour has a strong track record. As recently as 2010 we passed the Equality Act. On this anniversary, Kate Green MP, Labour’s Shadow…

A new era of integration | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)
Now councils and health and wellbeing boards must make sure they have enough money left from the fund to compensate hospitals if, despite their best

Healthwatch England Committee member in top 50 health pioneers – Healthwatch Torbay
Healthwatch England Committee member and former local councillor, Patrick Vernon OBE, has been included by the Health Service Journal (HSJ) in their 2014 list of top health and care pioneers from BME backgrounds. The HSJ’s top…

ex-Hackney councillor named Man of the Year
An ex-Hackney councillor and cultural historian has been named Man of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony, where he dedicated his award to teenager Shereka Marsh who died earlier this year.

Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Mental Health Policy at a Cross Roads in the UK
Black & Minority Ethnic inequality is no further forward than it was 10 years ago. It needs to be urgently addressed as a high priority area of social policy.

Use NHS land to build affordable housing
As the NHS faces a massive deficit, selling land is an appealing approach to saving money. But rather than achieving a quick sale to the highest bidder, the NHS should work with housing associations, says Patrick Vernon

To truly deliver on One Nation, Labour must introduce affirmative action – LabourList
Over the last several months there have been a number of cases that highlight the way in which…

Why Voting Matters | OBV
With the General Elections of 2015 quickly approaching, the Black and Ethnic Minority Arts Network (BEMA) hosted an event this Wednesday to discuss the critical role minorities in the UK can play during an election. Around 50 people came to the Houses of Parliament to hear representatives from polit…

Lyseight awarded a blue plaque
On 20th September the late Rev Dr. Oliver Lyseight was awarded a blue plaque by the Wolverhampton Civic & Historical Society.

Pioneering Jamaican Bishop Honoured With Prestigious Blue Plaque in the UK – Jamaica Information Service
A Blue Plaque has been unveiled in the city of Wolverhampton, England, in honour of the late Jamaican Rev. Dr. Oliver A. Lyseight, a founding … Read More

Rev Dr Oliver Lyseight – Blue Plaque Unveiling | OBV
Friday September 20, 2013 will mark a historically important date in Wolverhampton’s history. The first unveiling of a Blue Plaque in recognition of the service of a citizen from the local Black and minority ethnic communities in the City will take place.

Black vote decisive in Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn parliamentary contests
Wembley Matters: a news and information blog about environmental and social justice in the London Borough of Brent & beyond by a Green Party activist

Public meeting and 65th birthday party for NHS to be held in Stonebridge
A public meeting and “birthday party” to celebrate 65 years of the National Health Service and debate the impact of reforms takes place in Stonebridge tomorrow.

Victim of racist attack in Willesden claims Brent Police are lazy
Man, 21, says officers lost vital CCTV footage which could have traced the perpentrators

Why Windrush Day matters
Patrick Vernon was the first to call for a national celebration of Windrush Day. Here he sets out why he matters.

Fair Share Trust Brent says goodbye with fun day event in Willesden
Project which has boosted the Church End and Roundwood areas comes to an end after 10 years