Race and Equality

RFO AWARDS
Race for Opportunity (RfO) is a growing network of private and public sector organisations working across the UK to promote the business case for race and diversity.

Rt Hon Hazel Blaires,MP- secretary of state for communities and local Government
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Race for Opportunity challenges organisations to underpin strategies with concrete actions, guaranteeing a postive impact on business performance
From a business perspective, diversity should be harnessed to gain competitive advantage to explore new markets and customers.

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Young people from ethnic minority groups are more likely to be in full time education at 18 than young white people according to reports

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White graduates are three times more likely than graduates from ethnic minority communities to be offered a position by a top British company
Progress Award
For the organisation who showed the most significant progress in their work on race since the 2006 benchmark.
Winner: West Midlands Police FOR MORE AWARD WINNERS VISIT : http://www.bitc.org.uk/news_media/rfo_chairmans_award.html

Hon Diana Abbott MP was also present[with a Glass]

Photo: Ayoub mzeeAs individuals and businesses become more international, this change should be welcomed so that we can benefit from new social outlooks and cultural influences.

Lord Herman Ouseley
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In 2003, 17.2% of all University students were ethnic minorities, who overall have an equal or better record of education and qualification than the white population. Yet unemployment rates for ethnic minority communities are on average two to three times those of white communities.



On the 30 October, the winners of RfO's first ever awards entitles the Chairman's Awards 2007, were announced at the Annual Dinner held at the Hilton, Park Lane and sponsored by Lloyds TSB.
NOTE: The UK DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND PENSIONS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT 52 PERCENT OF JOBS OF JOBS CREATED UNDER NEW LABOUR HAD GONE TO FOREIGN WORKERS.THIS CAMES AMID REVELATIONS THAT 1.1 MILLION OVERSEAS WORKERS HAD COME TO BRITAIN SINCE 1997.HOME SECRETARY JACQUI SMITH ALSO SAID THAT THE MOST OF THE JOBS CREATED BY NEW LABOUR HAD BEEN FILLED BY BRITISH WORKERS


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Black people in Bratain are 7 times more likely to be stopped and searched by Police that Whites as 14,000 black people were targeting by stop and search in 2005/06-According to the report published as part of the Race and the Criminal Justice System.click on links below for further reading:

Ayoub mzee with the London Metropolitan chief Sir Ian Blair [above]

According to the UK ministry of Justice report,Black people are 7 times more likely to be stopped and serched by Police that Whites. For further details:http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/arrestsfornotibleoffences.htm
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