Bristol Manifesto for Race Equality Getting Race Equality High on the Agenda 16th January 2017 10:00 to 14:00 Rose Green Centre 65 Gordon Road Whitehall
Elected Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees Cabinet Lead for Neighbourhoods Asher Craig Open 2
Elected Chair of Manifesto Steering Group of Bristol Sumita Hutchison 3
Purpose and context of today Awareness Effectiveness Unity 4
Elected Vice Chairs of Manifesto Steering Group of Bristol Alex Raikes and Monira Chowdhury Update on work of the Steering Group 5
Director of Neighbourhoods Alison Comley Director of Education and Skills Paul Jacobs Update from Manifesto for Race Equality Strategic Leaders 6
Alison Comley Bristol City Council Chair
Where have we come from ? • One outcome of the leadership event in April 2015 • Commitment to work collectively on the issues • Working on the principles of doing a few things well • In it for the long haul
Who are we ? Initially Council, Clinical Commissioning Group, Mental Health Trust, UWE & Police & Crime Commissioner Grown to include Operational policing, Bristol University, North Bristol Trust, UHB, Bristol Community Health, Ambulance service Fire service poised to join 2 members of the Manifesto Steering Group
What have we done ? - Education Agreed some joint priorities to work on collectively initially : - Recruitment, retention & promotion - Education
Public Sector Employment Data Andrew Mallin Bristol City Council
First ever City-wide Ethnicity data picture for Bristol * 40,000 staff from 11 public agencies – (City only) Measuring agency data against the City population Data on ethnicity, pay, sickness, disciplinary & grievance Process for Annual production to evidence trends
449,300 45 187 91 population 10.8% (43,900) since 2005 religions countries of birth main languages 449,300 45 187 91 * Data accessed from ONS 2015 Mid-Year Population Estimate
Bristol – City wide Context 16 % Black or Ethnic Minority Population (up from only 8.2% in 2001) 22% of population identify as ‘Non White British’ 78% of population identify as ‘White British’ (down from 88% in 2001) (there has been a significant increase in ‘White Other’) 15% of population were not born in the UK Age profile of BME population is much younger than Bristol population as a whole Ages 0 – 15 - 28% BME Ages 16 – 64 - 15% BME Over 65 - 5% BME
Bristol Community Health Julia Clarke Bristol Community Health
Paul Jacobs Service Director, Education Bristol City Council
Education Securing commitment through Learning City Improved data analysis for LA and schools Working with Teaching Schools – Specialist Leaders in Education, action research, BME leadership development Working with Universities to access research capacity and widening participation activity Recruitment & Retention Task Group
Education Set up a Race Equality Steering Group Pilot Race Equality ‘toolkit’ for schools Recruit and support more BME governors Develop community engagement
Where next ? Impacts of the criminal justice system Linking into the work placement initiative through Learning City Development of Talent Pool initiative – Inclusive not Exclusive Linking across to business sector What do you think ?
Q & A
Q and A with Bristol Manifesto for Race Equality Strategic Leaders Need a roving Microphone
Manifesto for Race Equality Steering Group member Kamaljit Poonia As we have such little time, what do you think or arranging to room into tables of workshop groups - so that minutes are saved getting up and finding the spot 29
Workshop - Priorities Need a roving Microphone Workshop discussion - 30 mins Workshop Feedback - top 3 points (3 mins each) Need a roving Microphone
Voscur and a member of the Steering group - Ruth Pitter Member of the Steering Group and on the Womens’s Commission - Kalpna Woolfe Chair of the Women’s Commission - Alison Comley As we have such little time, what do you think or arranging to room into tables of workshop groups - so that minutes are saved getting up and finding the spot 31
Panel interview with the Women’s Commission Ruth to interview Alison and Kalpna Need a roving Microphone
Workshop: Becoming a Commission Workshop discussion Workshop Feedback
Sumita Hutchison Next steps As we have such little time, what do you think or arranging to room into tables of workshop groups - so that minutes are saved getting up and finding the spot 34
Cabinet Lead for Neighbourhoods Asher Craig Closing remarks As we have such little time, what do you think or arranging to room into tables of workshop groups - so that minutes are saved getting up and finding the spot 35