Overcoming Reliance on Gatekeepers: Addressing Racial Equity Through Meaningful Partnerships and Collaboration with Black and Minority Ethnic Communities at a Local Level

Dates

Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 09:30 to 16:30

Location

Hilton Hotel, Kingsway, Cardiff, CF10 3HH

Morning programme 

09:30 - Arrival and Registration (tea and coffee)

09:45 - Opening Remarks by Darren Jones, Senior Manager for Partnerships, The Open University in Wales

09:50 - Project Overview by Dr Fidèle Mutwarasibo, Director of the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership in the OU Business School

10:00 - Riaz Hassan, Head of Anti-racist Wales Action Plan Implementation Team, Welsh Government

10:20 - Charlotte Amoss, Partnerships and Community Engagement, Cardiff Council and Anita Pilgrim, Associate Lecturer at The Open University and member of the Cardiff Race Equality Taskforce

11:00 - Q&A

11:10 - Coffee Break

11:25 - Keynote on Involvement of BME communities in knowledge production and service planning, Professor Marie Gillespie from The Open University and Tom Cheesman, Professor Emeritus, Swansea University and Treasurer, Swansea Asylum Seeker Support

11:45 - BME Representation, Ebed Akotia, Cardiff Third Sector Council

12:05 -  Q&A

12:15 - BME Mental Health Inequalities, Yaina Samuels, Founder of NuHi Training and Project Development Officer, Adferiad Recovery

12:35 - Q&A

12:45 - Lunch break (vegetarian and vegan)
 

Afternoon programme

14:00 - Keynote on Criminal Justice in Wales, Dr Robert Jones, Lecturer in the Welsh Criminal Justice System and member of Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre

14:20 - Q&A

14:30 - Keynote on Funding BME voluntary sector organisations, Ian Revell, Chief Executive Officer, Milton Keynes (MK) Community Foundation 

14:50 Q&A

15:00 - BME and Inclusive Education, Martine Smith and Ana Jones, Maindee Community Primary 
School

15:20 - Q&A

15:30 - Tea and coffee break

15:45 - Meaningful Engagement: Opportunity and Challenge, Mark Brier, Chief Inspector, South 
Wales Police

16:05 - Q&A

16:15 - Final reflections and thank you, Dr Fidèle Mutwarasibo, Director of the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership in the OU Business School

16:30 - Event close