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Building a fair & balanced

Gloucestershire

Who We Are

Why We Exist

The Gloucestershire Race Collective is currently on hiatus while we decide our direction and priorities.

Gloucestershire Race Collective (GRC) is an infrastructure organisation for racial justice in Gloucestershire.  We bridge gaps between communities and institutional structures and grow the capacity of dialogue, awareness, anti-racist actions and creative solutions in our mission to end racialisation and marginalisation.


GRC was established because there has not been a black and brown-led organisation to be the voice of our local communities for over a decade.  Many people experience what they consider to be acts of racism every single day, and that’s why we’re here to build bridges between communities and the institutions that serve them.

Engaging with cultural difference with curiosity, interest and kindness will go some way to combatting the fear of the unknown, lack of understanding and ignorance which leads to injustice and persecution.

Principles

We live our values in these ways…

Timeline

2020

The county’s Director of Public Health published their report Beyond Covid: Race, Health & Inequality in Gloucestershire.

2021

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The county’s Director of Public Health published their report Beyond Covid: Race, Health & Inequality in Gloucestershire.


2023

Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance was noticing a gap in VCSE representation for diverse ethnic groups.

They collaborated with NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board and Gloucestershire County Council to fund research from the Black South West Network. The resulting report was The Community-Led Momentum in Gloucestershire to Tackle Healthcare Inequalities.

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To support and inform the development of Gloucestershire Race Collective an insights report was published called Gloucestershire Statutory Sector Integrated Care Partners.