Race Equality Foundation

Who we are

The Race Equality Foundation is a registered charity which tackles racial inequality to improve the lives of Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. We believe that everyone should be provided with the opportunities to flourish.     

We do this by exploring what we know about discrimination and disadvantage, using that knowledge to develop interventions that will overcome barriers and promote equality, and disseminating this knowledge and good practice through training, conferences and written material.

The Foundation has delivered change through a range of ground-breaking projects.  These include:

• the evidence-based Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities parenting programme
• the pioneering research and policy projects which explore the lived experience of Black, Asian and minority ethnic people, from the lives of young people with a disability to older people living with dementia, to the impact of climate change; and
• partnerships with other voluntary and statutory organisations, as well as universities.

We continue our efforts to progress race equality through demonstrating what is possible. An example is our work on improving blood pressure testing by African and Caribbean men through the use of community facilities such as barber shops. Another is our Race Equity Collaboratives work that identified the impact of COVID and set out what needs to be done to ensure race equality is addressed in recovery.

We also intervene in national debates impacting Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, as seen through our work on mental health and with the Covid-19 inquiry and the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

We are based in London with a national remit.