Race On The Agenda

Who we are

Race on the Agenda (ROTA) is one of Britain’s leading anti-racist change drivers. Working with communities impacted by systemic racism, ROTA helps create the policies and practices to tackle inequality.

Originally set up in 1984, ROTA aims to support and amplify the work of anti-racist organisations across the country as they work to bring equality to their communities. ROTA focuses on issues impacting on the Black and Global Majority communities.

ROTA is a membership organisation, registered as a charity and a company limited by guarantee.

Together, we will end systemic racism in Britain!

Our culture and values

1. Vision – the world we want to see

ROTA aims to create a just and equitable Britain, working with communities to eliminate systemic racial injustices. 

2. Mission – our role in getting us there

ROTA’s role is to drive for structural change by using evidence and research, working collaboratively with impacted communities and the organisations that support them.

We believe communities impacted by racism, and the organisations which serve them, already know how best we can create anti-racist policies and practices. ROTA works with these groups and uses its lobbying and communications expertise to enable communities to exercise their power, empowering them to wield their influence and drive change.

We abide by the principal of ‘nothing about us without us’.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Our policy priorities are:

• Housing
• Health
• Education
• Immigration
• Employment
• Criminal Justice

All of ROTA’s work is based on the principle that those with direct experience of inequality should be central to solutions to address it. Our work is actively informed by the lived experiences of the Black and Global Majority communities and their organisations.