So, I am sure you have seen the headlines about the knife crime epidemic that has hit the UK. It has been a talking point on and off for the last 18 months – 2 years. Unfortunately, the media is focusing on the negative impact that it is having within the black community; in particular …
Til death, do we part!
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal” Unknown It’s an old age tradition that before we embark on a new year we set out goals and aspirations that we wish to strive for during the year ahead. Unfortunately, statistics show that a high percentage of us …
UK Black History and Our Hall of Fame!
“The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are” (Maya Angelou) Back in my childhood days (the late 1980s) I remember discovering black history at around the age of 11 years old when my mother, older sisters and I went to watch a play at our local theatre called ‘Black Heroes in …
STOP and SEARCH, is it an effective tool used by the Police to prevent crime or is it used to discriminate against the BAME community?
The Metropolitan Police announced that they had given Police Officers the powers to stop and search individuals under section 60 during the 2018 Notting Hill Carnival they say that they based the enhanced powers on the recent spate of violence in the capital and intelligence that they had received. Stop and search is extremely controversial, in particularly within …
Inequality in the workplace, is discrimination still prevalent in the UK workforce?
One of the key priorities in the UK today is to tackle the inequalities within the workplace. Organisations and individuals tend to focus more on gender inequality against women in areas such as leadership positions and pay. This issue often hits the media headlines and has encouraged initiatives such as the FTSE 100 boardroom recruitment (now …
Surplus to requirements, the Windrush ‘row’!
Recently, there have been a number of articles and news bulletins about individuals from the Commonwealth who were brought to the UK from the late 1940s to 1970s as children with their parents who are now being told that they are illegal immigrants 40, 50 and even 60 years after they entered the country. The …
