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The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights works to eliminate racial discrimination and harassment and to promote racial justice across Scotland.
✅CRER has officially launched our Manifesto for an Anti-Racist Scotland. The 2026 Scottish Parliament Election is a vital moment to challenge political parties on racism and inequality. Please support and share! Read the Manifesto and ideas for action: crer.org.uk/manifesto-2026
Keith is a long time supporter of CRER's work, including fundraising through Optimo nights over the years. Our thoughts are with Keith and his family and friends at this devastating time.
A gig to raise money for a legendary clubbing DJ who was diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour is set to take place this weekend thenational.scot/news/25318833.…
🗓️Scotland's Black History Month programme for October 2025 is beginning to take shape. We can't wait to share it with you! Planning your own Black History Month event? Get in touch by 25th July for your free events listing. blackhistorymonthscotland.org/submissions
👋 Please share: Submissions are open for the 2025 Black History Month programme! CRER has coordinated Scotland's Black History Month since 2001, exploring the vital influence of Black and minority ethnic communities in Scotland’s past and present. blackhistorymonthscotland.org/submissions
📚NEW PUBLICATION: Tackling Online Hate and Extremism Prejudice and hatred on social media poses increasing threats to public safety, personal wellbeing and community cohesion. Our new guide, funded by @corrascot, aims to help you navigate these issues. crer.org.uk/s/CRER-2025-Ta…
Please share, this is a fantastic entry-level opportunity to work with our team. Paid comms experience isn't required, and flexible hours are available for students during term time. Applications open until noon on Monday!
📢 Job Opportunity at CRER 📢 Communications Assistant: Black History Month An excellent part-time, entry-level opportunity to assist the CRER team with communications for Black History Month 2025. Closing date: 12.00 noon Monday 7th July Apply here: crer.org.uk/work
📢 Job Opportunity at CRER 📢 Communications Assistant: Black History Month An excellent part-time, entry-level opportunity to assist the CRER team with communications for Black History Month 2025. Closing date: 12.00 noon Monday 7th July Apply here: crer.org.uk/work
Scottish Government has published new interim guidance on addressing racism and racist incidents in schools, developed in collaboration with CRER and fellow members of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme's Racism and Racist Incidents Subgroup. gov.scot/publications/a…
Scotland's first Black Professor. A pioneering scientist. A dedicated campaigner on Scotland's historical role in slavery and colonialism. A friend. He touched the lives of everyone who works, or has ever worked, at CRER. Sir Geoff Palmer, rest in peace. scotsman.com/education/sir-…
CRER has given evidence to the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry on the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on BME communities. We raised concerns that not enough is being done to guard against patterns of systemic racism repeating in the future. Our input is available to view below.
This afternoon's session has started. We will now hear evidence from Kimberley Wong of @crer_scotland. Watch the broadcast online: youtu.be/Lc9xPnYR_qQ
After the release this week of our groundbreaking research, our CEO Maggie talks about the challenges faced by BME carers in Scotland: scotland.oxfam.org.uk/latest-news/it…
CRER has responded to the UK Government consultation on the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. Existing workforce inequalities will make mandatory ethnicity pay gap calculations meaningless at best, and damaging at worst, in most Scottish organisations. crer.org.uk/s/CRER-respons…
💻 CRER GUEST BLOG For last week's Mental Health Awareness Week 2025, Kafui Akpo-Young has written about psychosis and ethnicity, exploring how racism can shape people’s experiences of severe mental illness and the types of treatment they receive. crer.org.uk/blog/psychosis…
We're pleased to announce that the contract to host the new Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland (AROS) has been awarded to Strathclyde University, working in partnership with CRER. More information on CRER's role in this vital work can be found here: crer.org.uk/anti-racism-ob…
💻 NEW BLOG: Live Facial Recognition in Scotland - A Threat to Race Equality and Human Rights CRER examines why introducing this technology to Scottish policing would damage race equality, human rights and trust in the police service. crer.org.uk/blog/lfr-in-sc…
👋 Please share: Submissions are open for the 2025 Black History Month programme! CRER has coordinated Scotland's Black History Month since 2001, exploring the vital influence of Black and minority ethnic communities in Scotland’s past and present. blackhistorymonthscotland.org/submissions
Today, CRER marks the tenth anniversary of the death in custody of Sheku Bayoh. We continue to engage with the Sheku Bayoh Public Inquiry in our role as a Core Participant. Full detail on the Inquiry’s work to date can be seen at shekubayohinquiry.scot
As part of our long-standing work to campaign against racial inequalities in poverty, CRER has joined with 22 fellow charities and the Herald newspaper to call upon the First Minister to raise the Scottish Child Payment. heraldscotland.com/news/25125026.…
