Racial Equality

Purpose of the group

To provide a forum for issues relating to race and anti racism and to seek solutions to the discrimination faced by Scotland's black / minority ethnic communities. To work through cross-party dialogue in promoting the role played by Scotland's civic society, Parliament and Government in actively building a Scotland free from racism.

The Group will seek to identify and address racism across society, including through learning from the experiences of BME groups

Forthcoming meetings

Next meeting:

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 20 September 2016 (203KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 15 November 2016 (269KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 21 February 2017 (259KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 26 September 2017 (272KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 23 January 2018 (261KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 23 October 2018 (280KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration form (1.8MB pdf)
• Annual return form 2017 (232KB pdf)  
• Annual return form 2018 (375KB pdf)

Group Officers

• Convener: Fulton MacGregor
• Deputy Convener: Adam Tomkins
• Deputy Convener: Anas Sarwar
• Deputy Convener: Bob Doris

Group Members

• Jeremy Balfour
• Emma Harper
• Richard Lyle
• Sandra White
• Pauline McNeill
• Jackie Baillie

Organisations

Council for Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations (CEMVO) (Secretariat) 

Active Life Club

African Caribbean Women’s Association 

Afreshe

Black and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure Scotland (BEMIS)

Central Scotland Regional Equality Council 

Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER)

Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council 

Edinburgh Interfaith Women’s Group

Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland

Ethnic Minority Civic Congress Scotland

Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees

Glasgow Life

MECOPP

Migrants Rights Scotland

PKAVS

Score Scotland

Scottish Council of Jewish Communities

Scottish Independence Advocacy Alliance

Scottish Iraqi Society

SEMPERscotland

Shakti Women’s Aid

Show Racism the Red Card Scotland

Sikh Sanjog

Standard Life Aberdeen Plc. – MOSAIC 

STUC Black Workers Committee

Trust Housing Association

Thai Women’s Association of Scotland

University of Strathclyde

University of St Andrews

University of the West of Scotland 

Voices of Experience

Voluntary Action Fund 

Waverly Care African Health Project

West of Scotland Regional Equality Council  

West Pilton and West Granton Community Council