BME

For information on VCS Engage's work in this area, visit Our Work // A multi-ethnic perspective.

See below for resources from government and other organisations in the children's and voluntary and community sectors.

Performance and race equality project

Performance Hub, September 2007

This research commissioned by the Performance Hub examines whether existing performance improvement approaches are relevant to the black and minority ethnic (BME) third sector, whether performance improvement can assist BME organisations to achieve their social mission, and whether the BME sector has specific support needs that are distinct from those of ‘mainstream’ organisations. The project was delivered between May 2006 and March 2007 by b:RAP, a strategic agency for equality issues based in Birmingham.

Full report [pdf 392kb]

Research into the training and learning needs of Black and minority ethnic workers employed in local infrastructure organisations (voluntary and community sectors)

Federation for Community Development Learning, September 2007

The FCDL was commissioned by the Workforce Hub to carry out a survey into the training and learning needs of Black and minority ethnic workers in local infrastructure organisations, also known as the voluntary and community sectors (VCS). This work was complementary to the SKiLD programme around the training and learning needs of workers in the voluntary and community sectors that NAVCA (formerly NACVS) developed with the support of the Workforce Hub.

Full report [pdf 685kb]

Black and minority ethnic voluntary and community organisations compact code of good practice

Home Office, November 1998

This Code of Good Practice aims to make a positive impact on the relationship between Government and the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) voluntary and community sector. The Code embodies key considerations that emerged from a consultation1 exercise carried out by the voluntary and community sector’s Compact Working Group, as well as best practice from within Government. In this way, the Code underpins the Compact on Relations between Government and the Voluntary and Community Sector in England, published in November 1998.

Full report [pdf 120kb]

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