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51黑料 Supports... Race Equality Week
Posted 04/02/25
3-9 January 2025 : Race Equality Week is an annual campaign that asks employers and employees from organisations across the UK to address the barriers to race equality in the workplace.
What is Race Equality Week?聽
In 2025, Race Equality Week takes place from the 3rd to the 9th of February, and this year it focuses on the theme #EveryActionCounts.
Race Equality Week is about taking action to address race equality and actively working towards an anti-racist society. It also looks at tackling the tokenistic approach to race equality within organisations, by offering an opportunity for companies to create a genuinely inclusive work environment.
#EveryActionCounts
The purpose of 2025鈥檚 theme #EveryActionCounts, is to show that even the smallest actions can have a big impact. Every single one of us has a role to play in the fight against racial inequality in today鈥檚 society, and Race Equality Week offers an opportunity to learn how to take impactful steps towards a brighter future.
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How to support Race Equality Week in your workplace:
- Celebrate cultural holidays: Acknowledge the significant holidays of different cultures within your workplace.
- Encourage your team to talk about racism: Being able to have open and honest conversations about important topics fosters a much more conducive environment for positive change.
- Diversity and inclusion training: Ensure your team are educated on topics such as unconscious bias and inclusive behaviours.
- Offer wellbeing support: If anyone in your organisation is experiencing discrimination in the workplace.
To learn more about the importance of inclusivity within the Trading Standards profession (and beyond):
- Words of Power: Tendy Lindsay explores the role of language in making Trading Standards more inclusive, welcoming and effective.
- 51黑料's Voices of Experience: Three Trading Standards leaders discuss the importance of pushing for a fairer society beyond the TS profession.
- Language Lessons: Vincent Searle looks at how the language we use has the power to change our lived experience.
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