Welcome to the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER)
Formerly known as Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance (GARA), CRER is focused on helping eliminate racial discrimination and harassment, and promoting racial justice across Glasgow/Scotland. Over the years, CRER has had a key role in advocating, campaigning and influencing development to promote racial equality. It has been effective in responding to a broad range of interests needed to make an impact on deep-rooted issues and respond to communities needs. CRER has over ten years’ experience of anti-racist work spanning, amongst other things, youth empowerment, community engagement, pioneering research, as well as in helping to mainstream race equality across Glasgow / Scotland’s public sector.
In its work, CRER takes a rights-based approach, promoting all the relevant international, regional and national human rights and equality conventions and pieces of legislation.
This website is packed full with information on our aims and objectives; what we do; the services we provide; the projects we run; the events that we both organise and run; our publications; the work of our partners and much much more!!!
“All human beings are born free and equal, without any distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, nation or social origin, property, birth or other status.”
[Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations (1948)]
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Free debates on human rights in Scotland
SCVO invites you to a series of debates on human rights in the life and work of the third sector which we are hosting as part of the outreach of the GCU/SCVO Masters in Citizenship and Human Rights programme.
Come along and:
- Participate in informed and challenging debates on human rights in relation to topical issues
- Question how well we champion human rights
- Contribute to the Future of Scotland debate by discussing Scotland's values
- Leave with new ideas to reflect on within our own organisations
- Contribute to and inform human rights research and programme development at Glasgow Caledonian University
Places are free but limited. Register here
Debate 1: Human rights, 'personalisation' and welfare reform
- Glasgow
- Monday 11 June, 2.00pm - 4.30pm
Key participating speakers include: Lucy McTernan: Director, SCVO; Henry Simmons: Chief Executive, Alzheimer Scotland; John Dalrymple: Director, Neighbourhood Networks; Representative from Glasgow Caledonian University
Debate 2: Human rights and citizenship
- Edinburgh
- Tuesday 26 June, 10.00am - 12.30pm
Key participating speakers include: Shabnum Mustapha: Director for Scotland, Amnesty International; Jatin Haria: Director, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights; Representative from Glasgow Caledonian University; David Cameron: Director, Community Land Scotland
Debate 3: Human rights, poverty and the economy
- Glasgow
- Thursday 28 June, 2.00pm - 4.30pm
Key participating speakers include: Katherine Trebeck: Research & Policy Advisor UK Poverty Programme (Scotland), Oxfam; Peter Kelly: Director, the Poverty Alliance; Martin Johnstone: Chief Executive, Faith in Community Scotland; Representative from Glasgow Caledonian University
SCVO works to support people to take voluntary action to help themselves and others, and to bring about social change.
SCVO receives support from ESF in the Highlands & Islands for development of the
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING: South West Edinburgh Multi-agency community meeting
Tuesday 29 May 2012
6:30 to 9:30pm
Tynecastle High School
2 McLeod Street
Edinburgh EH11 2ND
ELREC is conducting this meeting, facilitated by the Lothian and Borders Police and The City of Edinburgh Council. The meeting is designed to provide communication and information flow between communities and services. This should be beneficial to all groups and will be an opportunity for all present to influence decision-making in the communities they represent.
This meeting will enable community members, organisations and others to engage with different services like the Police, Council, Fire, Health and various other community orgainsations. The meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss issues relating to crime, hate crime, anti-social behaviour and general community issues. The meeting will also be used to highlight ways in which people can become involved in community councils and community priority setting meetings.
Participation in this event is free. Snacks will be served.
Click here for event flyer.
To book a place contact 0131 556 0441 or
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Race Equality in Scottish Modern Apprenticeships
Tuesday 22nd May 2012
12.00pm – 4.30pm (lunch from 12pm, 1pm start)
Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, Glasgow G2 3HN
Modern Apprenticeships are a key element of the Scottish Government’s Skills for Scotland strategy, with 25,000 apprenticeship places on offer over 2011/12 and an overall investment of £69m last year. Are these opportunities reaching people in all of Scotland’s diverse communities?
This CRER event will:
- Explore issues around race equality in Modern Apprenticeships
- Inform recommendations for future policy on widening participation
Who should attend?
The seminar is open and free of charge to individuals and organisations including public, private and voluntary sectors, employers, trade unions and academic institutions. It will be particularly relevant to those with an interest in race equality, employment / employability, skills, youth and economic recovery issues.
What will the seminar cover?
- Current knowledge around participation of minority ethnic people in Modern Apprenticeships and approaches to encouraging participation, with expert input from CRER, Scottish Union Learning and Glasgow City Council’s Commonwealth Apprenticeships Initiative
- Opportunities to identify recommendations for the future
Book now to ensure your place!
Book your FREE place by completing the attached application form or contact Nadia Rafiq,
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or telephone 0141 418 6530. Please remember to detail any dietary or accessibility requirements.
Closing date: Tuesday 15th May 2012
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