Race for Opportunity
Race for Opportunity (RFO) is committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. It is the only race diversity campaign that has access to and influence over the leaders of the UK’s best known organisations.
What's Race for Opportunity about...
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Race for Opportunity annual awards programme recognises exceptional progress within organisations working towards race equality, diversity and inclusion.
The deadline for submitting your entries is Friday 21 May 2010
Race for Opportunity Awards 2010
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The RfO campaign, established in 1995, will celebrate its 15th anniversary this year. We are currently planning a series of activities to run throughout 2010 that will promote and showcase the achievements of RfO network employers in progressing race equality in the workplace and culminate with the RfO Annual Awards dinner in September.
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We are delighted to announce that the February mentoring circles are now confirmed and we are currently accepting registrations. We are holding circles in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and London. The mentoring programme is open to all BAME women regardless of their level within the workplace.
Please contact the RfO Mentoring Programme Manager Maria Petnga-Wallace on maria.petnga-wallace@bitc.org.uk for further details
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The third Annual RfO Awards celebration “Widening the Talent Pool” was held at Lancaster House on Wednesday 21st October and was an inspirational and educational event.
RfO Annual Awards 2009
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Employers know the importance of measuring and monitoring progress. RFO’s unique benchmarking tool allows employers to measure and celebrate their progress on race, year on year. The tool also generates sector, regional and industry comparisons which can be shared with individual organisations in a private and confidential manner.
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More than 10% of the UK workforce is from an ethnic minority background and over 20% of the emerging workforce, (children in primary and secondary education), are from an ethnic minority background. Britain’s current and future talent pool is racially diverse and progressive employers understand that it makes good business sense to utilise and grow this pool of talent.
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RFO has a proven track record (14 years) of engaging with the UK’s largest private and public sector employers on race equality solutions. RFO provides specialist advice and support to help organisations meet their objectives on race and diversity.
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Fresh information and updates on race equality initiatives and events occurring at both local and national level, as well as employer best practice case studies, UK statistics on ethnic minorities and legal advice on race discrimination cases.
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Positive Action is a range of lawful actions which seek to address an imbalance in employment opportunities among targeted groups which have previously experienced disadvantage, or which have been subject to discriminatory policies and practices, or which are under-represented in the workforce.
