Race Equality Foundation Competitors

We promote and uphold equality and human rights ideals and laws across England, Scotland and Wales. Our work is driven by a simple belief; if everyone gets a fair chance in life, we all thrive. We research and explore how we live and work together, revealing truths and uncovering injustices. Standing apart from governments, from business and vested interests, we use the full force of our wide ranging legal powers to defend everyone’s right to an equal chance in life. We work with our partners to come up with practical answers that get to the greatest good. Above all, we’re here to prove that the principles of equality and universal human rights can help people in Britain live well together, making life safer, happier and more prosperous for all of us. Contact us at: correspondence@equalityhumanrights.com website@equalityhumanrights.com

THE VOICE, founded in 1982, is the ONLY multi-award winning British national black newspaper operating in the UK aimed at the British African-Caribbean community. The newspaper is published monthly and covers news, culture, arts, lifestyle, business, entertainment, sports and culture and has a global audience spanning six continents. The Voice was founded by Val McCalla, who, while working on a London local paper called the East End News in 1981, led a group of businessmen and journalists. The first issue of The Voice was printed to coincide with the Notting Hill Carnival in August 1982. Its cover price was 54 pence, and was only sold in London. Within two decades it had become Britain’s most successful black newspaper. KEY FIGURES The Voice alumni include: Commission for Racial Equality chair Trevor Phillips, former BBC and currently Al Jazeera newsman Rageh Omaar, ITV’s Martin Bashir, authors Afua Hirsch, Diran Adebayo, Leone Ross, and Gemma Weekes; film maker and novelist Kolton Lee, novelist Vanessa Walters, broadcasters MTV Jasmine Dotiwala, Henry Bonsu, Dotun Adebayo, Onyekachi Wambu and many others. AWARDS The Voice has received many awards including: Young Voices – two “Best Magazine” awards from the Urban Music Awards 2010 and 2009. BBI Media and Entertainment Award 2008.Voice of Sports – Performance Award 2003 from Western Union, BEEAM Awards for Organisation Achievements 2003 Black Plus Awards 2002, Britain’s Ethnic Minority Federation at the Bank of England, Partnership Awards 1999. NLBA Enterprise Excellence Awards 1996, BGA Gospel Awards – Best Media 1980s and GUBA Legacy Award - 2024. In 2022, the Voice launched a UK wide research project and survey to explore the lived experience of Black British people. The Black British Voices Project is now the largest national survey of Black Britain - with over 10,000 responses.

The Runnymede Trust is the UK's leading independent race equality think tank. For more than 50 years, we have worked tirelessly to build a Britain in which we all belong. Proudly independent, we speak truth to power on race and racism without fear or favour. We are not swayed by political agenda, profit or popular opinion. We are authentic, led by an ethnically diverse team, we draw from our lived experience and that of our wide and inclusive community and partnership networks. From broadening the curriculum to exposing the Windrush Scandal, our work is rooted in challenging structural racism and its impact on our communities. Our authoritative research-based interventions equip decision makers, practitioners and citizens with the knowledge and tools to deliver genuine progress towards racial equality in Britain.