Launch Event:Tackling Racial Inequalities

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What to Do Next• Establishwhichprogrammeissuitableforyou• Ensurethatyouhavethesupportofyourorganisation• ContacttheNetworkforBlackProfessionals

What We Will Do• Discusstheopportunitiesonofferinmoredetail• Letyouknowwhicheventsarebeingheldwhenandwhere• Formallyenrolyouontherelevantprogrammesubjecttoavailability

Time Scale for ActivitiesActivity Location Timescale

LaunchEvents Manchester/Leicester/London October2009v

MentorTrainingWorkshop(s) Manchester/Birmingham March2010

MenteeInduction Manchester/Birmingham Feb/March2010

DiversityinActionWorkshops Bradford/London March2010

Tackling Racial Inequalities:

Introducing the ProjectTheNetworkforBlackProfessionalsisoneofthesuccessfulorganisationscurrentlyinreceiptoffinancialsupportfromtheDepartmentofCommunitiesandLocalGovernment(DCLG)throughtheTacklingRacialInequalitiesFund(TRIF).TheNetworkwillofferabroadrangeofprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesoverthenexttwoyearstoarangeofcolleaguesinpublicandVoluntaryandCommunitySectororganisations,someofwhichwillbetailoredfromtheNetwork’sawardwinningBlackLeadershipInitiative.Thispositiveactionprogrammeattractsa100%subsidythroughDCLG.

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The ActivitiesInnovative training and development opportunities available through the project include:• MentorTrainingworkshopsforleaders&seniormanagers• MenteeInductionworkshopsforaspiringBAME(Black,

Asian&MinorityEthnic)managers&leaders• Mentor/menteerelationships-BAMEparticipantsmatchedwithseniormanagers&

leadersforaperiodof12months,tomentor&coachthemtowardsagreedobjectives• DiversityinActionworkshopsforleaders,managersand

stafftodeveloptheirinterculturalcompetencies• RegionalCareerDevelopmentWorkshopsforBAMEparticipants• HighprofileCivicLeadershipshadowingopportunities

foraspiringBAMEleaders&seniormanagers• PublicsectorworkshadowingopportunitiesforaspiringBAMEmanagers

The Programme AimsThe Network’s programme of activities will aim to achieve the following key goals:• Reduceimbalancesinemployment,educationandtraining• HelptoensuretherearemorepeoplefromBAMEbackgrounds

atseniorlevelswithinarangeofemploymentareas• PromotesocialjusticeandequalityofopportunityforpeoplefromBAMEgroups• Increaselevelsofcivicparticipation,volunteeringorrepresentationin

civicorpoliticalinstitutionsamongpeoplefromBAMEgroups• WorkwithlocalbodiespromotingraceequalitytohelpthemworkmoreeffectivelyTheprojectalsoincludesaresearchelementwhichwillbelinkedtoidentifyinggoodpracticeandexemplarprojectsfromacrossthecountry.Thisresearchisalsolinkedtothecreationofapublicationandthreedisseminationevents.

AudienceTraining and development activities are suitable for a broad range of beneficiaries including:• Seniormanagersinlocalgovernment• Seniormanagersinthevoluntary

andcommunitysector• JuniorBAMEcolleaguesinallsectors• Seniormanagersinarangeof

publicsectororganisations

About the Network for Black ProfessionalsThe Network for Black Professionals (NBP) is a social justice, not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to promote the benefits of ethnic and cultural diversity for the local, regional and national economies of the UK.Amembershiporganisationwithover160corporatemembers,weofferarangeofbenefitsandservicesforcorporateandindividualclients,anddelivercontractsforarangeoforganisations,includinge.g.theLearningandSkillsCouncil,Learning&SkillsImprovementServices,CWDC(Children’sWorkforceDevelopmentCouncil),NationalCollegeofSchoolLeadershipandarangeofothers.TheNBPisanapprovedInstituteofLeadershipandManagement(ILM)centreanddeliversarangeofprogrammesfromlevel2to7throughtheBlackLeadershipInitiative®.

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