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Birmingham – The National Black Talent Awards returns for 2023!
The Evenfields Black Talent Awards was launched in 2022 and exists to recognise and celebrate the outstanding performance and...
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Restrictive policies are having devastating consequences for African Women refugees
Restrictive policies on healthcare, education, accommodation and employment are having devastating consequences for African Women...
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Swindon Beauty entrepreneur lobbies government to equip young people with business skills in school
Emilie Musoke, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Empowering Beauty, based in Swindon, is calling on the UK government to make skills...
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An interview with Birmingham’s Psychotherapist and Personal fitness trainer Talisa Mesquitta
By Alia Mcdonald. Research has proven that mental health is improved by physical activity, and I caught up with Smethwick based Talisa...
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'When Women Meet' Nottingham’s Diana McKenzie on building a community of professional black women
The second edition of When Women Meet will be held on Saturday, 4th February 2023. Four years after its maiden edition in 2019. When...
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Connecting a Colonial past and present: 'A Procession' - by black British Sculptor Hew Locke
The Procession by Hew Locke shows how people gather and move together to celebrate, worship, protest, mourn, escape or better themselves.
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Black Talent Awards 2022 an outstanding success!
Congratulations to the organisers, winners, and my fellow finalists at the first ever Black Talent Awards (BTA’s). What a night!
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African Women’s Empowerment Forum represent black voices on climate change and levelling up.
Alex Norris MP attends AWEF conference on climate change and levelling up, which aims to represent voices from black communities
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Photographic exhibition in Kent shows black women do live 'inna de open space'
the exhibition is set against a turbulent political backdrop of racial bias stemming from archaic commonwealth relationships
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Bradford crowned UK City of Culture
Bradford has been crowned the UK City of Culture 2025. The previous title belonged to Coventry, who was the UK City of Culture 2021. This...
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Black Cultural Archives: Race Cards exhibition - asks 1000 questions about race
Race Cards is described as a constantly growing installation and archive, a room containing 1000 questions about race. The questions were...
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Carrol May Nelson: Manchester Author brings African Caribbean diaspora into children's education
Research shows that when children see themselves represented in picture books it makes them feel valuable and part of society
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Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre teams up with Boisterous to recruit BAME talent
Boisterous was created by Miriam Mussa and Maurice Bessman and they're funded by Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre. Boisterous seeks out...
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West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health Care Partnership lead new anti-racism pledge
The movement has received over-whelming support from organisations across Leeds. Wendy Tangen, the clinical services inclusion lead for...
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Nicola Sturgeon pleads for imprisoned British Indian man
Jagtar Singh Johal, a Dumbarton resident, is being imprisoned under India's anti-terror legislation
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Irish Police to refund BLM protest fines
We are keen to repair relationships and establish confidence and trust in policing among all communities in Northern Ireland
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Black Talent Awards returns to Birmingham
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