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GMBME Network
Influencing Change|:
Empowering
Communities
Kunle Olulode
Director Voice 4 Change England
4 July 2013
A national voice for the Black and
Minority Ethnic voluntary and
community sector
Vision and mission
Vision
Mission
• A stronger and inclusive civil
society to meet the needs of
BME and other disadvantaged
communities
• To strengthen the BME VCS to
meet the needs of
disadvantaged communities
How will we do it?
Influence
Increase involvement of the BME VCS in decision making
Campaign
Increase awareness of the BME VCS’ impact and value
Develop
Improve the capacity and quality of VCOs to meet the needs
of BME and other disadvantaged communities
A national voice for the Black and Minority
Ethnic voluntary and community sector
What is public policy landscape?
A national voice for the Black and Minority
Ethnic voluntary and community sector
New policy landscape
• Equality and race equality
• Public spending cuts
• The Big Society
BME VCS: already delivering the Big
Society
• Communities coming together to self define
solutions to problems – the Big Society!
• Response to failure of mainstream services.
• Sensitive to cultural, religious and linguistic
needs.
• Engage ‘hard to reach’ communities.
• Empowering users and strengthening social
mobility.
• Building bridging social capital and creating
social cohesion.
A national voice for the Black and Minority
Ethnic voluntary and community sector
Race and equality
“The UK still has a
problem with
racism”
DAVID CAMERON,
JANUARY 2012
Government
Integration
Strategy:
• BME VCS briefing
• EDM 2874
• Campaign for
race equality
strategy
“We must recognise
acknowledge and
accept that racism
exists. Of all the issues
that came out of the
Lawrence report to
my mind this is the
most important. It is
my mantra.”
IMRAN KHAN, DOREEN
LAWRENCE’S LAWYER
50% Young Black people unemployed
31% Young Asian people unemployed
Public spending cuts
“The social,
economic and
physical wellbeing
of vulnerable BME
communities are
likely to be
sacrificed to
efficiency savings”
£3.3 billion
Predicted
reduction in Gov
spending on the
VCS between
2010-2015
JUST WEST YORKSHIRE
What V4CE are doing:
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In-work poverty events
Support brokered from OCS strategic
partners
Training and resources on funding and
sustainability
Consultations and campaigns
What can VCOs do?
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Marketing/promotion; free digital
media
Partnerships/collaborations
Support tools
Join FREE membership
Big Society
• Promoting social
action
• Opening up public
services
• Localism and
community
empowerment
Big Society Policy
Roadshows: Leeds,
Brighton, Manchester
Consultations:
commissioning,
reducing
bureaucracy,
building a stronger
civil society
The V4CE definition
of ‘mainstreaming’
Barriers in achieving equality in the Big
Society
“Lack of support
provided for
engagement of
marginalised groups”
“Language,
mobility, fear of
hostility”
2011 - V4CE Big Society and Tackling
Inequalities survey - emerging
findings
“Trust in the system that
they [service users] feel
are abandoning them”
“Commissioning is proving to
offer nothing to local
equalities-led organisations
because they are too small to
be lead organisation on a
tender and larger
organisations are not
cascading the contracts
out/down to the smaller
organisations.”
Big Society: What do we want to see?
• Voice and involvement
• Recognise specialist infrastructure
• Fair funding
• Fair commissioning
• Value specialist public service
delivery
• Strategic oversight
• Accountability
A national voice for the Black and Minority
Ethnic voluntary and community sector
Shared Vision: Pledge your support
• We believe the BME VCS is a crucial
part of civil society.
• We support the BME VCS to seize the
opportunities and tackle the
challenges identified in A shared
vision.
• We call on policymakers to act on
the recommendations and commit
to disseminating the messages from
A shared vision findings through our
networks.
Website: http://www.voice4changeengland.co.uk/shared-vision.html
A national voice for the Black and Minority
Ethnic voluntary and community sector
How do we rise to the challenges ?
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Developing strong partnerships
Engaging with local commissioners
Identifying priorities for communities
Marketing ourselves
Evidencing outcomes / impact
Fast, innovative, flexible
VFM and excellence in
service delivery
• Campaign locally but seek support nationally within the sector(build
solidarity)
A national voice for the Black and Minority
Ethnic voluntary and community sector
Influencing positive change
• Continue to use your local and national Compact
• Support the Race equality Campaign and EDM 2874
• Shared Vision – Communicate, Celebrate and Communicate
• Challenge ‘C’ words Commission, Cohesion, Citizenship tests
• Interrogate ‘I’ words Integration, Islamophobia, institutional,
identity, immigration)
• Rely on our ‘R’s Rights, responsibility, research, respect, records,
restorative justice
• Encourage the use of ‘E’ s Equality, economic equity, evidence,
empowerment and enforcement
A national voice for the Black and Minority
Ethnic voluntary and community sector
Contact
• Email
[email protected]
• Telephone
0207 697 4242
• Website
• http://www.voice4change-england.co.uk/
• Membership
http://www.voice4changeengland.co.uk/content/membership
• Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/v4ce
Advocates for the BME voluntary and
community sector