Explore all the research we have collected to help you build race equity for Black talent in British businesses.
The UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation explores the impact of racism - scientific, metaphysical and cultural. Their podcasts highlight important research and conversations on racism and racialisation, with contributions from academics, activists and cultural practitioners.
Bridging the Bar’s vision for the future is a society where the Bar is accessible for everyone regardless of race, sex, class or other characteristics. They are committed to increasing the equality of access to opportunities in the legal profession across all underrepresented groups.
Minerva provide executive search and leadership services to clients and individuals who are seeking to make positive impact on society. Board Prospects is an initiative administered and facilitated by Minerva to provide boards with apprentice members, and people from under-represented backgrounds (especially those from the global majority, those with disabilities and younger individuals) with the opportunity to develop their experience of governance. Participating in the scheme provides professional development and enables them to build their CVs for their future careers.
The Parker Review is an independent framework, comprising business professionals who each bring, on a voluntary basis, a wide range of gender and ethnically diverse perspectives. It is over seven years since the publication of the first Report into the Ethnic Diversity of UK Boards in 2017.
The Black Talent and Leadership programme is a cross-industry initiative delivered in collaboration with CW (Cambridge Wireless), Homerton Changemakers, University of Cambridge, 10,000 Interns Foundation and Synergy Solutions focused on empowering and growing Black talent in STEM.
Black Girl Fest work with brands, businesses and institutions to create more culturally relevant and authentic connections with Black audiences. Using research, practice and collaboration, they design and develop innovative ideas that meet at the intersection of community and culture.
The Diversity and Inclusion Speakers Agency has been one of the UK’s leading bureaus for inspirational figures of different races, genders, sexualities and abilities since 2020. They supply speakers for corporate and public events across the world, and cater to both in-person occasions and online webinars.
10K Interns provide paid internships for Black students and graduates through the 10,000 Black Interns programme, and paid internships for disabled students and graduates of all ethnicities, through the 10,000 Able Interns programme across a range of UK industries.
Journi’s mission is to improve the career progression of high-potential black, female or low-household-income professionals across their entire career lifecycle, from school leavers to Board Level. To do this they deliver programmes, in partnership with ambitious UK businesses, to help those in our community reach their next career milestone.
The City Black Employee Resource Group (CBERG) mission is to bring together a cohesive community establishing a support network to help represent Black employees in the finance industry and share the best practices. If you would like to get in contact with CBERG please contact info@blacktalentcharter.com.
Action for Race Equality (ARE) champions fairness, challenges discrimination and pioneers innovative solutions to empower Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage people through education, employment and enterprise. Their activities involve working with Government, business, public services, Black-led organisations and the media. ARE want to maximise our work with central government departments by connecting more directly with local Black and Minority Ethnic organisations and mainstream activities aimed at closing racial inequalities.
Foundervine support innovators to access entrepreneurship and shape new ideas into impactful, sustainable enterprises. They assist growth and scale-stage ventures to significantly grow investor networks, expand business operations and access cutting-edge knowledge, and work with a wide range of businesses to drive change.
The 'Women in Finance Charter' asks financial services firms to commit to implement four key industry actions. In 2015, the Government asked Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, former CEO of Virgin Money, to lead a review into the representation of women in senior managerial roles in financial services, focusing on the talent pipeline at the executive population below board level. The review found that in 2015, women made up only 14% of Executive Committees in the Financial Services sector. In response to the recommendations in that review, HM Treasury launched the Women in Finance Charter.
EPOC (Empowering People of Colour) exists to change the makeup of leadership at the top of all UK institutions: private & public. They connect successful leaders who have the capability to steward organisations at the most senior level, offering a peer-to-peer network that links high-potential executives of colour, providing support and opportunities for Board-level appointments.
The Entrepreneurs Network is a think tank for Britain’s most ambitious entrepreneurs. They bridge the gap between entrepreneurs and policymakers, with the aim of making Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business. They have a network of over 10,000 entrepreneurs and are the Secretariat of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Entrepreneurship, which sits across the House of Commons and House of Lords.
Watch back the fantastic event which aimed to provide practical advice for Black lawyers and senior leaders within the legal community to assist Black lawyers to progress their careers and reach senior positions within the law.