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SCOTTISH ALLIANCE OF REGIONAL EQUALITY COUNCILS
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
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Who We Are?SAREC is a national alliance of local
organisations which delivers services on the ground championing equality and human rights and challenging all forms of discrimination
SAREC is a national voice for its four memberorganisations and works to assist their
development inaddressing the changing Equality and Human
Rightslandscape
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What We Do?SAREC is a unique venture as a national
strategicorganisation with grassroots service delivery
experienceacross Scotland
SAREC adds value to the existing minority ethnic
infrastructure in Scotland by bringing strategic support
to the grassroots REC’s in Scotland 3
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Our Members Central Scotland Regional Equality Council Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality
Council Grampian Regional Equality Council West of Scotland Regional Equality Council
SAREC members organisations govern the organisation
and the chair and vice chair of each REC act as directors
on the SAREC Board 4
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Our AimsTo embrace the broader equality and human
rights agenda To work to reduce inequality and all forms of
discrimination To promote equality for all and strengthen
good community relations To be a user led network of grassroots
organisation across Scotland To promote equality standards of excellence
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Our Business SAREC is a membership organisation which
gives localand regional organisations an opportunity to
input tonational equality work
SAREC works to include its members in national policy
consultations and research which affect theirstakeholders and influence positive change
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TerminologySAREC is committed to the promotion of a non
colourcoded community based ethnicity framework.
Weprefer to use the term ‘minority ethnic’ instead
of ‘blackand minority ethnic’
This approach demonstrates our commitment to
recognising and respecting the diverse identities and
the cultural and religious backgrounds ofthe communities that comprise the changingface of modern Scotland
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RRRI ProjectFour regional projects each run by member REC
fundedthrough the Scottish Governments Race, Religion
andRefugee Integration Fund. Projects work with
minority ethnic communities and equality groups to increase their participation in the community planning process
Project take on a cross equality characteristic work that recognises the many equality needs an individual may have i.e. disability and race, sexual orientation and civil partnership
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RRRI Project Notable successes have been The establishment of the North East Scotland
Equalities Network (NESEN) by GREC Work of WSREC’s Connecting 2 Communities
Project in Renfrewshire to begin to build minority ethnic infrastructure in Renfrewshire with community planning
Running the ‘Accessing health Services in the Forth Valley’ seminar by CSREC
Engaging minority ethnic communities in the Dalkeith and Woodburn locality Plan by ELREC
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Our FutureSAREC aims to continue its development to
include:The promotion of all equality issues to policy
shapers and decision makers in ScotlandSupporting its members to put in place
services and projects which benefit diverse communities across Scotland
Increase of equality/community organisations in Scotland using their experiences to influence policy development in Scotland by becoming members of SAREC
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Contact UsFor more information or to contact the SAREC
Boardplease contact:
Strategic Development Officer Scottish Alliance of Regional Equality Councils c/o Napiershall Street Centre39 Napiershall StreetGlasgow, G20 6EZTel: 0141 337 6626 Email:
[email protected] www.sarec.org.uk 11
