LondonADASS published a statement[1] in response to Black Lives Matter on the 09 July 2020. Within the statement, LondonADASS committed to ‘do everything possible to continue to expose and eradicate systemic racism’. UK Race Equality week (2021) offers us the opportunity to reflect on the LondonADASS Black Lives Matter statement seven months after it was launched to celebrate and challenge the impact of the LondonADASS statement. In order to achieve this aim, we will be running a series of luncheons to review key elements of the LondonADASS work programme through a race equalities lens #spacetotalkaboutrace. The schedule is as follows:
| Date and time | Focus (including supporting resources) | Speakers | Link to join the luncheon |
| 01/02/2021 12:00 – 12:45 | Leadership Resources Interview: ‘People have stereotypes about BAME leaders’, LGC (2020) https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/interview-people-have-stereotypes-about-bame-leaders-08-07-2020/ Social Care Sector COVID-19 Support Taskforce, BAME Communities Advisory Group, GOV.UK (2020) Are opportunities still limited for black and minority ethnic staff in health care leadership? Kings Fund (2016) https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2016/04/BME-staff-healthcare-leadership | Serena Simon, Programme Director, Church Street Regeneration, Regeneration & Economic Development, Growth Planning and Housing, Westminster City Council Tricia Pereira, Head of Operations Adults Social Care & Adult Safeguarding, Community and Housing Directorate, London borough of Merton | Click here to join the Monday luncheon |
| 02/04/2021 12:00 – 12:45 | Exploratory discussion looking at rough sleeping through a race equalities lens | Representative from Shelter Catherine Parsons, Director of Operations, Thames Reach, Employment Academy | Click here to join the Tuesday luncheon |
| 03/02/2021 12:00 – 12:45 | Covid-19 vaccine uptake Resources COVID-19 vaccine and health inequalities: considerations for prioritisation and implementation, GOV.UK (2021) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-30-december-2020/annex-a-covid-19-vaccine-and-health-inequalities-considerations-for-prioritisation-and-implementation Cultural competence in covid-19 vaccine rollout, BMJ (2020) https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4845/rrNew poll finds BAME groups less likely to want COVID vaccine, Royal Society for Public Health (2020) https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/new-poll-finds-bame-groups-less-likely-to-want-covid-vaccine.html | Beverley Tarka, Director of Adults and Health, Haringey Council Florence Obinna, Consultation & Engagement Manager, London Borough of Hackney | Click here to join the Wednesday luncheon |
| 04/02/2021 12:00 – 12:45 | Time to Talk Day 2021 https://www.rethink.org/get-involved/awareness-days-and-events/time-to-talk-day/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI04PK9a-s7gIVV-7tCh2hTQMREAAYASAAEgLHqfD_BwE | TBC | Click here to join the Thursday luncheon |
| 05/02/2021 12:00 – 12:45 | Safeguarding – embedding the voice of the person with lived experience Resources Real Safeguarding Stories https://realsafeguardingstories.com/ User involvement in adult safeguarding, SCIE (2011) https://www.scie.org.uk/publications/reports/report47/ Lived Experience Influence and Participation Policy, Mind (2017) https://www.mind.org.uk/media-a/4743/mind-lived-experience-influnce-and-participation-policy.pdf | Healthwatch (London) | Click here to join the Friday luncheon |
| 06/02/2021 12:00 – 12:45 | Dementia does not discriminate https://dementiapartnerships.com/resource/dementia-does-not-discriminate/ | Alzheimer Society representative Care home manager and residents | Click here to join the Saturday luncheon |
See you there
[1] Black Lives Matter: A Statement – LondonADASS https://londonadass.org.uk/black-lives-matter-a-statement-londonadass/