People who want to help address discrimination and disadvantage in Bath and North East Somerset are invited to apply to join a new Race Panel.

People who want to help address discrimination and disadvantage in Bath and North East Somerset are invited to apply to join a new Race Panel.

B&NES Council is setting up the panel to promote equality in the region, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and the disproportionately higher incidence of Covid-19 related deaths amongst Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.

To coincide with national Black History Month 2020, Council Leader, Councillor Dine Romero, is opening applications for people to join the panel. She said: “The overall aim of the Race Panel is to contribute to the core purpose of the Council – to improve people’s lives – by highlighting and addressing the discrimination and disadvantage experienced by BAME people who live, work or visit Bath and North East Somerset.”

The panel will meet every other month and will determine its own remit and scope, however, the overall aim will be to address systemic inequality, racism and discrimination which disadvantage the people of B&NES because of their culture, ethnicity or race. Applications close on

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