Corra Foundation’s response to CRER’s consultation into Black Lives Matter statements
By Shasta Ali
Corra Foundation’s response to The Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER) enquiry looking at actions taken by organisations in Scotland that made statements in support of Black Lives Matter in 2020.
You can read and download the full response to the CRER enquiry here.
Corra is committed to transparency and will be providing updates over on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page.
Corra’s Actions on Anti-Racism
- Establishing an internal Anti-racism Working Group (ARWG) in September 2020, with membership made up of staff and Trustees. Meetings are held quarterly, with sub group meetings in between on immediate priorities.
- Created and implementing detailed anti-racism action plan developed by ARWG and progressing on areas covering people, funding, place, leadership and influencing, and governance with short term, mid term and long term priorities. (2020-ongoing)
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) statement developed which includes
commitments around how Corra acts as an employer, a charity and independent
foundation and organisation that seeks to influence change more widely in
Scotland. You can read Corra’s DEI statement here. with further commitments
on dedicated DEI page on Corra’s website and updated with actions. (Oct 2021)