Chief Executive: Sukhvinder Kaur Stubbs

Chair: Dr Samir Shah

Trustees: Lady Brittan CBE Lincoln Crawford OBE Dr Kate Gavron Maggie Lee Professor Bhikhu Parekh Hitesh Patel OBE Heather Rabatts Sukhdev Sharma Dr Richard Stone Janet Whitaker

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Biennial report 1997/98 Runnymede

Who We Are

Founded in 1968, Runnymede is to promote the value of diversity priorities and overseeing the foremost UK-based in our communities to the UK operations. We work to a long independent think tank on race policy community, our key target established value base committed relations, ethnicity and cultural audience. But our ideas and to upholding equal opportunities, diversity. Since our inception the research are also of increasing striving to provide high quality core mandate has been to relevance to the private sector and cost-effective services and challenge racial discrimination, to and, of course, the voluntary continuing to listen to and learn influence anti-racist legislation and sector, both in the UK and the from those we seek to serve. to promote a successful multi- rest of Europe. ethnic Britain. Runnymede is independent and Our Staff and Trustees reflect the completely voluntary funded. We Runnymede fulfils its mandate multi-ethnic face of modern would like to extend our deep through high-visibility, leading- Britain. Our policies are decided gratitude to Funders, Patrons and edge policy development and by our Board of Trustees, and the Friends of the Trust, without timely research. We provide Chief Executive is responsible for whose support we could not information, research and advice developing the strategic work continue our work. Dedicated to the development of a successful and equal and culturally diverse society

What We Do

The highly respected and of public policy such as education, ■ Specific and targeted strategies influential voice of Runnymede has the criminal justice system, to raise the educational been at the forefront of the fight immigration and citizenship. achievement levels of ethnic against social injustice and racial minority pupils. discrimination for 30 years. While we maintain a broad ■ Institutional reform to increase general interest in all matters to ethnic minority access to We act as a bridge-builder do with ‘race’ and racial participation in decision- between various ethnic discrimination, we cannot making and opportunity for communities and policy makers. effectively work with them all at employment. We believe that the way ahead lies once and have, therefore, in building effective partnerships developed a strategic approach to ■ A legal and political framework and we are continually developing our work. In 1999 and beyond which recognises the position these with the voluntary sector, Runnymede will continue to work of culturally disadvantaged the government, local authorities in partnership with and press groups such as British Muslims. and companies. for action from the following ■ The development of a strong priority areas: and cohesive voluntary sector We stimulate debate and suggest voice to lobby for effective forward-looking strategies in areas anti-racist legislation at the European level. Contents

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Values and Visions: Statement from the Chairs Trevor Phillips OBE and Lady Brittan CBE 2

Strategic Focus: The Chief Executive’s Report Sukhvinder Kaur Stubbs 4

The Projects 1997-99 6

Networking across Europe 6

British Muslims and 8

Young People and Education 9

Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain 10

Publications and Information Provision 12

Financial Report 14

Funding and Support 16 networks strategies partnership vision

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Runnymede biennial report 1997/98 1 Values and Visions

Statement from the Chairs

Working with the The national outcry at the failings A Catalyst for Change Labour Government of the police in this case revealed within the EU The last two years have been a that the general public had its In terms of legislation, we have challenging time for Runnymede. confidence in the criminal justice seen European instruments The change of government in the system badly shaken. In contrast, become increasingly important. May 1997 general election opened the prevailing attitudes clearly 1997 was designated European up new opportunities to influence indicate that some of our major Year Against Racism and in June policy and engage in debate. institutions are lagging behind in 1997 the Inter Governmental Our efforts to highlight the their ability to reflect and Conference of the European Union disadvantages and discrimination respond to the changing nature incorporated, for the first time, an faced by British Muslims were of our society. anti-discrimination article into the rewarded when the new Treaty of Amsterdam. This article, government responded quickly to We have been fortunate that Dr by including race and religious some of the key recommendations Richard Stone, one of the Advisors discrimination, will have a in our report Islamophobia: A to the Stephen Lawrence inquiry profound effect in the years to Challenge for Us All. team, has joined us as a Trustee. come throughout the EU. In coming months, we will work During the same period of time, with others to ensure that the Runnymede was, we believe, a we have witnessed one of the recommendations emerging from significant actor in pressing for most groundbreaking events in the inquiry are fully implemented. change in the European Treaty. Britain’s history of race relations - We are aware that only about Acting as Secretary and Chair of the long inquiry into the murder 40% of the recommendations the UK Race and Europe Network of Stephen Lawrence. Those of us made by Lord Scarman in his (UKREN), an association of 19 fighting for racial equality feel we report following the Brixton national organisations dealing owe a great debt to Mr and Mrs disorders of 1981 were ever with the fight against racism and Lawrence for their determination implemented and want to ensure xenophobia, we were able as a and courage before and during that, this time, implementation is network to lobby with conviction the inquiry. effective and credible to the ethnic and authority. minority communities. The ability of the police and other public bodies to achieve this outcome after the Lawrence inquiry will be the acid test of whether a successful multi-ethnic society can be created in Britain.

2 networks / strategies / partnership / vision Throughout 1997 UKREN We also welcome the dynamism engaged in a UK - wide and challenging perspectives information campaign brought to the Trust by our new highlighting the importance of Trustees: Dr Samir Shah, Maggie policy developments at European Lee, Lincoln Crawford, Dr Kate level to black and ethnic minority Gavron, Heather Rabatts, Hitesh communities in the UK. This was Patel, Sukhdev Sharma, Janet followed by a nation-wide Whitaker and Dr Richard Stone. consultation process with debates in all the UK regions on the As the fight against racism creation of the European Network continues, the challenge for Against Racism (ENAR). This is a Runnymede is to maintain a new network, supported by the public focus on the urgency of European Parliament and the ‘race’ issues and to mobilise European Commission, which was government, industry and our successfully launched in October population, black and white, to 1998. We are proud that our Chief re-engage in efforts to promote a Executive, Sukhvinder Stubbs, has society that is just and fair to all. Trevor Phillips OBE been elected the first Chair of Runnymede will do all it can to ENAR. It is a great credit to us and promote the development of a to UKREN that the first Chair successful multi-ethnic society in comes from Britain. Britain and more widely in the European Union. A Dedicated Team The Runnymede Trust’s Board of Trevor Phillips OBE Trustees is grateful for all the hard Chair 1993-1998 work and dedication of the in- Lady Brittan CBE house staff. We should also like to Chair from June 1998 express thanks to our Funders, Patrons and Friends, and especially to some long-serving members of our own board of Trustees. After long years of service, Tassuduq Ahmed, Lisa Aziz, Lord Haskins, Dr Frances Jowell, Lord Lester, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, Nasreen Rehman, Pranlal Sheth, Phil Ward and Jim Rose retired from the Board. We are especially indebted to the late Jim Rose* whose vision and energy had been vital to the success of Runnymede. Our Vice-Chair Valerie Amos has entered the House of Lords and been made a Lady Brittan CBE government Whip. We thank them all for their invaluable contribution.

* Jim Rose died on 20 May 1999 just before his 90th birthday.

Runnymede biennial report 1997/98 3 Strategic Focus

The Chief Executive’s Report

An Influence for Valuable Resource Bridge-building and Change The core work of Runnymede Campaigns For Runnymede 1997 and 1998 continues to focus on the provision With increasing frequency we have brought significant of objective and independent are being asked to undertake challenges and rewards. We have information. Traditionally we have commissioned research and achieved our goals by working relied on our own extensive library consultancy work. In 1997 successfully in partnership with but increasingly we are using Professor Tim Brighouse, Director other organisations to develop information technology to link up for Education of Birmingham City approaches that address the need with other information sources and Council, asked Runnymede to for social change in public and services. We are already working review the structure and delivery commercial arenas. Increasingly with partners such as Comic Relief, of Secondary Education across the we are being consulted by the British Library and Warwick city. The review was undertaken government agencies, employers, University to explore the full through an independent policy makers, voluntary bodies, potential of new technology for Secondary Education Commission media commentators and the voluntary sector. Our key work of which I was Chair. The Report educationists for our expertise and in this area during 1998 and into was published in July 1998 and balanced judgement. 1999 focuses on mapping the the recommendations have made information needs of voluntary a significant impact across the city. To ensure that Runnymede sector organisations. Our aim is to We have also undertaken other remains a useful organisation at ensure that this substantial sector pieces of work for the Prince’s the cutting edge of race relations has access to and awareness of Trust and are conducting an thinking we adjust our strategy to accurate information on race ongoing evaluation for the match and stretch the pace of relations so as to be able to service National Lottery Charities Board. social change. The programme we ethnic minority communities have adopted works on a appropriately. Our project work has been no less complementary and strategic mix challenging, and each of the major of practical analysis, partnership areas of activity is described in initiatives and initiation of major more detail elsewhere in this inquiries. We are developing our Report. Issues addressed in our role as a signposting agency, projects range from the building of guiding and pointing other alliances and grassroots links institutions to best practice and through the European networks, important sources of information. and addressing the practical guidance that can be extrapolated from our work in the education sector, to the codification of processes of new thinking on the nature of racism through our Commissions. Increasingly, we aim to point up issues in working practices, collective action and cultural change. Institutional reform of and cultural change amongst the major employers will become a more noticeable feature of our work in 1999.

4 networks / strategies / partnership / vision Teamwork On a personal note I would like to Much has been delivered and end with the observation that the there is much of which to be challenge and the joy of leading proud. I am grateful to all the The Runnymede Trust towards Year volunteers and organisations who 2000 reside in ensuring that this have helped us along the way. In highly respected organisation particular, I wish to express my moves ahead with its twin thanks here to the impressive objectives – to ensure that its team working within Runnymede, capacity to make an impact, to whose expertise and touch people’s lives, is informed professionalism are fundamental and inspired by an intellectual core to our continuing success. whose strength is never compromised. We could not have achieved the Sukhvinder Kaur Stubbs quality or quantity of output Chief Executive without the support of our Trustees. In this respect I am honoured to have served under the Chairmanship of Trevor Phillips. His leadership has raised the profile of the Trust and improved our effectiveness. After five years, Trevor has stepped down as Chair and continues as a Trustee. His commitment, insight and professionalism remain essential to our operation. The mantle has been assumed by Diana Brittan. Over the last few years, Diana has played a vital role in bringing together and maintaining the diverse interests of the members of the UK Race and Europe Network. She has chaired UKREN and steered the network, ensuring that the full potential of all its members is developed.

Sukhvinder Kaur Stubbs

Runnymede biennial report 1997/98 5 Runnymede Projects 1997/98

Amongst the Trust’s key activities in this period have been projects to: coordinate the work and foster the growth and influence of the UK Race & Europe Network (UKREN); issue the consultation document and the final report of the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia; establish a Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain to consider the political and cultural implications of the growing diversity of British people; and maintain its long-standing commitment to and interest in the education of ethnic minority youth. The following sections give details of the projects themselves and the participants whose contributions have brought them to fruition.

NETWORKING ■ In 1998, UKREN held a national constituted as the European ACROSS EUROPE consultation, with six regional Network against Racism The UK Race and Europe Network roundtables culminating in a (ENAR) in October 1998 and (UKREN) forms a key component final national roundtable, with Runnymede’s Chief Executive of Runnymede’s work at European the active participation of currently holds the chair. level. We were one of a small core almost 400 organisations of organisations that established ■ UKREN has an important role UKREN in late 1996. By unanimous ■ During 1997 and 1998 to play in shaping European decision we have held the Chair Runnymede, along with other legislation and leading on the and Secretariat since then. Our UKREN organisations, played a development and co-ordination success in pulling together and leading role in the of a pan-European voice of sustaining the interests of such establishment of a pan- influential NGOs. Runnymede disparate groups has been due European network of NGOs will continue to play a leading largely to the ability of Diana concerned with combating role in UKREN through 1999 Brittan as Chair of UKREN to build racism, anti-semitism and and into 2000. consensus and create a sense of xenophobia. This network was common purpose.

The impact of Runnymede’s European work with UKREN over its initial two years has been significant:

■ UKREN has grown from a Core Working Group of six organisations in 1996/7 to 20 organisations in 1999, with an associated network of 400 groups across the UK

■ In 1997, three major seminar events were held, attended by close to 200 participants and complemented by three key- Attentive members of the audience at the Citizenship and Identity Conference include issue briefing papers (L-R): Bob Purkiss (TGWU), Dr Kate Gavron (Runnymede Trustee), Ranjit Sondhi CBE (BBC Governor) and Dr Samir Shah (Runnymede Trustee). Photo: Derron Curtis

6 networks / strategies / partnership / vision March 1998 saw the publication of a new report, entitled Young UK Race and Europe People in the UK: Attitudes and Network (UKREN) Opinions on Europe, Europeans and Core Working Group the European Union, and based on Butetown & Grangetown new primary research conducted CABX in partnership with the Commission for Racial Equality. Churches Commission for Racial Justice

Commission for Racial Equality

Commission for Racial Equality (Northern Ireland)

Mary Robinson gives her keynote address European Union Migrants at the Citizenship and Identity Conference. Forum Photo: Derron Curtis Immigration Law Practitioners Association Runnymede also Joint Council for the Welfare has its own of Immigrants European programme Joseph Rowntree Charitable independent of Trust UKREN. Justice Throughout Manchester Council for 1997, the Community Relations European Year Against Racism Migration Policy Group (EYAR), our National Assembly Against Chief Executive Racism served on both Platform speakers at the Citizenship and Identity Conference Northern Ireland Council for the Home Office included (L-R) Sukhvinder Stubbs, Lady Diana Brittan, Trevor Phillips, Geoff Hoon (Minister of State for Foreign and Ethnic Minorities Co-ordinating Commwealth Affairs) and Glyn Ford (MEP). Photo: Derron Curtis Committee for Northern Race Relations EYAR and the Advisers Group European Commission’s NGO Refugee Council Steering Group. SCORE

In 1998 Runnymede held a major Sia international conference, Through 1999, our objective is to Trades Union Congress Citizenship and Identity: What further develop our independent The 1990 Trust Does It Mean to be British in European Programme. Initiating an Europe Today? The conference all-party parliamentary group of The Runnymede Trust was attended by over 300 policy MPs and MEPs to focus on The Rural Race Equality makers, opinion formers and legislative and policy developments Project. other influential individuals and at European level is a cornerstone organisations, with Mary of our strategy, and will be Robinson, UN High Commissioner supported by other highly focused for Human Rights, giving the activities. Keynote Address.

Runnymede biennial report 1997/98 7 BRITISH MUSLIMS AND ISLAMOPHOBIA Highlights of the Work of the Commission In 1992 Runnymede had set up a commission to consider ■ The February 1997 Muslims to public positions in contemporary Consultation Paper, Britain. Its report entitled A Very Islamophobia, its features ■ There has been improved Light Sleeper, published in 1994, and dangers, was requested understanding of closed carried as one of its by 10,000 organisations and open views of Islam recommendations the proposal and the specific concerns of that Runnymede should set up a ■ 10,000 copies of final British Muslims are broadly similar commission to report, Islamophobia : recognised more often and consider Islamophobia. Early in A Challenge For Us All, accurately 1997 The Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia, under were distributed in ■ the chairmanship of Professor November 1997 60 recommendations were , issued a put forward to improve consultation document. The final ■ The Consultation Paper, the conditions including: report, Islamophobia: A Challenge public hearings and the establishment of Media for Us All, was launched in final report all received watchdog to monitor November of the same year by the strong coverage in the portrayal of Muslims; parity Home Secretary, . media in funding of schools; inclusion of religious This was the first time that the ■ The Government has taken discrimination and subject of Islamophobia had been steps to encourage the victimisation in Crime and comprehensively tackled in relation appointment of more Disorder Bill. to a British Muslim population estimated at between 1.2 and 1.4 million. Sixty recommendations were put forward in the report targeted at government departments, bodies and “Islamophobia damages agencies, local and regional statutory bodies, and international relations, voluntary and private bodies. It attracted, and continues diplomacy and trade… the to attract, wide interest and media coverage in both the report notes that many UK and abroad. Muslims believe that Through the work of the Commission on British Muslims Islamophobia has played a and Islamophobia we achieved a tangible response from part in Western attitudes to policy makers and the general public. For example, the events in Bosnia” Government approved the first state funding for (Al Hayat 28.2.97) specifically Muslim schools in late 1997, and there has been some The commission is charting There remains a great deal improvement in media portrayals of of prejudice, ignorance, Islam. The next UK National Census new territory. Anti-Semitism intolerance and (2001) will now contain a question was directed at the Jews as a misunderstanding… I believe on religion. people, and despite its religious impetus had we must work hard to eradicate this We continue to press for an relatively little to say about misunderstanding, at least to amendment to the Crime and Judaism per se. overcome this Disorder Bill to include religious Islamophobia, it seems, is discrimination and victimisation and misunderstanding. directed first and foremost to build awareness of the level of Otherwise, out of ignorance at Islam rather than disadvantage in civil, political, social so easily comes resentment Muslims, although the and economic life of this major and, indeed, fear. ethnic group. A follow-up to the distinction is admittedly a (Prince Charles, quoted in Commission and the Report is fine one. (Guardian 27.9.97) Daily Telegraph 1/3/97) planned for 1999.

8 networks / strategies / partnership / vision YOUNG PEOPLE AND Our two year action research MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION project, Countering Disaffection COMMISSION ON Education continues to be a and Alienation in Ethnic Minority BRITISH MUSLIMS priority concern for Runnymede. Youth, aimed to identify strategies AND ISLAMOPHOBIA We welcomed the decision of for raising the achievement of Education Minister Estelle Morris to African Caribbean male pupils. Chair: Prof. Gordon Conway - chair the Advisory Group on Raising Funded by the National Lottery Vice Chancellor of the University Achievement Levels of Ethnic Charities Board, this project of Sussex Minority Pupils. Runnymede’s Chief enabled us to work directly in Maqsood Ahmad: Director of Executive was appointed as Vice schools and with community Kirklees Racial Equality Council Chair and this position has groups and to establish a wide and Prof. Akbar Ahmed: Fellow of continued under the new Minister active network of practitioners. It Selwyn College, Cambridge. Charles Clarke. The Advisory Group has produced useful material to Dr Zaki Badawi: Principal of the has provided a useful networking help teachers identify and Muslim College, London. and debating forum in relation to appreciate cultural factors which The Rt. Revd. Richard Chartres: the White Paper on Excellence influence learning potential, and Bishop of London in Schools and the policy recognise the responsibility of Ian Hargreaves: Editor of the developments which have emerged adults to guide young African New Statesman from it. During 1999 we will Caribbean men successfully Dr Philip Lewis: Advisor on continue to promote the use of through their education. inter-faith issues to the Bishop of targeted measures that recognise Bradford diversity and address the specific A major feature of our project on Zahida Manzoor: Chair of needs of those ethnic minority Countering Disaffection and Bradford Health Authority groups who are underachieving. Alienation was a conference in June 1997 to compare and learn Rabbi Julia Neuberger: Trustee of the Runnymede Trust Social exclusion from the experiences of black Among our key activities are pupils and professionals in America Trevor Phillips: Chair of the and Britain. The issue of whether Runnymede Trust projects to examine the education of ethnic minority youth. there should be separate schools Dr. Sebastian Poulter: Reader in Runnymede was one of the first for African Caribbean children was law at the University of hotly debated. A high profile was Southampton organisations to actively highlight the disproportionate exclusion of given to community groups and Usha Prasher: Civil Service their efforts to support families in Commissioner black children from schools in Black and Ethnic Minority Young reducing school exclusions. Hamid Qureshi: Director of the People and Educational Lancashire Council of Mosques Disadvantage (1997). We have Nasreen Rehman: Trustee of the followed this up with emphasis on Runnymede Trust practical guidance on ways to Saba Risaluddin: Director of the counter disaffection and alienation Calamus Foundation at an early stage. Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid: Director of the Sussex Muslim Society Dr Richard Stone: Chair of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality. The Rev. John Webber: Advisor on inter-faith issues to the Bishop of Stepney

Runnymede biennial report 1997/98 9 The final report of the Countering COMMISSION approximately 10,000 organisations Disaffection and Alienation ON THE FUTURE and individuals. To date the project, entitled Improving Practice: OF MULTI-ETHNIC Commission has received in the A Whole School Approach to Raising BRITAIN region of 3,000 responses from the Achievement of African individuals and organisations. A Caribbean Youth, was launched in Throughout 1997 we set to work digest of the evidence for each of December 1998 by the Minister establishing our Commission on the five key policy areas is being Charles Clarke with endorsements the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain, produced in early 1999. from OFSTED, the Qualifications which was launched in January and Curriculum Authority and the 1998 with the endorsement of Commission visits Teacher Training Agency. the Prime Minister. This important Commissioners have visited a Commission has a wide remit and number of places around Britain, We start 1999 with a new project is one of our flagship projects. visiting local communities and to promote practical strategies in The project will review the public projects which have been the classroom and the community. philosophy regarding ethnic developed to tackle some of the minority communities and make problems ethnic minority policy recommendations targeted communities face. Visits have taken at government, local government place so far in London (Tower and other levels of leadership in Hamlets and Haringey), Bradford, advance of the next general Liverpool, County Durham, and election. Stirling.

Anticipating profound changes in Taskforces our society and looking towards Five taskforces have been set up the 21st Century, the Commission based on the five key policy areas on the Future of Multi-Ethnic identified in the Consultation Britain will consider the political Document. The membership of and cultural implications of the these consists of Commissioners changing diversity of British and other experts (a mix of people. The Commission, practitioners and academics) in the modelled on other successful field. Three of these taskforces Cover of ‘Improving Practice’ Runnymede Trust commissions, is have been particularly successful, undertaking the first holistic having held a number of seminars review of race relations policy for which papers were written and since the publication of Jim Rose’s discussed by a wide range of seminal work Colour and experts. Further seminars are Citizenship in 1969. planned for 1999.

During 1998 a number of initiatives Commission meetings and papers have been set in place and a large The Commission met eleven times body of useful work has been done. in 1998. Commission meetings were concerned with Commission The Consultation Exercise business and also with a number A consultation document was of cross-cutting issues such as produced which set out five key religion, young people, and the policy areas for the Commission: history of race relations in Britain. Criminal Justice; Employment; A number of papers on these Education, Language and Culture; issues have been presented and the Family; Citizenship, Identity and discussed at these meetings: for Culture. This was sent out to example, in September 1998

10 networks / strategies / partnership / vision three of the taskforces (Criminal Justice; the Family; and Education, MEMBERS OF THE Language and Culture) will also COMMISSION ON continue. Each taskforce will hold a THE FUTURE OF number of seminars where the MULTI ETHNIC papers that have been written will BRITAIN be discussed, and the results of the Chair: Prof. Bhikhu Parekh – discussions will be fed through to Trustee of the Runnymede Trust and Professor of Political Theory, the Commission. The issues University of Hull identified by the other two Yasmin Alibhai Brown: Journalist taskforces (Employment and and Research Fellow, Institute of Citizenship, Identity and Culture) Public Policy Research will be covered by experts who Prof. Mohammed Anwar: Professor of Sociology, University of have been commissioned to write Warwick ‘I believe passionately that we can research papers. Colin Bailey: Chief Constable, build a nation which respects diversity Nottinghamshire Police Force and provides social cohesion. The community visits have been Amina Begum: Social Worker The work of the Commission is at very useful, and between March and Prof. Michael Chan: Consultant, the heart of this task’ September 1999 the Commission Professor in Ethnic Health, (Tony Blair, Prime Minister) University of Liverpool will return to places already visited, Lord Dholakia: Liberal Democrat and will also visit Wales. The focus Peer Professor John Gray and Professor of these visits will be on meeting David Falkner: Fellow, Tariq Modood presented and young people and hearing their Dr. Kate Gavron: Trustee of the discussed papers on models of views. To further strengthen the Runnymede Trust Prof. Stuart Hall: Recently retired multi-culturalism. Commission’s engagement with Professor in Ethnic Health, different communities, there are University of Liverpool Professor Parekh took over the plans to conduct a series of focus Prof. Bob Hepple QC: Master of Chairmanship of the Commission group discussions carried out in Clare College / Professor of Law, in October 1998, and invited a different locations around the Cambridge number of new people to join the country, focusing on the views of Judith Hunt: Chief Executive, Local Government Management Board Commission. The Commission young people. Tony Lerman: Director, Institute of now consists of twenty-two Jewish Policy Research members, seven of whom are It is anticipated that the first draft of Andrew Marr: Journalist and original members, providing a the final report will be prepared by columnist at The Express valuable degree of continuity. A September 1999, and a final version Peter Newsam: Consultant in education and ex-Director of the new Advisory Group consists of a by December 1999. The aim is for London Institute of Education number of former Commission the report to be published by a Sir Herman Ouseley: Executive members as well as other experts commercial publisher and launched Chairman Commission for Racial in the field. in Summer 2000. Equality Ann Owers: Director, Justice During 1999 the work of the Trevor Phillips: Trustee of the Commission will continue. A Runnymede Trust Sarah Spencer: Director of Human number of experts have been Rights Programme, Institute of commissioned to write research Public Policy Research papers on topics such as Seamus Taylor: Chair, Action Immigration and Asylum; the Group for Irish Youth Social and Demographic Prof. Sally Tomllinson: Emeritus Professor of Educational Policy and Characteristics of Britain; the Management Establishment of a Human Rights Lady Woodford-Hollick: Chair Commission; Education; and of Index Ethnicity and Health. The work of

Runnymede biennial report 1997/98 11 Publications and Information Provision

Runnymede documents key events and activities by publishing individual Reports, Briefing Papers and regular issues of the Bulletin. The quality of Runnymede publications is guaranteed by the stature of its working groups and underwritten by the quality of its in-house research programme.

Publications produced or educational agencies, including Growing Old Far from maintained in print during the schools, homework centres and Home period covered by this report community organisations, to raise Published jointly with the Council are described below, along with the achievement of African for Education and Training for reminders of some of our Caribbean pupils’. Social Workers (CETSW) in March backlist titles. Published December 1998. 1997, this report grew out of a European research project on the Reports Published Young People in the UK elderly in ethnic minority 1997/1998 In partnership with The communities. Improving Practice: a Commission for Racial Equality, Published March 1997. whole school approach this piece of primary research to raising the focuses on youth to give a Black and Ethnic achievement of African snapshot of youth attitudes Minority Young People Caribbean youth towards Europe and provide and Educational Researched and published in analysis that takes ethnicity and Disadvantage association with Nottingham Trent race as the main variable. Published with support from the University and funded by the Published March 1998. Barrow Cadbury Trust, it provides National Lottery Charities Board, a comprehensive map of the this action-based research project Islamophobia: a achievement levels of and was set up ‘to explore in greater challenge for us all obstacles facing ethnic minority detail the nature of pupil In October 1997 this report youth. Building on specialist experiences and the factors that published the findings of the knowledge of particular initiatives, contribute to their educational Commission on British Muslims critical examination of newly disadvantage’. Building on the and Islamophobia. Building on a published research and the impetus gained from the consultation document published findings of the last major review in publication in 1996 of This is in February 1997, it takes on this field, the report focuses on Where I Live, where it was board comments and suggestions educational achievement with demonstrated that the impact of from a wide range of people and particular reference to issues of exclusionary cycles on the life institutions. Its recommendations policy, practice and expectations of young Black men for practical action by administration. There are often stemmed from negative government, teachers, lawyers, recommendations for further educational experiences, this journalists and religious and action in reducing educational report set out to identify ‘good community leaders are articulated disadvantage, and a bibliography practice in projects which support from the deliberations of a multi- and contacts list. young people in general, and ethnic and multi-religious Published March 1997. specifically those from ethnic committee, acting as ‘a minority communities’. The aim of microcosm of a multi-cultural this report is to ‘highlight, explore community trying to come to and interrogate the practical grips with common problems’. strategies adopted by relevant Published October 1997.

12 networks / strategies / partnership / vision Pamphlets and Briefing Backlist Publications Multi-Ethnic Britain: Papers This Is Where I Live facts and trends ‘Race’ Policy in Published in 1996, this report of A resource booklet compiled for Education stories and pressures in Brixton the conference on ‘The Future of Published as part of a planned examines young people’s views of Multi-Ethnic Britain: challenges, series of regular briefing papers to themselves in relation to their changes and opportunities’, deal with topical issues, and home community, the positive organised by The Runnymede Trust published in July 1998, this paper and negative values they confront, in partnership with the CRE, the EC was written by Sandra Sanglin- their experiences of stereotyping and the All-Party Parliamentary and their hopes and expectations Grant of Schneider-Ross Group on Race and Community, of the future. Consultants and focused on the and held at the University of Education White Paper ‘Excellence Reading, September 1994. A Very Light Sleeper: in Schools’ at the time of its the persistence and passage through Parliament. Challenge, Change and dangers of antisemitism Opportunity Documenting the historical Reporting on the 1994 Multi- Citizenship persistence of antisemitism in Ethnic Britain conference and A Runnymede Briefing Paper, British society and culture, this published in January 1995, this prepared for the Conference report, published in 1994, sets its booklet heralded the Commission ‘Citizenship and Identity’ held in review of events and trends in on Multi-Ethnic Britain whose March 1998, which explores the Britain within the wider context of current work is discussed in the concept of European Citizenship European history. and the social meaning this has Projects section of this Report. for Black and minority ethnic Equality Assurance in communities. Schools: quality, Periodical Publication identity, society The Runnymede Bulletin UKREN Briefing Papers First published in 1993 and The newsletter of the Trust, with a Prepared and published updated in 1995, this handbook publication pattern of 10 issues a collaboratively with the members continues to be a bestseller with year, its remit has been to analyse of the UK Race and Europe teachers and has now reached issues around race in a Network, ‘Europe: Your Questions more than 20,000 practitioners. comprehensive way, combined Answered’, ‘Employment, with up-to-date observations. It The Politics of the Race Education and Free Movement’ carries features by well-known Relations Act 1976 and ‘Nationality, Citizenship and commentators, reports and A Runnymede Occasional Paper, Immigration’ are designed to form statistics on ethnic minority issues authored by The Lord Lester of part of UKREN’s information from within and outside Britain, Herne Hill, QC, and published in initiative to make communities reviews, and brief comments January 1997, this pamphlet aware of the ways in which provides valuable insights into the around the news. Britain’s membership of the context within which the Act was European Union affects them. developed. In 1999 the Runnymede Bulletin is adopting a quarterly publication Improving Equality Law: pattern. In keeping with the Runnymede Publications can the options be purchased from change in periodicity, more A joint publication with Justice, Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, emphasis will be placed on analysis the British legal watchdog, in London E9 5LN. and reflection; but the Runnymede March 1997, it highlights the tel: 0181 986 485554; email: approach of bringing independent discrepancies in current equality [email protected] thought to the formulation of legislation. For subscriptions to the objective, well-informed opinion Bulletin, contact Runnymede’s will be maintained. offices at 133 Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4JA.

Runnymede biennial report 1997/98 13 Financial Report

Audits Statement of Financial The Runnymede Trust’s annual audits are conducted in Activities for the year ended accordance with Auditing 31 December 1998 Standards issued by the Auditing Total Total Practices Board. These audits Unrestricted Restricted Designated Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds 1998 1997 include examination, on a test £££££ basis, of evidence relevant to the Income & Expenditure Incoming Resources amounts and disclosures in the Donations and Grants 191,011 0 0 191,011 132,309 Publications and Subscriptions 24,556 0 0 24,556 10,602 Financial Statements. They also Bank Interest 151 0 0 151 2,280 Fees: Lecturing and Consultancy 28,182 0 0 28,182 528 include an assessment of the Other Receipts 00002,124 significant estimates and Education 0 34,045 0 34,045 78,280 British Muslims - Islamophobia 000026,500 judgements made by the trustees MEB 0 0 187,803 187,803 99,089 European Programme 0 0 61,579 61,579 30,216 in the preparation of the Financial Total Incoming Resouces 243,900 34,045 249,382 527,327 381,928 Statements, and of whether the Resources Expended accounting policies are Direct Charitable Expenditure 86,695 78,523 291,576 456,794 336,096 Management and Administration appropriate to the Trust’s of the Charity 97,608 0 0 97,608 92,395 Fundraising and Publicity 19,384 0 0 19,384 0 circumstances, consistently Total Resources Expended 203,687 78,523 291,576 573,786 428,491 applied and adequately disclosed. Net Incoming/(outgoing) Resources Before Transfers 40,213 -44,478 -42,194 -46,459 -46,563 The audits have been planned Transfer Between Funds 00000 and performed so as to offer Net Incoming/(outgoing) Resources For The Year 40,213 -44,478 -42,194 -46,459 -46,563 Runnymede’s auditors all the Other Recognised information and explanations Gains and Losses 00000 necessary to provide them with Net Movement in Funds 40,213 -44,478 -42,194 -46,459 -46,563 Balance Brought Forward sufficient evidence to give at 1 January 1998 8,947 45,769 17,044 71,760 118,323 reasonable assurance that the Balance Carried Forward Financial Statements are free at 31 December 1998 49,160 1,291 -25,150 25,301 71,760 from material misstatement. In forming their opinion, the Balance Sheet auditors have also evaluated the overall adequacy of presentation as at 31 December 1998

of the information in the ££ Financial Statements. Fixed Assets Tangible Fixed Assets 9,854 9,401 Current Assets Stocks 2,974 3,400 Debtors 10,034 19,000 Cash at Bank: Current Account 43,071 33,275 Deposit ACcount 4,242 23,792 Petty Cash 100 0 60,421 79,467 Liabilities Amounts falling due within one year -44,974 -17,108 Net Current Assets 15,447 62,359 Net Assets 25,301 71,760 Funds Unrestricted 49,160 8,947 Restricted -1,291 45,769 Designated -25,150 17,044 22,719 71,760 * 1998 figures are interim only.

14 networks / strategies / partnership / vision Trends in Financial Activity at year end 31 December 1998

Financial Statement 1996 1997 1998 £££ Total Income 278,452 381,928 527,327 Total Resources Expended: -Direct Charitable 128,728 336,096 456,794 - Management & Administration 108,707 92,395 97,608 - Fundraising and Publicity 0 0 19,384 Balance Brought Forward 77,306 118,323 71,760 Balance Carried Forward 118,323 71,760 25,301

Detailed Income 1996 1997 1998 £££ Donations & Grants 255,460 132,309 181,011 Friends & Individual Donors 0 0 10,000 Projects 0 234,085 283,427 Publications & Subscriptions 17,421 10,602 24,556 Consultancy & Commissioned Research 4,382 528 28,182 Miscellaneous 1,189 4,404 151 Total 278,452 381,928 527,327

Detailed Expenditure 1996 1997 1998 Direct Charitable £ £ £ Bulletin 16,205 19,446 16,861 Commissioned Research 6,378 5,415 0 British Muslims & Islamophobia Project 4,668 50,007 0 European Programme 422 27,050 76,852 Education Programme 0 94,703 78,523 Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain 0 76,808 206,047 Fundraising & PR 4,794 19,384 Library & Information 856 10,916 27,349 Equipment Costs 1,698 0 0 Other Project Staff Salaries & Recruitment* 98,501 46,957 31,778 Total 128,728 336,096 456,794

Detailed Expenditure 1996 1997 1998 Management& £ £ £ Administration Staffing Costs 62,595 37,078 46,312 Consultancy 1,367 4,432 0 Occupancy Overheads 18,382 7,722 2,597 Printing & Stationery 9,727 7,868 2,363 Postage 5,233 2,342 1,567 Phone & Fax 4,259 5,658 2,059 IT Computers 172 2,658 840 Travel & Meetings 835 554 0 Accountancy & Audit 1,905 4,900 6,626 Legal & Professional 0 14,789 31,726 Depreciation 1,572 2,350 2,154 Sundry Expenses 2,660 2,044 1,364 Total 108,707 92,395 97,608

* 1998 figures are interim only.

Runnymede biennial report 1997/98 15 FundingandSupport

The Runnymede Trust is an independent charitable OUR MAIN SUPPORTERS IN 1997/1998 organisation that receives no government funding. For our Alan & Babette Sainsbury Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust operation and projects we rely on Charitable Trust Kellogg Company of Great grants and donations, as well as Allen Lane Foundation Britain Ltd on our own earned income. Avenue Charitable Trust Lloyds TSB Foundation Bank of England Lord Ashdown Charitable Multi-national companies, Settlement businesses, individual donors, Baring Foundation Lyndhurst Settlement international organisations and Barrow Cadbury Charitable Trust leading charitable trusts support Birmingham City Council Marks & Spencer Runnymede financially. Their Booker plc Mars UK Ltd donations are a tangible sign of British Airways Mohammed Al Fayed commitment to cultural diversity British Telecom Nancy Balfour Charitable Trust and social justice in Britain, both National Lottery Charities Board at a national and international Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation level and amongst their own local Charterhouse plc NatWest Charitable Trust communities and organisational Churches’ Commission for Racial Noon Products plc networks. The assistance can be Justice Northern Foods in the form of core funding, or City Parochial Foundation Nuffield Foundation donors can choose to sponsor Council of Churches PHL Holt Charitable Trust specific projects and the publications derived from them. Council of Legal Education Paul Hamlyn Foundation Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust Prince’s Trust Supporters are kept up to date with Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust R&F Waley-Cohen Charitable our activities. They can also be European Commission Trust provided with complimentary copies European Parliament Robert Gavron Charitable Trust of our reports and briefing papers, Sir Sigmund Sternberg and the Runnymede Bulletin. George Cadbury Charitable Trust Charitable Trust Harold H. Wingate Foundation Staples Trust We are particularly grateful to the Henry Schroders & Co Ltd generosity of our Trustees and the The Methodist Church Hilden Charitable Fund Founder Friends of The Runnymede The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust for their valuable support of Hollick Family Charitable Trust Trusts our work. ICI Group Townsley & Co. Ikon Solutions plc Wyseliot Charitable Trust John Lewis Partnership plc Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

16 networks / strategies / partnership / vision RUNNYMEDE RUNNYMEDE TRUSTEES PATRONS Tassaduq Ahmed* Heather Rabatts The Lord Alexander of Baroness Valerie Amos Nasreen Rehman** Weedon QC Lisa Aziz* Jim Rose CBE*** Prof. Akbar Ahmed Lady Brittan, CBE Dr Samir Shah (Chair 1999- ) (Chair 1998-9) Sukhdev Sharma The Hon David Astor Lincoln Crawford OBE Pranlal Sheth CBE** Dr Zaki Badawi Juliana Edwards Dr Richard Stone The Baroness Blackstone Dr Kate Gavron Philip Ward** Lord Haskins** Janet Whitaker The Rt Hon Lord Browne- Dr Frances Jowell** Chief Executive: Wilkinson Maggie Lee Sukhvinder Kaur Stubbs Sir Adrian Cadbury The Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC* * Retired from Board of The Baroness Cumberlege Rabbi Julia Neuberger* Trustees in 1997 Prof. Nicholas Deakin Professor Bhikhu Parekh ** Retired from Board of Hitesh Patel Trustees in 1998 Prof. Stuart Hall Trevor Phillips (Chair 1993- 8) *** Deceased 20 May 1999 The Rt Revd Richard Harries

Sir Raymond Hoffenberg

Barbara Hosking OBE THE RUNNYMEDE STAFF TEAM The Lord Hutchinson of Lullington QC Chief Executive: Sukhvinder Kaur Stubbs The Rt Hon the Lord Jenkins of Hillhead Tili Andoh Projects Officer The Lord Lester of Herne Hill Linda Appiah Research/Policy Analyst (Education) Lady Medawar Filiz Caran Receptionist/Administrator Helen Francis Executive Assistant (MEB Commission) Dipak Nandy Zubaida Haque Research/Policy Analyst (MEB Commission) Rabbi Julia Neuberger Randeep Kaur Kular Research/Policy Analyst Michelynn Laflèche Research/Policy Analyst and Deputy Stephen O’Brien CBE CEO (Research & Policy) Sir Peter Parker Carol Mays Accounts Consultant Jessica Penn Research & Administration Director (MEB Usha Prashar Commission) Prof. Pyarali Rattansi Romina Siaterly Development Manager and Deputy CEO Dr Jonathan Sacks (Administration and Systems) Ros Spry Publications Editor Patricia Scotland QC

Janet Suzman Volunteers and Temporary Staff: Dee Bunbury Leonard Woodley QC William Knight