Please note that our our offices are currently closed due to COVID-related staff absences We are still able to receive enquiries via telephone to 01473 408111 or via email: Suffolk Law Centre: office@suffolklawcentre.org.uk ISCRE: office@iscre.org.uk Please bear with us […]
Our office is closed from Friday 24th December 2021 at midday (12pm) and will re-open on Tuesday 4th January 2022 at 9:00am. Please email us on office@suffolklawcentre.org.uk or office@iscre.org.uk, and will respond as soon as possible when we return to work on 4th January. For Emergency Housing advice and assistance during the holiday period, please […]
On November 4th and November 9th 2021 the Community Diversity and Inclusion lead (Keiran Manners) delivered a comprehensive half day training package to Custodial Managers and a prisoner group at HMP The Mount. Keiran Manners has worked for ISCRE for 11 years as a registered social worker, independent consultant and Community Centred Desistance Practitioner delivering […]
The next AGM will be held on Thursday 10th March 2022. We hope to be able to plan this as a face to face event, however we will confirm nearer the time. If you would like to register your interest for attending this event please contact Sophie Hawkins by emailing sophie@iscre.org.uk or calling 01473 934741. […]
On 20th October 2021, Albert Grant OBE received an honorary doctorate from the University of Suffolk. Albert is a prominent community leader who, since he moved to the UK in 1955 at the age of 21, has dedicated his life to tackling racism and fighting to secure equality and justice. Albert’s life story and achievements […]
The University of Aberdeen is among 13 universities, community organisations and small and medium size enterprises in a collective effort to improve vaccine uptake among minority groups. Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine varies widely across communities and researchers are hoping to identify the reasons behind these variations to ultimately increase vaccine uptake. A collaboration of […]
The county’s leading civil rights body and the Ipswich & East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group (IESCCG) have announced that it is hosting Suffolk’s first local webinar aimed at bringing together multi-ethnic lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and other (LGBTQI+) community members to discuss issues and help shape how the organisation can better support them. […]
ISCRE (Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality) and the Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG have delivered a webinar on domestic abuse within the BAME community. Why focus on the BAME community? Inequality for minority groups is widespread and extends to the criminal justice system, healthcare, housing and schooling. The Office for National Statistics (2019) […]
Phanuel Mutumburi, business and operations director at the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE), explains the role of ISCRE in a divided society. I’m writing this column in the days after a mob attacked and broke into the US Capitol in Washington DC. Whatever the immediate stimulus for such an event, it is […]
Phanuel Mutumburi, business and operations director at the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE), looks at how vital it is that in 2021 community and health leaders work together to make life better and more equal for the county’s BAME community. 2020 was a traumatic year for many and a challenging one for […]
