Who We Are

The Chairman's Challenge

"The challenge for all of us in South East Staffordshire is to ensure that we not only maintain good race relations, but build on the work done so far, as we welcome the new communities settling into our area. We live in a world where the events across the globe affect all of us. We have to be prepared to defend the values of fairness, justice, tolerance and freedom. We all have individual and collective responsibilities to work for better community relations. East Staffordshire Racial Equality Council will continue to challenge racism and hatred at every opportunity."

Howard Brierly, Chairman, ESREC

Our Mission Statement

"We work for a just and fair society, where equality and diversity are valued. We use partnership, persuasion and legislation to give everyone an equal chance to live free from harassment, discrimination, prejudice and racism."

Introduction

East Staffordshire Racial Equality Council (ESREC) is a voluntary organisation working towards the elimination of racial discrimination through the promotion of equal opportunities and good relations, between people of different racial groups.

ESREC is working in partnership with The Commission for Racial Equality, East Staffordshire Borough Council, Staffordshire Police, Staffordshire Probation Service, Crown Prosecution Service, Tamworth Borough Council, Lichfield District Council, Queen's Hospital NHS Trust and Burton College. ESREC is a registered charity providing a service to all people in East Staffordshire, Tamworth, Lichfield and the South Derbyshire travel to work area, working in partnership to eliminate inequalities and bring communities together. We also support victims of hate crimes/ incidents.

ESREC Vision

Our vision is for a United Kingdom where there are good relations between and among communities and where a person's life chances are not determined by their background.

ESREC Values

RESPECT	Respecting individuals and the collective identities to which they have a sense of belonging.
EQUALITY	Being committed to appropriate equal treatment for all staff and clients.
DIVERSITY	Recognising and valuing the difference and providing appropriate services.
RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITY	Recognising that staff and clients have rights and responsibilities. All staff have a responsibility to promote equality of opportunity at all times.
LEADERSHIP	All staff take a leading role in working for racial equality and good race relations.

ESREC Objectives

To work towards the elimination of racial discrimination; to promote equality of opportunity and good race relations between persons of different racial groups.

ESREC Functions

POLICY DEVELOPMENT	Encouraging the implementation/ monitoring of policies and procedure for good community relations.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT	Providing support, advice, information and guidance to Black and Minority Ethnic and other disadvantaged groups in East Staffordshire
PUBLIC EDUCATION CASE WORK	Campaigning on specific local, regional and national issues. Giving support, advice and information to victims of racial discrimination and hate crime.