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ASA Research Launch Event: Supporting smaller organisations providing advice to London’s diverse communities

Rachel Russell
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ASA RESEARCH LAUNCH EVENT
11th MAY 9:30am-11:00am
via Zoom
Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/supporting-advice-organisations-working-with-diverse-communities-tickets-151490601467

Speakers TBC

Through funding from Trust for London and support from the London Legal Support Trust and members of the former Black and Minority Ethnic Advice Network, the ASA has produced a research report investigating the support needs of smaller organisations working with London’s ethnically diverse communities.

Ethnic minority communities in London have been disproportionately hit by austerity, funding cuts and the Covid-19 pandemic causing their problems to become more complex. The need for advice services that meet the needs of diverse communities is more important than ever, yet these smaller organisations face significant challenges and are less likely to be networked and represented at decision making level in the advice sector. Without representation, the experience of communities are not heard at the strategic level, to the detriment of the quality of decision making and the potential perpetuation of exclusion.

The research serves as an opportunity to amplify the voices of smaller, diverse organisations who provide critical support to Londoners. The report investigates the issues facing smaller organisations such as funding, networking, quality assurance and workforce sustainability and provides recommendations on how to tackle these issues including those actions required by funders, networks and statutory bodies. 

The launch event aims to inform of the research findings, tell the story of advice services on the frontline experiencing these issues and enable a discussion of the wider picture of racial inequality in the advice sector.