Cheshire Halton & Warrington Racial Equality Council

Launch of Reaching Out
Last year we secured funding through a government initiative called "Change Up" to find out the needs of the BME Voluntary & Community sector in Cheshire. The Launch event was held on the 26th June and was well attended, you can download the report, "reaching out" here.

Annual General Meeting
CHAWREC's AGM went very well, with over 50 people attending from a range of voluntary, community and statutory agencies coming to hear Dr Vinodh Jaichand from the Irish Centre of Human Rights, author of "Breaking Down Barriers", talk about race equality and human rights. His talk was extremely interesting and thought provoking and is available to download here. For anyone interested in reading his book "Breaking Down Barriers" you can download a copy from Amnesty International.

Our annual report can also be downloaded here.

Gypsies and Traveller Research
A new research report was launched in August 2006 called "Here to Stay" It's the first report of its kind in Cheshire-and will help us understand the needs and aspirations of Gypsies and Travellers in the area better. The research was innovative in that it was conducted by Gypsies and Travellers themselves. More...

Empowering BME Communities
We are conducting a training package titled "Empowering BME Communities" which is specifically aimed at people from the BME Community who would like to know more about the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000, for more information please download this form.