New duties on racial equality warning for early

Alison Mercer
Wednesday, January 3, 2001

Early years providers have been warned to be aware that last year's amendment to the Race Relations Act will place a duty on many of them to promote racial equality. The 2000 Amendment followed the Macpherson report and inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Whereas the 1976 Race Relations Act made it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of race in the delivery of services, the amendment creates a positive duty on public bodies to work towards racial equality.