Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield
Windrush report - statement by the Chair of the Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield, 27th September 2024:
Yesterday, the Home Office published an independent report on the Historical Roots of the Windrush Scandal. I welcome this report which highlights the historical roots of understanding the Windrush scandal.
Amongst other findings, the report outlines how the immigration policy and citizenship laws since 1948 have disproportionately affected black families. Understanding this outcome will help us to ensure that we do not see this repeated again.
Sheffield is immensely proud of its diverse heritage and we remain steadfast in our commitment to becoming an antiracist city.
About the Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield (REPS)
Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield (REPS) is an active, collaborative network of people and organisations with a shared aim to make Sheffield an anti-racist city.
REPS provides space to share learnings, hold each other to account, and monitor our progress towards fulfilling all of the recommendations put forward by the Sheffield Race Equality Commission.
You can get in touch with the REPS secretariat at raceequalitypartnership@sheffield.gov.uk. Please contact us with your ideas and questions about REPS, or to join our mailing list.
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Are you interested in joining the REPS team?
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We have an exciting opportunity to join the Strategy and Partnerships team at Sheffield City Council in a dedicated, part-time role supporting the Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield.
The Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield (REPS) launched earlier this year and is an active, collaborative network of people and organisations with a shared aim to make Sheffield an anti-racist city.
REPS has been established by partners including public sector institutions, local businesses, and community groups. It follows the publication of the Sheffield Race Equality Commission in July 2022 and will play a pivotal role in supporting the city to deliver against the Commission’s recommendations and secure a legacy from its work.
We are looking for a proactive, collaborative, and innovative individual who will act as a dedicated secretariat for REPS. This role will involve supporting REPS’ Chair and working closely with a wide range of partners across the city, while being hosted by the Strategy and Partnerships team at Sheffield City Council.
Further information can be found here. Applications close on Thursday 29 August.
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Statement from the Chair of the Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield
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Fatima Khan-Shah, Chair of the Race Equality Partnership, said:
“Racism has no place in Sheffield, or anywhere. The acts of hate and discrimination we have witnessed across the country and the region in the past few days have been devastating to see.
“We send our support to our neighbours in Rotherham, who over the weekend experienced hideous scenes of violence.
“Sheffield is a proud City of Sanctuary. Everyone here should feel valued and supported and the rich diversity of our communities should be celebrated.
“The Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield will continue to support partners and communities to work together to build an inclusive, caring, cohesive and anti-racist city.
“During these worrying times, it is important we take care of one another. Of our friends, family, neighbours and colleagues. We are stronger when we stand together, united.”
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Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield appoints Chair
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Experienced leadership, diversity and inclusion professional has been appointed as the Chair of the Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield (REPS).
REPS, which launched earlier this year, is an active, collaborative network of people and organisations with a shared aim to make Sheffield an anti-racist city.
REPS has been established by partners including public sector institutions, local businesses and community groups, following the publication of the Race Equality Commission (REC), in July 2022, and will play a pivotal role in supporting the city to deliver against the Commission’s recommendations and secure a legacy from the work.
The role of Chair will be to provide visible and collaborative leadership of REPS, working with key partners across the city.
Fatima Khan-Shah has been successfully appointed to the role due to her extensive experience leading on nationally recognised and multi-award-winning programmes around equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), as well as for her passion for Sheffield, the city she grew up in.
Councillor Tom Hunt, Leader of Sheffield City Council, said:
“Racism has no place in Sheffield or anywhere. The Race Equality Partnership will play an important role in helping us to create an inclusive city for all, free from discrimination, where everyone can thrive.
“I’m delighted to welcome Fatima Khan-Shah as the new Chair of the Partnership. Through the Partnership, she will play an invaluable role in helping to create a more inclusive Sheffield.
“The Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield provides an opportunity to think strategically about how we bring our diverse communities together and how we share best practice on race equality, and hold each other to account, in our pursuit of long-term change.”
Fatima Khan-Shah has extensive experience leading complex change and transformation programmes and has a reputation as being an advocate for public involvement, compassionate leadership, diversity and inclusion.
She is currently working with leaders across the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, where she provides expert advice on inclusion and addresses factors of social, economic and health inequalities.
Fatima is West Yorkshire’s first ever Inclusivity Champion, where she advises on inequality as part of the mayor’s pledge to achieve greater equality across the region.
Having been born and bred in Sheffield, Fatima says she is 'grateful for the opportunity to be in service to the people of Sheffield' in her role as Chair. She said:
“I'm delighted to be appointed as the Chair of the Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield.
“As someone born and bred in Sheffield my roots in this incredible city have made me the person I am today.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to be of service to the people of Sheffield. The Race Equality Partnership is an important opportunity for everyone across this city to work together to deliver upon the legacy of the Race Equality Commission and I will do everything I can to further our journey towards a truly anti-racist Sheffield.”
Richard Stubbs, Chair of the partner-led group which established REPS, added:
“I'm delighted to announce Fatima Khan-Shah as the new Chair of the Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield.
“Her commitment to inclusive leadership, her experience in delivering change and her exciting vision for the partnership will be instrumental to our progress towards ensuring that Sheffield is an anti-racist city."
