It’s no secret that young people account for a significant number of the victims and perpetrators of racist incidents. In 2003 MRC was commissioned by The Race Equality Centre to create a toolkit to meet the needs of youth workers when dealing with racist incidents. Based on the findings of an in-depth consultation exercise, which included focus groups and interviews with youth workers and young people a toolkit was developed to meet the needs of young people and youth workers entitled ‘I Ain’t Racist But…’.
The toolkit has been distributed nationally and has received national recognition from the CJS Race Unit in the Home Office, West Midlands Race Equality Unit, the Institute for Race Relations and RaceActionNet.
The project received an award for excellence in combating racial harassment and crime by RaceActioNet in 2005. ‘It is an example of how good practice can serve to inspire, energise and enthuse workers’ RaceActionNet Judge Baroness Amos 2005