Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Building a New Scotland: Justice in an independent ScotlandFound: control 21 Making a difference 22 Serious organised crime 23 Firearms 24 Human trafficking and anti-slavery
Asked by: Choudhury, Foysol (Scottish Labour - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is currently providing for anti-racism education, and what organisations it is funding that carry out anti-racism education.
Answered by Gilruth, Jenny - Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
The Scottish Government is absolutely committed to embedding anti-racism in education. As part of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme for financial year 2023-24 the Scottish Government provided the following funding aimed at providing anti-racist education. Funding streams for 24-25 will be published in due course.
Funding recipient | What is being funded? | Amount of funding in 2023-24 |
General Teaching Council for Scotland | This funds a specialist race equality post within the GTCS. | £97,708 |
Education Scotland | Delivery of the Building Racial Literacy Programme | £62,803 |
Education Scotland | This funds a specialist race equality post within education Scotland. | £25,200 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland | Delivery of a programme of engagement with children and young people on behalf of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme. | £37,818 |
Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators | Delivery of the Leadership, mentoring and wellbeing course for minority ethnic educators | £58,900 |
Calabar Education Consultants Ltd. | Development of an action guide for the anti-racist recruitment, retention and progression of minority ethnic teachers. | £9520 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland | IYS School Education Partnerships in secondary schools | £200,000 |
ScotDEC Global Citizenship Education | Development of two new resources for anti-racism in education on health and wellbeing and early years | £60,000 |
Over 30 schools and education settings | Small Grants Fund for Children and Young People-led anti-racism in education | £25,000 |
Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling | Teaching Slavery in Scotland Programme of Professional Learning for educators | £45,000 |
Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) This finding is corroborated by Anti-Slavery International.UNICEF says that“bonded labour is an abuse - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) This has been a £90 million programme, with the second phase of it addressing modern slavery. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) I worked with him on ensuring that this House delivered the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and he was one of - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) In the meantime, the modern slavery law came into effect, which increased the number of modern slavery - Speech Link
Found: To move the following Clause— “Human trafficking (1) Section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church plans to publicly acknowledge historic links with the chattel slave trade.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been unequivocal on the theology of this issue, noting on his visit to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana in February 2023:
“It was a reminder that the abomination of African chattel enslavement was blasphemy: those who imprisoned men and women in those dungeons saw them as less than human. It is to the Church of England’s eternal shame that it did not always follow Christ’s teaching to give life. It is a stain on the wider church that some Christians did not see their brothers and sisters as created in the image of God, but as objects to be exploited.”
The Church Commissioners has been investigating its historic links to the chattel slave trade since 2019 and published a full, transparent report of the findings in January 2023. More information about the whole project is available here:
Church Commissioners Links to Historic Transatlantic Slavery | The Church of England
The Church Commissioners seek, through the research it has done and its response, to acknowledge the truth of the past, apologise for the wrongs that this research has highlighted, and to address these wrongs through repentance, remembrance, reconciliation, and renewal. The Church Commissioners believe that by addressing its past transparently, particularly this part of our past, the Church and its teachings will be more relevant to more people. The response is an important missional activity that will support the work and ministry of the Church of England in England.
The Church Commissioners are committed to setting up an Impact Investment Fund as part of its response to invest in a better and fairer future for all, particularly for communities affected by historic enslavement. It is hoped this fund will grow over time, reinvesting returns to enable it to have a positive and lasting legacy that will exist in perpetuity and with the potential for other institutions to participate, further enabling growth in the size and impact of the fund. This Fund will be seeded with a £100 million commitment from the Church Commissioners.
Despite recent press speculation, the Church Commissioners has no plans to increase its contribution to the Fund over the planned funding period. It is hoped that growth in the impact fund will also enable grant funding for projects focused on improving opportunities for communities impacted by historic African chattel enslavement.
The Church Commissioners have also committed to undertake further research, including into the Church Commissioners' history, supporting dioceses and parishes to research and address their historic links with African chattel enslavement, and sharing best practices with other organisations researching their enslavement legacies.
Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: We were not fully cognisant of how modern slavery operated and that people might be working in these
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024Found: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024Found: UKAEA Modern Slavery Statement: 2023/2024