West of Scotland Racial Equality Council Ltd

 In 2005, four Scottish racial equality councils (Central, Edinburgh and Lothian’s, Grampian and west of Scotland) formed the Scottish Alliance of Racial Equality Councils (SAREC) to work for a just integrated society in Scotland. 

SAREC’s aims are: 

• To work towards reducing inequality and elimination of racism, and any other form of discrimination, either based on ethnic origin, gender, age, material status, disability, religion, or sexual orientation.
• To promote equality for all
• To promote and strengthen good relations between and within different national, ethnic, and religious groups

We will do this by:

• Being agents and catalysts of change in policy for equality issues
• Resolving complaints of discrimination
• Sustaining a community development approach in enabling communities to tackle inequality
• Providing assistance and advice to public, voluntary and private sector organisations in development of equality strategies and policies
• Organising conferences seminars and workshops, publications and campaigning
• Undertaking and co-ordinating research into discrimination issues
• Supporting and offering specialist advice for legislation development at national and local levels.

We will work in partnership with relevant equality bodies, government agencies, public and private sector organisations, civic authorities, voluntary sector organisations and religious institutions. 

SAREC in the West of Scotland

The Connecting 2 Communities (C2C) Project carries out SAREC work at a local level in the West of Scotland.  Please click on the C2C Logo below to find out more.

SAREC Partners

• Central Scotland Racial Equality Council      
• Edinburgh & Lothian Racial Equality Council
• Grampian Racial Equality Council                
• West of Scotland Racial Equality Council