Capital City College joins Race Equality Matters

Capital City College has become a member of Race Equality Matters as part of its ongoing work to reduce race inequality and improve representation across the college.

This Race Equality Week, which runs from 3 February to 9 February, Capital City College (CCC) is proud to announce that it has become a member of Race Equality Matters. 

Race Equality Matters aims to remove barriers and provide solutions to tackle race inequality. Through proactive collaborative work, the organisation strives to share what works with its community in order to implement effective change.

As a member of Race Equality Matters, the college will benefit from being part of a collaborative and forward-thinking network that shares knowledge across its community. The college will also receive practical support from the organisation and will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of solutions and thought-leadership events.

The college has already started making the most of its membership by taking part in the Race Equality Matters #MyNameIs initiative. The campaign highlights the importance of getting people’s names right. Faced with the fact that an astounding 73% of people have had their name mispronounced, the college has launched an internal campaign during Race Equality Week to celebrate the diverse range of names among staff members at the college. By normalising phonetic spelling on email signatures, name badges and in meetings, the #MyNameIs campaign aims to ensure that the meaning, heritage and identity behind people’s names are respected in the workplace.

Trovene Hartley, Chief People Officer at CCC, said: “I am excited that we have become members of Race Equality Matters as we continue to work with our college community to address these issues and ensure equity and inclusion for everyone.”

The college’s membership to Race Equality Matters will provide further opportunities for involvement in national campaigns. By creating opportunities to open up conversations about race equality and representation, the college intends to continue improving equality, diversity and inclusion in all college spaces while also celebrating the diversity of its workforce and its student population.

Bimmy Rai, EDI Manager at CCC, said: “We are pleased to be joining the Race Equality Matters (REM) network, a membership-based organisation which will help support our work on Race and Intersectional Equity by providing resources, events and training including supporting our application for the REM Trailblazer award. REM’s impact is already proving positive as we embarked on our first REM #MyNameIs campaign.”

You can find out how to create a phonetic spelling of your name using the Race Equality Matters #MyNameIs app.

At CCC, we celebrate and value the diversity of individuals and retain a strong commitment to meeting the needs of a diverse learner population within a multicultural society.

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