What the Bristol Race and Health Equity Group does and who is in the group.
The Race and Health Equity group is made up of:
- health led organisations
- black, Asian and minority ethnic led organisations
- those working with minoritised communities in Bristol
The group was previously called the Bristol Race Equality COVID-19 Steering Group.
It was set up to address recommendations from:
- a review on how COVID-19 affected people from black and minority backgrounds
- a Public Health England report
The group has continued post-pandemic and has been renamed as the Bristol Race and Health Equity group.
Rapid review on the impact of Covid-19
In 2020, Bristol's Deputy Mayor Councillor Asher Craig, commissioned ARC West to produce a rapid review on the impact of Covid-19 on people from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
This review came back with 8 policy recommendations.
A steering group was set up to address these policy recommendations and recommendations from the Public Health England report: COVID-19: understanding the impact on BAME communities
The group meets once a month to talk about how they can work together to make sure the policy ideas are used and put into action across Bristol.
Group terms of reference
Read the pdf Bristol Race and Health Equity Group terms of reference (171 KB)
Steering group report
The report pdf Co-producing what works for our communities in this city: an evaluation of the Bristol Race Equality Covid-19 Steering Group (7.96 MB) describes how the group worked together to tackle the unprecedented challenges of coronavirus (COVID-19) for Bristol's racially minoritised communities. It shares information about the city's remarkable partnership approach and response to the Covid-19 pandemic amongst Bristol's black and minoritised communities.
You can also pdf read the report summary (1.98 MB) .
Email equalities.team@bristol.gov.uk for alternative formats of this report, such as:
- Easy Read
- audio CD
- braille
- British Sign Language
- large print
Thank you to the report authors:
- Saffron Karlsen, Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol
- Rosa Targett, Research Associate, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol