Strategic Objectives

Aims

To respect diversity and promote justice and equality of access, opportunity and outcomes for those who live and work in Kensington and Chelsea.
To identify and tackle racial discrimination and its causes.
To strengthen the development and growth of black and minority ethnic (BME)organisations and empower them to work effectively in the community.
To work towards eradicating poverty and economic disadvantage.
To identify and disseminate good practice in the field of race relations.
To work in partnership with voluntary and statutory organisations to monitor, review and improve policies and practices that impact on BME residents and workforce.

Background

The Local Government Act 2000 established Local Strategic Partnerships to strengthen the links between councils and local people in each local authority area. The borough's LSP is called The Kensington and Chelsea Partnership. Simultaneously, the government have also set up Community Empowerment Networks (CENs) to help voluntary, community and residents' groups to get involved as equal partners and influence decisions made by the LSPs. The Kensington & Chelsea Social Council services the Voluntary Organisations Forum (VOF), which brings together all the CENs (and individual community and voluntary organisations) in the borough. Voluntary sector representatives on the LSP are elected by the VOF.

Mission

REP KC is a Community Empowerment Network and promotes partnership working by bringing together agencies to ensure that through consultation and necessary changes, the needs of the borough's residents and workforce are incorporated in mainstream public services.

REP KC has a broad membership from amongst individuals as well as the voluntary and community, statutory and private sectors and, convenes regular membership meetings with guest speakers.

REP KC is currently funded by the Kensington & Chelsea Police and RBKC Community Safety Team and secured project funding from Notting Hill Housing. In the past, it has received funding from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and the Commission for Racial Equality.

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