Islamophobia: towards a working definition

Islamophobia is now widely recognised as a form of racism towards Muslims that is deeply embedded in societal structures and systems of power.

Mental Health Act: Response from the Runnymede Trust

We recommend that racial equity is thoroughly embedded within the new Mental Health Bill, and that a number of its current clauses are significantly amended in order to tackle racial disparities in mental health.

Crime and Policing Bill: A Response from the Runnymede Trust

Our response to the government’s Crime and Policing Bill raises concerns about the introduction of Respect Orders and a series of other clauses.

Why the UK racial wealth divide matters: a call for action

A perspectives paper from LSE, which looks at how structural and historic wealth imbalances still impact the wealth of people of colour in the UK today.

A vision for climate justice: a report from the APPG on Race and Community

A report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community, investigating the relationship between the climate emergency and systemic racism

Visualise - one year on

Representation of artists of colour on 2025 GCSE Art and Design exam papers has increased by 177% since the 2018 - 2022 period.

How racism affects health

We identify ways in which racism operates within the everyday structures of our society – the labour market, housing systems and lived environment – and limits people’s opportunity to be healthy.

A hostile environment: language, race, politics and the media

The first of two reports analysing parliamentary and media debates from 2010-2024, showing how large sections of these debates encouraged widespread hostility to migrants and ethnically minoritised people.

Facing antisemitism: the struggle for safety and solidarity

Antisemitism is hardwired into UK society, but current methods of tackling it are not working

Asylum in the UK: A Front Line for Racial Justice

Curriculum and Assessment Review: A Response from the Runnymede Trust

The Runnymede Trust's response to the government's curriculum and assessment review consultation

Representing 'Race' and Migration

Our guide for media professionals and creators who want to authentically represent the stories of people of colour with experience of migration

Islamophobia: the intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK

Perspectives paper highlighting how Islamophobia is growing in the UK, and its structural nature across British society.

Beyond crisis: analysing responses to the racist riots

A policy briefing in response to the racist riots in the UK, summer 2024.

Civil society report to the United Nations CERD

The civil society submission to the committee on the elimination of racial discrimination, 113th Session

Racial segregation and the asylum system: the case of RAF Wethersfield

People of colour are bearing the brunt of shocking conditions in mass asylum accommodation, which amount to racial segregation.

The racialised harm of police strip searches: a response from the Runnymede Trust to a Home Office consultation

A response from the Runnymede Trust to a Home Office consultation, outlining the racialised harm of police strip searches across England and Wales.

Submission to Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Consultation on reforms to social housing allocations

Our response to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities' consultation, urging the government to act to solve structural inequalities in social housing allocation

Visualise: race and inclusion in secondary school art education

Visualise examines the current state of race and inclusion in art education in England. We confirm what educators have been saying for years: that art education is at crisis point.

Runnymede Polls: Understanding Black and minority ethnic perspectives on protest rights and Palestine in 2024

Two thirds of Black and minority ethnic people support stronger calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and more compassion for Palestinian people

Inequalities amplified: The alarming rise of child poverty in the UK

This policy briefing brings together the expertise of Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), Runnymede Trust and Women’s Budget Group to understand why Black and minority ethnic children are more likely to grow up in poverty, how this links to wider racial and gender disparities and what can be done to reduce child poverty and create a more equal society.

Runnymede Responds: The 2023 Autumn Budget and its impact on people of colour

The policies announced in the 2023 Autumn Statement will not sufficiently help low income people of colour, who are are disproportionately impacted by the relentless cost of living crisis and are more likely to experience food and fuel insecurity, and deep poverty

Evidence Submission to the Women and Equalities Committee

Against Serious Violence Reduction Orders: discriminatory, harmful and counterproductive

As police forces in England and Wales pilot Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs), we urge the government to scrap this new discriminatory stop and search power and behavioural order.

Our priorities for racial justice in Britain

Our 2023 agenda for policy making on racial justice in Britain.

Parliamentary Briefing: Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting

Ethnicity pay gap reporting: a guide for parliamentarians

Making History Teachers: the Role of Teacher Training and Teacher Education

The role of teacher educators and teacher training in developing a diverse teaching profession, practice and curriculum.

Dear Stephen: Race and belonging 30 years on

In tribute to Stephen Lawrence’s legacy, on the 30th anniversary of his death, the Runnymede Trust and Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation have partnered to look at how British attitudes have shifted in the last 30 years, and how young people are paving the way toward a more equitable future.

Over-policed and under-protected: the road to Safer Schools

'Over-policed and under-protected' reveals the full scope of police presence in UK schools.

Understanding the fundamental role of racism in ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Understanding why racism is the fundamental cause of ethnic inequities in vaccine uptake.

Falling Faster amidst a Cost-of-Living Crisis: Poverty, Inequality and Ethnicity in the UK

Falling Faster shows how and why Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately suffering from poverty and income disparities amidst the cost of living crisis.

Confronting Injustice: Racism and the Environmental Emergency

Systemic racism and environmental injustice are two sides of the same coin - we can’t tackle one without tackling the other.

Broken Ladders

The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace

Parliamentary Briefing: Our Response to the Ministry of Justice's Human Rights Act Consultation

The Runnymede Trust's response to the Ministry of Justice's Human Rights Act Consultation

Shared Futures: Funders, Funding & the BME Third Sector

A transcript of a 2-day conference convened by the Runnymede Trust in April 2021.

Parliamentary Briefing: Elections Bill 2021

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing for the General Elections Bill 2021

Ethnic Minority Older People, Histories of Structural Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The impact the pandemic has had on older ethnic minority people

Revisiting Brick Lane: the Impact of COVID-19 on an Ethnically Diverse High Street

The impact of the pandemic on livelihoods and local communities.

Collision of Crises: Racism, Policing, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Racism, policing, and the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 and Apprenticeship Policy for Ethnic Minority Young People

Covid and apprenticeship policy for ethnic minority young people

Ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 mortality: a consequence of persistent racism

An analysis of ethnic minority peoples' disproportionate experience of Covid

Making Change: What Works?

What we can learn from movements that have made change – as well as those who have fallen short – for our changemaking efforts today.

Pushed to the Margins

A quantitative analysis of gentrification in London in the 2010s

Lit In Colour: Diversity in Literature in English Schools

Supporting schools to make the teaching and learning of English Literature more inclusive

Civil Society Report to United Nations CERD

The independent civil society perspective on race and racism in England, to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Parliamentary Briefing: Draft Standards for Electoral Registration Officers

Runnymede Trust Electoral Commission briefing on draft standards for Electoral Registration Officers

Parliamentary Briefing: Universal Credit

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing on Universal Credit

Parliamentary Briefing: The Impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on People with Protected Characteristics

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing on the impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on BAME communities

Parliamentary Briefing: The Economic Impact of Coronavirus

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing on the economic impact of coronavirus

Parliamentary Briefing: Education Committee Submission on 'Left Behind' White Pupils

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing on 'Left Behind' White Pupils from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

Over-Exposed and Under-Protected

The devastating impact of COVID-19 on Black and minority ethnic communities in Great Britain

Taking Stock: Race Equality in Scotland

A necessary check on how Scotland’s race equality agenda is developing

From Expendable to Key Workers and Back Again: Immigration and the Lottery of Belonging in Britain

Immigration and the lottery of belonging in pandemic Britain

The Colour of Money

How racial inequalities obstruct a fair and resilient economy

Race and Racism in Secondary Schools

The nature of racism in secondary schools, organised around the teacher workforce, curricula, police, and school policies

Beyond Banglatown: Continuity, Change and New Urban Economies in Brick Lane

The unique contributions of the Bangladeshi community to Brick Lane

Evidence Submission to the CRED

CORE Submission to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

Parliamentary Briefing: Children's Right to British Citizenship

Runnymede Trust, Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens, and Amnesty International UK parliamentary briefing on the good character aspect of children's right to British citizenship

Parliamentary Briefing: Islamophobia Inquiry 2019

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing for the Islamophobia Inquiry 2019

Greenwich Race Equality Scorecard

An analysis of ethnic inequality in the London Borough of Greenwich

Class, Race and Inequality in Northern Towns

Policy briefing on race, class and inequality in northern English towns

The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report: 20 Years On

An analysis of the 20 year legacy of the 1999 Macpherson Report

Ethnic Minorities at the 2017 British General Election

Analysis into ethnic minority voter behaviour in the 2017 general election

Teaching Migration, Belonging and Empire in Secondary Schools

Why a new approach to teaching migration, belonging and empire is required

We Are Ghosts: Race, Class and Institutional Prejudice

Reviewing a punitive culture of services experienced by the working class

All Party Parliamentary Group Presentation: Islamophobia is Anti-Muslim Racism

Runnymede Trust evidence for the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims

Parliamentary Briefing: Integrated Communities Consultation

Runnymede Trust and Race on the Agenda (ROTA) parliamentary briefing on the Integrated Communities Strategy

Parliamentary Briefing: Windrush Lessons Learned

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing for the Windrush Lessons Learned Review

UN Special Rapporteur Briefing: Austerity, Universal Credit, Brexit

Runnymede Trust briefing for the UN Special Rapporteur on the impacts of austerity, Universal Credit and Brexit

Convening 2018: KIN Network

An analysis of the 2018 KIN Conference

Finding Common Cause: Building Research Collaborations Between Universities and Black and Minority Ethnic Communities

Building research collaborations between universities, funders and BME communities

Integration For All: Why Race Equality Matters

How government could better approach and design policy on integration

Barking and Dagenham Scorecard

A broad spectrum analysis of ethnic inequality in Barking and Dagenham

Making the Case for Race Equality

The potential and limits of 'framing'

Parliamentary Briefing: Tribunal Fees Consultation

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing for the Consultation on Employment Tribunal Fees

Addressing Ethnic Inequalities in the Greater Manchester Labour Market

The causes of inequalities in the Greater Manchester labour market, and how they might be addressed

Racial Prejudice in Britain Today

Research into British attitudes regarding race and racial prejudice

Have Prisons Become a Dangerous Place?

Disproportionality, safety and mental health in British Prisons

Intersecting Inequalities: the Impact of Austerity on BME Women in the UK

The impact of austerity on Black and ethnic minority women in the UK

Sutton Race Equality Scorecard

A broad spectrum analysis of ethnic inequality in Sutton

Kingston Race Equality Scorecard

A broad spectrum analysis of ethnic inequality in Kingston upon Thames

Participatory Action Research: Engaging Marginalised Communities in Policy and Practice

The use of Participatory Action Research (PAR) with marginalised groups

Nations Divided: How to Teach the History of Partition

Opportunities and challenges in teaching the history of partition

Visible Minorities, Invisible Teachers

BME teachers in the English education system

Islamophobia: Still A Challenge For Us All

Anniversary report into Islamophobia, 20 years from our flagship report

Reframing Racism

Explaining ethnic inequalities in the UK labour market

Minority Report: Race and Class in Post-Brexit Britain

An edited volume to kickstart an informed policy position on race and class in Britain

Parliamentary Briefing: Response to the Casey Review on Integration and Opportunity

Runnymede Trust parliamentary briefing for the Casey Review on integration and opportunity

Parliamentary Briefing: Immigration Bill 2016

Runnymede Trust, Race Equality Foundation and Operation Black Vote parliamentary briefing for the Immigration Bill 2016

Ethnic Inequalities in London: Capital for All

A summary of ethnic inequalities across London as a whole, and within each of the capital's 32 boroughs

Civil Society Report to United Nations CERD

Independent civil society perspective to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Justice, Resistance and Solidarity: Race and Policing in England and Wales

An edition of 'Runnymede Perspectives' focusing on racism and policing in Britain

History Lessons: Teach Diversity In and Through the National Curriculum

The importance of teaching a diverse curriculum

How Far Have We Come? Lessons from the 1965 Race Relations Act

This volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Race Relations Act in Britain

2015 Budget Briefing

The 2015 Budget's effects on Black and minority ethnic people

Diversity and Democracy: Race and the 2015 General Election

This is Still About Us: Why Ethnic Minorities See Immigration Differently

A report on race and immigration which addresses the attitudes of Black and minority ethnic people in Britain on immigration

The School Report

Race, education and inequality in contemporary Britain

Aiming Higher

The continuation of inequalities for Black and minority ethnic people in higher education

Race and Elections

Exploring the role of ethnic minority voters in the 2015 General Election