Becoming Anti-Racist: from awareness to action

A session for Board members, Senior Leaders & Governance staff

We’re delighted to be offering our anti-racism training as an open access session for board members, senior leaders and governance staff to attend.

This course builds on the awareness raised throughout the Black Lives Matter movement, ties in with our Deeds Not Words pledge to action  and supports organisations to achieve the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan (ARWAP) requirement for all Board members and senior leaders to undertake anti-racism training by December 2023.

About the Training

Board members and senior leaders have a role to play in dismantling systemic barriers and establishing the tone of the organisation, so they must embed anti-racism into their strategic priorities to effectively drive change.   Anti-racism objectives will be unique to each organisation depending on its customers, geographical location, colleagues, suppliers and other stakeholders.   

This session will leave Board members and senior leaders better equipped to understand and identify ways to address racism and its impact in your organisation and feel more confident to have difficult conversations.

Group discussions and interactive activities will give participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of issues relating to race and racism.

Objectives – The Learners will be able to:

🏠 Recognise the importance of Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan (ARWAP)

🏠 Understand the Historical Perspective

🏠 Identify what is meant by the term’s “racism” and “anti-racism”

🏠 Define anti-racism in the housing sector

🏠 Explore good governance and positive action for anti-racism

About the Facilitator – Helen Armstrong

Helen Armstrong is a successful, creative senior executive with over twenty years in the housing sector with direct experience of leading programme implementation and culture change.    She graduated from Cardiff Business School in 2011 with an MBA having focussed her dissertation on organisational culture and programme delivery.     Helen works collaboratively and in partnership to set objectives and achieve organisational goals. As a change maker, Helen, challenges the status quo and has the energy and enthusiasm to push forward and persuade colleagues to get on board. Driven by values of integrity, openness and transparency, she works best in an environment where she can make a difference to people’s lives.

Target audience

Board members, senior leaders and governance staff who want to increase their understanding of race and racism, take positive action and affect change in their organisation. This course assumes some prior awareness of racial inequalities (if not then see our EDI for Boards course (linked)

How delivered?

This training will be delivered virtually via Zoom Pro - details will be shared with registered delegates closer to the date.

Delegate Fees:

• £75 per person (Tai Pawb members)
• £60 per person if sending 2 or more people from the same organisation (Tai Pawb members)
• £95 per person (non-members)

Please Note:

• Spaces on this course are limited to 15 places and the event booking will be closed once these places are taken.

• Tai Pawb reserve the right to cancel this session up to 1 week before if the minimum number of delegates is not met.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch info@taipawb.org