Partners
Black South West Network is a Black-led racial justice infrastructure organisation. Their over-arching strategic intent is to build dynamic, independent, and strong Black and Minoritised communities, businesses and organisations that are empowered to flourish while challenging systemic barriers and forging a true path for themselves. They believe that only through this will we significantly address racial inequality. Their work falls into three broad areas - Cross-sector Enterprise and Innovation; Cultural Inclusion; Research and Knowledge – with Scrutiny and Accountability and Representation and Power as over-arching themes that cut through all of their work.
The University of Bristol is a 'red brick' University - one of the first nine civic universities which were founded in the major industrial cities of England in the 19th century. It is part of the Russell Group of twenty-four research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1909 but can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol, which had been in existence since 1876. Despite historic links to a number of individuals who profited from the international trade in enslaved African people, the University is committed to anti-racism and more effective civic engagement is an important element of its institutional strategy for the future.