The Liverpool City Region (LCR) has announced its largest-ever investment in tackling racial inequalities among its workforce.
Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Combined Authority have approved £2.3m in funding to kickstart the second phase of the region’s ground-breaking Race Equality Hub (REH). The Hub, one of the first of its kind in the country, will focus on training, employment support and business assistance for people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
It will provide a single point of co-ordination addressing chronic under-representation in the workplace. Its creation is a key part of the Combined Authority’s Race Equality Programme established by the Metro Mayor in October 2020.
