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Creating an Anti-Racist Environment

Social Work

A line of women sitting at seminar chairs with attached desks, with the camera focus on a Black woman in the centre, wearing a beret and looking down at some paper on her desk.

Social workers meet and interact with people from all walks of life who have a diverse range of support needs.

As a result you may encounter service users whose experiences of racism make it difficult for them to engage with the support offered, or you may need to support colleagues who have experienced a racist incident during their work.

The resources we have collated here offer a broad view into racism within social work, giving you the knowledge to take an anti-racist stance in your professional practice.

Policies and statements

Research and reports

  • Anti-Racist Practice in Social Work - Ms Kish Bhatti-Sinclair ()
  • Anti-Racist Social Work - Lena Dominelli ()
  • - Nicole A Corley, Stephen M Young.
  • Race, Racism and Social Work: Contemporary issues and debates - Edited by Michael Lavalette and Laura Penketh ()
  • Tackling Institutional Racism: Anti-racist Policies and Social Work - Laura Penketh - ()
  • (Open Access)
  • ().
  • (report and oral evidence transcripts available)
  • (Open Access)
  • - NHS Race & Health Observatory 
  • (.PDF) - Birmingham City University
  • (Paywall)
  • - NHS England

Support and advocacy groups

  • - This charity supports refugees who wish to settle in the UK. In particular their  is a helpful resource for understanding the lived experiences of those seeking asylum in the UK.
  • - An independent think tank focusing on race equality in the UK.
  • - Founded by medical student Malone Mukwende, this platform aims to educate clinical staff on the presentation of various conditions on black and brown skin. It includes free digital copies of Mukwende's book "", along with online resources.

News and blogs

  • - The Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare.

General resources

"I need to better understand the impact of subtle and micro-aggressive racism - and importantly how this can be picked apart from bias's and undercurrents against other protected characteristics such as gender, disability, sexuality etc."
Shelves in a library, filled with books.
Blog: An inclusive and decolonised Health and Social Care curriculum

In this blog post Akudo Amadiegwu and Professor Winifred Eboh discuss how decolonising the curriculum for healthcare and social care can improve health and wellbeing for patients and service users in marginalised communities.

Read the blog