Jabeer Butt OBE, Race Equality Foundation

Jabeer has an international reputation for his evidence-based work tackling discrimination and disadvantage. His studies have been used to inform government thinking, including interventions such as Sure Start, as well as the NSPCC’s Grove House Family Centre.

Strengths I bring: Choice, Challenge, Confidence.

What I would like the network to achieve: To challenge the stereotypes around Dementia to ensure that those people living with it can confidently exercise choice.

We [Race Equality Foundation] are a national charity tackling racial inequality in public services to improve the lives of Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. We believe that everyone should be provided with the opportunities to flourish. We were established in 1987 as part of the National Institute for Social Work (NISW) and were first known as the Race Equality Unit. We became an independent charitable organisation in 1995. In 2006, we changed our name to the Race Equality Foundation. www.raceequalityfoundation.org.uk