A BRIEF HISTORY

• 1991-1993 Enid Tickle Chair of Racial Equality Council Steering Group
• Inaugurated as Norwich and Norfolk Racial Equality Council in November 1993.
• Commissioned research for Not in Norfolk
• Lakshmi Holmstrom Chair
• Publication of Not in Norfolk in November 1994
• Appointment of 3 permanent staff members in 1995
• All Different All Equal Youth Conference, November 1995
• NNREC logo competition won by Norfolk school boy, February 1996
• NNREC brought in line with Commission for Racial Equality requirements, July 1996
• 1996-1999 Orlando Williams Chair
• Anti-racist campaign in October 1996
• Race and Gender Conference, Out of the Margins, November 1996
• Norfolk Constabulary Racially Motivated Incidents Standard, 1997
• Kick Racism out of Sport Award in Norfolk, 1997
• Involvement in research and publication of the Race Equality and Broadland District Council Report, 1997
• Roots of the Future II Exhibition at Norwich Cathedral, October 1997
• Sponsored International Speech Competition of 1997
• Assisted in organizing the European Year Against Racism Conference for the Eastern Region in Watford, 1997
• Established the Multi-cultural Centre Consortium
• Multi-Ethnic Lord Mayor's Carnival Award, 1998
• Local Authority affiliation to NNREC reaches maximum of eight, 1998
• Established 1 year Community Development Outreach Project, 1998
• Opened surgeries in Gt. Yarmouth, Thetford, King's Lynn, Wymondham
• Now in Norfolk Conference and launch of Norfolk Roots of the Future in October 1998
• Launched Now in Norfolk Outreach Project Report and Conference Report in December 1998
• 1999-2002 John Vinookumar Chair
• 2002-present Ganga Westwood Chair
• Community Cohesion Report, Norfolk at Ease, launched March 2003
• 10th Anniversary Celebrations in October 2003
• Launch of NNREC Youth Board, 2003
• 2002-2004, Ganga Westwood, Chair
• 2004-Present, Julia Dyson, Chair
• Appointment of Community Cohesion & Discrimination Law Project Co-ordinator, June 2004
• Appointment of Community Cohesion & Diversity Officer, October 2004
• NNREC Audit Review launched, October 2004
• Launch of NNREC Youth Against Racism Forum (Y.A.R), February 2004
• Appointment of Domestic Violence Project Coordinator, December 2005
• Appointment of BME Inclusion Project Research Officer, December 2005
• Appointment of Project Administrator, February 2006
• Launch of Community Cohesion & Equalities Impact Assessment Toolkit, April 2006
• Launch of Equal But Different; regional community cohesion website, June 2006
• Launch of BME Inclusion Project Report, June 2006
• Launch of new NNREC website, July 2006