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Home Truths: Undoing racism and delivering real diversity in the charity sector

References

Data sources

Literature review: see below.

SurveyMonkey online survey: launched 9 August 2019; ran until 30 September 2019. There were 611 responses respondents. Of these, 543 respondents were engaged in the charity sector at the time of the survey and a further 29 had worked in the sector within the last five years. Not all respondents filled in every question depending on the survey logic and some optional questions. SurveyMonkey questions can be provided on request.

Interviews: 24 interviews conducted between September and November 2019, 13 with charity leaders and 11 with BAME charity staff.

Roundtables: one 2h 30min session with 10 system-shapers and one 2hr 45m session with 10 racial justice advocates and activists.

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