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Expand the John Smith Centre Minority Ethnic Leadership and Development Programme

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We will increase the number of minority ethnic people able to benefit from the new Minority Ethnic Leadership and Development Programme that has been established in partnership with the John Smith Centre...

SNP Manifesto 2021, p.53

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Status

This pledge is in progress. As part of the Scottish Government’s “Race equality: immediate priorities plan”, published in September 2021, the administration committed to continued support for the John Smith Centre’s Minority Ethnic Leadership and Development Programme, which was in its inaugural year.

“Actions to improve racial equality” (Scottish Government, 14th September 2021)

Race equality: immediate priorities plan (Scottish Government, 14th September 2021)

Other pledges

The SNP also promised to improve data collection around ethnic minorities and consult ethnic minority stakeholders around the plans for its wider racial equality action plan.