BLACK LIVES MATTER FOUNDATION 

The Black Lives Matter Foundation UK in joint purpose co-partners with BlackLivesMatter.uk and Charities Against Racism works independently with autonomy and the right to self-govern to get the best out of charitable funds and objective to ultimately uplift and benefit black lives and end racism.

BAC PROJECT

Black Advocates for Children (BAC) Project runs over a 52 week period, 3 hours per day, and 5 days per week working with Black children, parents and teachers within Schools.

Supporting students ages of 9-13 year’s – School yrs. 5-6 primary school during these important transitional years and years 7-8 secondary. BAC Project is currently active in the boroughs of Croydon, Lewisham and Bromley. The project will allow Black Advocates for Children (BAC) facilitators to advocate and be a voice for young participants and their parents to, helping them navigate where it’s felt conscious/unconscious bias may exists within the school educational system and society at large, and to also support teachers to recognise the potential of biases existing when dealing with children of colour in contrast to their peers with similar behaviour and conduct but are White. And then question, to question themselves, before exclusion and even post exclusion on reflection if the sanction of exclusion is/was appropriate and or disproportionate to children of black and brown skin colour that is likely and unequal to children of white skin.

The aims and objective is to support students first and teachers in turn to reduce exclusions and the transfer to PRU’s, which makes young black children vulnerable and exposed to groomers and potential harm, criminal activity and victims of violence, sometime these victims can become perpetrators of crime after negative experiences, grooming by others who do not have their best interest at heart. 

To create and support a positive and productive relationships between teachers and students and the ultimate outcome of reducing sanctions and goal of zero exclusions in establishments, increasing qualifications, participation and achievements.

To maintain and keep black students in mainstream school will serve to increase future job opportunities, productivity and good mental health and importantly for black children to enjoy their school experiences to the fullest extent, that remains in memory for a lifetime.

The BAC Project is seeking funds for 2022-23