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Cardiff Council Update: 11th August

Here is the latest update from Cardiff Council, covering: the Race Equality Taskforce is seeking applications for membership and views on what its priorities should be; there's still time to have a say on the Tudor Street improvement plans; and you can get in touch with our C2C contact centre team until 8pm via live web chat.

 

Cardiff Race Equality Taskforce

​Racial inequality continues to exist in Cardiff, Wales and the UK. In autumn 2020, we will convene a Race Equality Taskforce to address racial discrimination and promote race equality in the city.  

The Taskforce will drive coordinated and strategic action to address inequality in Cardiff, in collaboration with our public sector partners and major employers in the city. It will be responsible for advancing a programme of change and transformation to create a fairer city for our residents from ethnic minority backgrounds. 

Over the summer of 2020, we will deliver a public consultation on the priority work streams of the Race Equality Taskforce to understand what our residents think are the biggest issues, and the greatest opportunities, for Cardiffians from ethnic minority backgrounds, so we can focus our thinking and resources into finding the solutions that will have the greatest impact.  

Call for membership

We are seeking applications for Taskforce Membership from individuals with insight and interest in race, ethnicity and human rights, who have the ability, experience, opportunity and influence to make changes in their sector, industry and institutions or organisations.

Race Equality Taskforce Members will support the Taskforce Chair, Cllr Saeed Ebrahim, to deliver a programme of work which delivers the following objectives: 
 

  • ​Work with Cardiff's communities and organisations to improve and prioritise race equality to achieve an inclusive, cohesive, thriving and representative city; 
  • Guide Cardiff's policy and strategy developers to make sure race equality is included in all of their work; 
  • Use the Council's convening power to advance race equality in the public, private and voluntary sector, working closely, where required, with the Cardiff Public Services Board; 
  • Coordinate actions and recommendations to advance race equality, focusing on priority work-streams, identified in consultation with the City's BAME residents;
  • Report on progress on race equality and the general impact of inequality and discrimination on the BAME communities of Cardiff

Application Form - Race Equality Taskforce:

https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Strategies-plans-and-policies/Equality-diversity-and-cohesion/race-equality-taskforce/Documents/0001803%20RC%20Race%20Eq%20Task%20App%20Form%202020%20E1.pdf

Application Guidance - Race Equality Taskforce:

https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Strategies-plans-and-policies/Equality-diversity-and-cohesion/race-equality-taskforce/Documents/0001803%20RC%20Race%20Eq%20Task%20App%20Form%20Guidance%202020%20E1.pdf

Please submit your completed application form to: equalityteam@cardiff.gov.uk​​​​  by the closing date of Friday 18th September 2020, by 5pm​.

Consultation: Your priorities for the Cardiff Race Equality Taskforce

In preparation for the launch of the Race Equality Taskforce, we are launching a public consultation to seek the views of Cardiff residents, particularly those from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, on the Taskforce's strategic priorities.

We want to know what our residents think are the biggest issues, and the greatest opportunities, for Black and Minority Ethnic Cardiffians, so we can focus our thinking and resources into finding the solutions that will have the greatest impact.

View the consultation here:

https://wh1.snapsurveys.com/s.asp?k=159595712042

 

Multi-million pound regeneration boost for Tudor Street

Cardiff's Tudor Street is set to benefit from a multi-million pound regeneration programme designed to create an attractive and vibrant shopping area for the local community and visitors to the Riverside area.

Phase one of the development will see £1m invested in commercial premises which have signed up to take part in the Tudor Street building improvement scheme.

Further funding of approximately £3m has been earmarked for work in early 2021 which will enable a large transformation of the whole street environment.

Consultation on the 2021 work closes the 17thAugust, and the scheme aims to deliver:

  • New two-way, segregated cycle lane from Wood Street Bridge to the junction with Clare Street
  • A new bus island opposite Plantagenet Street, facilitating bus travel into Central Square and the wider city centre
  • New green infrastructure, specifically trees and the planting of rain gardens, promoting opportunities for biodiversity and improved air quality;
  • A pleasant and welcoming public environment, enhancing the Gateway into South Riverside from the city centre, with prioritised pedestrian movement through wider pavements and improved pedestrian crossings
  • Enhanced access to the Taff trail through realigning the existing ramp and steps at the junction with Tudor Street and
  • An improved street environment with new paving, street furniture and lighting

Click here to view the consultation and have your say:

https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/resident/Parking-roads-and-travel/transport-projects/Consultations/Pages/default.aspx

 

Talk to us online

If you need to speak to speak to us after 6pm there's no need to wait until our phone lines open again in the morning.

You can get in touch with our C2C contact centre team until 8pm via live web chat.

Read more here:

https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Home/Contact-us/Talk-to-us-online/Pages/default.aspx