Drug Interventions Programme

Race, equality & diversity guidance

Race equality and diversity action plan  - updated Feb 07

Completed actions from plan - added Feb 07

Race equality and diversity comms plan - updated Feb 07

Lessons learned from the DIP Black and minority ethnic community engagement programme

Here is a link to a presentation given at the DIP Race Equality and
Diversity Scrutiny Panel meeting on 8 May by Cecily Henry, of Leicestershire DIP. It describes her work on race equality and diversity strategies across Leicestershire and the use of the Diversity Assessment Package.
Leicester DIP Diversity Officer Role - R&D

Here is a link to a Department of Communities and Local Government guide:
Communicating with Communities using Outreach: a Good Practice Guide (new window).

This Guide has been prepared for communicators considering how they might use outreach, and is based on the experiences of outreach practitioners across and beyond government. Its primary focus is on outreach applied to the objectives of increasing race equality and community cohesion. 

First Drug Interventions Programme race and diversity conference report
Report of conference held on November 16th 2005

Peterborough BME report (full version)
Peterborough BME report (summary)

The Drug Interventions Programme, as part of its wider work on community engagement with DIP, commissioned Peterborough Drug Action Team (DAT) to undertake a study of Peterborough's 'new' and emerging BME communities into their needs, their experiences of using drugs, and their knowledge and experiences of accessing drug services in Peterborough.  The research was also intended to inform Peterborough's Drug Intervention Programme (DIP) work with individuals from these communities. It will help enable them to put the principles of community engagement effectively into practice, in order to benefit Black and minority ethnic offenders, providers and local communities

 

Good Practice Guidance to Increasing the Engagement of Adults Involved in Prostitution within the Drug Interventions Programme
DIP has developed this guidance paper for CJITs to aid improving the engagement of adults involved in prostitution within their area, and to develop working practices with specialist projects.