The University has a proactive Race Equality Policy and provides a counselling service for Black and Minority Ethnic students.

"A racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person". Herts police have a clear policy to counter racist incidents and all hate crime and have specialist officers dealing with Hate Crime.

The Hertfordshire Black Police Association is a support group for Visible Ethnic Minority Police Officers and Police Staff.   It has been set up within Hertfordshire Constabulary. HBPA intends to benefit everyone in the force, harnessing the experience and expertise of Visible Ethnic Minority staff within Hertfordshire to provide support and contribute to a changing culture.

The Association shall seek to improve the working environment  of black* staff  within the Hertfordshire Police Service, with a view to enhancing the quality of the service to the public.

* Please note that 'black' is used as a term, not denoting skin colour, but as an accepted term used to describe 'Visible Ethnic Minority' people of African, African-Caribbean, Middle-Eastern, Asian or Asian sub-continent origin; who share the common experience to oppose the effect of racism and victimisation.

Our Aims and Objectives

• Providing a support network
• Promoting and monitoring the development of equality and diversity within the Constabulary
• Working closely with the Constabulary and staff associations
• Promoting the importance of cultural diversity in employment and service delivery issues
• Working towards improving relations between the Constabulary and people from Visible Ethnic Minority backgrounds
• Liaising with other Visible Ethnic Minority or relevant organisations/support groups
• Being instrumental in improving recruitment, retention and progression
• Assisting in the development of new and existing policies where necessary

MENTER is a Regional network for Black / Minority Ethnic (BME) voluntary organisations and communities with 420 BME organisations on the mailing list.

The organisation's purpose is to teach the children their mother tongue and guide them to mix well with the local community, and to help the older generation with the English language.

The Energy Saving Trust is the UK's leading organisation set up to try to prevent climate change by helping everyone cut carbon dioxide emissions.

Through its network of advice centres, the organisation provides free advice to consumers on saving energy, domestic renewable and greener transport. It also works with retailers, builders and industry to make sure that energy efficient products are available for people to choose.

To find out the best way to save energy in your home and cut your fuel bills, or get more miles for your money call your local Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre free on 0800 512012.

The University of Hertfordshire is the UK's leading business-facing University and an exemplar in the sector. It is innovative and enterprising and challenges individuals and organisations to excel.

The University of Hertfordshire is one of the region's largest employers with over 2700 staff and turnover of more than £235million. With a student We have a student of 24.500 including more than 2000 International students from 85different countries,the university has a global net work of over 165.000 alumni. For more information please visit www.herts.ac.uk

SF & Partners specialise in children and family law; it is a Pro Bono organisation providing free legal help and support to clients who are not eligible for Legal Aid and also not in the position to afford legal fees.