Stephen Walcott

"For people of colour, there are large, unacceptable variations in access to the core building blocks of good health." 🏥 🥗 💊

Structural racism must be tackled to boost the health of the nation, Stephen Walcott from @runnymedetrust.bsky.social writes ⤵️

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12.03.2025 15:13 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

How racism affects health We identify ways in which racism operates within the everyday structures of our society – the labour market, housing systems and lived environment – and limits people’s opportunity to be healthy.

Our new report with the @healthfoundation.bsky.social shows how structural racism operates across our labour market, housing systems and the lived environment, limiting a person’s opportunity to be healthy.

Read it here 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/how-racism-affects-health

11.03.2025 12:14 — 👍 9    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2

“How can we reverse the cycle of poor housing, poverty, and ill health?” Stephen Walcott & Serena Robinson of @runnymedetrust.bsky.social explore in our latest blog post – noting how these issues intersect with racial divides. #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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11.01.2025 13:00 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"Reversing racial wealth and health disparities will require bold change, a substantial power shift and significant, long-term investment...viewing home ownership less aspirationally and certainly not as an asset for wealth accumulation"

✍🏽 Me and my colleague Serena for @lseinequalities.bsky.social

08.01.2025 10:39 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Politics Live - 12/12/2024 What will the government’s housebuilding plans mean for local communities? And what will new Brexit rules mean for small businesses?

Me on #bbcpoliticslive today explaining on behalf of @runnymedetrust.bsky.social why MPs scapegoating migrants for all our social ills, is both dishonest and a distraction from political choices and failures.

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12.12.2024 23:03 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Controlling for housing, employment and family characteristics cannot explain ethnic inequalities in deep, long term poverty

Only by eliminating structural racism can we eliminate poverty for people of colour

03.12.2024 08:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This summer’s racist riots were the clear outcome of intensifying Islamophobia in the UK.

Our new report shows that Islamophobia is growing, and highlights its structural nature across British society.
Read it here 👉 ow.ly/EUa450U7MoO

19.11.2024 10:29 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 2