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Baroness Doreen Lawrence to launch new series of head-to-head interviews for Inside Housing Live
Baroness Doreen Lawrence will be talking about the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and what this should mean for social landlords and policy makers.
Baroness Doreen Lawrence will be talking about the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as part of the new @insidehousing Live series of interviews #UKhousingBaroness Doreen Lawrence will be the first guest in Inside Housing’s series of head-to-head interviews, for the new IH Live section of the website.
Baroness Lawrence will be talking about the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in an interview with Inside Housing editor Martin Hilditch.
The conversation will look at what the findings of her recent review, An Avoidable Crisis, into the impact of COVID-19 on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities should mean for social landlords and policymakers. The review was commissioned by Labour leader Keir Starmer earlier this year.
The interview will also ask what Baroness Lawrence thinks about the current state of housing and benefit policy in the UK. She was one of the Shelter housing commissioners behind 2019’s influential report setting out a new vision for social housing. We’ll also be discussing what Baroness Lawrence thinks about social landlords’ response to Black Lives Matter and what should be done about barriers to professional progression in the sector and society more widely.
The new Inside Housing Live section of the website – part of a raft of changes, including a redesigned website and new monthly magazine, that launched last week – will include a variety of video and audio content, including head-to-head interviews, alongside our existing podcast and range of webinars and roundtables.
Baroness Lawrence was awarded an OBE for services to community relations in 2003 and was made a life peer in the House of Lords in 2013. She has won praise for her tireless dedication to the community, anti-racism and other causes close to her heart, and she was recently named the most powerful woman in the country by the BBC.
She continues to advocate and provide a voice for the voiceless with her continued commitment to tackling inequalities in societies globally. She supports many good causes and travel initiatives that provide opportunities to young people that were tragically denied to her son Stephen by his senseless murder in 1993.
Her efforts in seeking justice for Stephen’s murder led to an investigation into claims of police corruption and she says the changes in policing remain “only partly done” in her wish to see Britain become a fairer, just and tolerant society for all.
Following 22 years as the founding trustee and president of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, she stepped down to establish the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation where she is continuing to provide “a legacy of hope” for young people, in particular boys of colour and disadvantaged communities with educational opportunities, community cohesion and career advancement.
Baroness Lawrence will be speaking with Inside Housing on Thursday 3 December, at 6pm, as part of an Inside Housing Live tie-in with the HOMES UK virtual event. Registration is free. Sign up for free here.
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