After weeks of deliberation, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) has written to my voluntary organisation BTWSC regarding the alleged complaint they received about a 'racially-biased' Brent Youth Spotlight Awards ad in the local newspaper.
The CRE letter states that: "it is probable that the award falls outside the scope of the 1976 Act, as it based on nominations and is not the provision of goods, facilities or services to the public or a section of the public. ... given that the award probably falls outside the 1976 Act and the scale of it, the Commission has decided to take no further action in this matter."
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