This website will allow access to free resources but please take a few minutes to look through the site before registering and downloading the protocols.

The Association for Real Change (ARC) has worked with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) social care organisations including learning disabilities and training sector organisations to develop protocols to improve access to and knowledge of the training needs of the BME VCS social care sector. 

The project aims to encourage commissioners, training providers, qualification developers and awarding bodies to review their practice and ensure that people from a range of ethnic backgrounds can access training. 

Those delivering training also need to reflect the needs of these organisations and those working within them in their practice. 

To assist with this the project has developed a series of protocols for Commissioners / Training Developers, Trainers and BME/CVS organisations to ensue that any training undertaken is reflective of these needs. 

These protocols are free to download the protocols a short registration is required (for the projects final figures) this will take no more than one minute, follow the links on this website. 

Funding has come from the Capacity Builders 'Improving Reach 2008-11' programme