For the past year Oxfordshire Racial Equality Council (OREC) have been using funds from CRE (now EHRC) to promote the equality agenda with businesses in Oxofrdshire.

Part of the funding was used to revive OEREN as a group and OREC is so pleased that this group is again very strong and positive. Indeed the Network is thriving and is a forum for sharing best practice between cutting-edge organisations.

Now that CRE funding is at an end, the Network will continue as a partnership enterprise under the dynamic management of OREC, Oxford Bus Company and Oxford Brookes University.

 

“Being a member of OEREN has been a very positive thing for both myself and the Oxford Bus Company. As community members got to know us through the network, we have attracted employees from a wider cross section and were seen as such good employers that we were nominated for a Positive Employer Award in 2005. On a personal note, I have been able to get advice and share best practice with other interested professionals to allow me to improve our policies and procedures and remain an employer of choice for all sections of the community.”
- Louisa Weeks, Director and General Manager, Oxford Bus Company