Nursery World - Training sought in race equality

Children in Scotland has called for all early years workers to receive professional training in promoting racial equality. The charity's senior policy officer Douglas Hamilton, speaking in the run-up to 'Equal Futures', a major conference to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Race Relations Act 1976, said that there were increasing numbers of examples of good practice in anti-racism work from primary and secondary schools, but fewer from nurseries.

The charity's senior policy officer Douglas Hamilton, speaking in the run-up to 'Equal Futures', a major conference to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Race Relations Act 1976, said that there were increasing numbers of examples of good practice in anti-racism work from primary and secondary schools, but fewer from nurseries.

Mr Hamilton said, 'Research has shown us that children can pick up on racist attitudes from an early age. Therefore it is vital that race equality work starts in early years settings. There is an urgent need for further research to find out exactly what works in early years settings. This needs to be followed up with comprehensive training of early years workers.

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