Rochdale headteacher part of new panel to tackle racism and discrimination Date published: 21 December 2020
Janice Allen, head of Falinge Park High School
The headteacher of a Rochdale high school has been named as a member of a new panel set up to tackle racism and discrimination.
Janice Allen, head of Falinge Park High School, is one of the 24 members chosen for their skills, knowledge, connections into their communities and their willingness to use their own personal experiences to challenge and support public services to tackle systemic inequalities, racism and discrimination.
Miss Allen, who has worked in education across Manchester and Salford secondary schools since 1998, said: It’s a real privilege to be appointed onto the panel.
Sarah Townsend
The combined authority has formed a 24-member panel of experts and leaders representing the city-region’s communities, designed to combat racism and race-related discrimination.
The Greater Manchester Race Equality Panel met for the first time last week, led by Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Cllr Brenda Warrington, executive leader of Tameside Council and portfolio lead for age-friendly Greater Manchester and equalities at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
The panel intends to elect a chair, or co-chairs, at a future meeting. It has agreed two areas of work to address in early 2021:
Providing insight and input to the Independent Inequalities Commission report into systemic racism in Greater Manchester.