About Runnymede

The Runnymede Trust is a research-based organisation, for racial justice.

We work by:

• Identifying challenges to and solutions for structural racism;
• Enabling effective action for social change;
• Influencing policy at all levels through thought leadership and robust evidence;
• Translating research outcomes into impact

In order to effectively overcome structural racism in our society, we believe that our democratic dialogue, policy, and practice must be based on reliable evidence from rigorous research and thorough analysis. Using our authoritative research-based interventions, we work with policy-makers, practitioners, and the general public to dismantle structural racism, and work towards racial justice in Britain.

For over 55 years, the Runnymede Trust remains the UK's leading independent racial justice think tank. We act as the Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community, and are active on several Select Committee Hearings, including those on education and human rights. We engage directly with government officials across a range of departments and issues, from schools to the labour market and prisons.

Our research outputs cover a wide range of topics from policing, migration, and the intersection of race and class, to how the climate crisis is rooted in structural racism, our authoritative research-based interventions equip decision makers, practitioners and citizens with the knowledge and tools to deliver genuine progress towards racial justice in Britain. We are proud of launching impactful reports on race and poverty, the English Literature curriculum, new police powers and police in schools, and the climate crisis in the last couple of years.

We have recently transformed from a small to medium-sized charity. The Runnymede Trust occupies a number of influential leadership spaces addressing racial justice and public policy, and members of our research and policy team sit on relevant policy forums on racial justice, demonstrating the breadth and depth of our expertise within the organisation.