Nursery World - Delegates told of their vital role in ending racism

* Early years workers have a vital role in the fight to end race hate, delegates were told at a conference in London last week. Gurbux Singh, chair of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), addressed early years workers at the 'Tackling Race Hate' conference organised by the Early Years Trainers Anti Racist Network (EYTARN). The conference, which will be repeated in Leeds on 1 May, investigated the role of early years providers and how they can access national and local initiatives to help build antiracist communities, as well as how to acknowledge incidents of abuse and aggression and to respond with children and colleagues.

* Early years workers have a vital role in the fight to end race hate, delegates were told at a conference in London last week.

Gurbux Singh, chair of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), addressed early years workers at the 'Tackling Race Hate' conference organised by the Early Years Trainers Anti Racist Network (EYTARN). The conference, which will be repeated in Leeds on 1 May, investigated the role of early years providers and how they can access national and local initiatives to help build antiracist communities, as well as how to acknowledge incidents of abuse and aggression and to respond with children and colleagues.

Mr Singh said education at all ages was fundamentally important if we wanted to create a country free from racism and that the role of the early years in this was vitally important.

For further details of the Leeds conference, costing from 65, contact EYTARN on 0151 639 1778.