Kusminder Chahal

Kusminder Chahal is Senior Research Fellow at the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University. His research interests include race and racism, lived experience, hate crime, victim support and service responses, health and housing, community-based engagement and research and knowledge exchange.

He is an established equality and diversity practitioner and trained over 5500 professionals and is currently leading on Birmingham 2029 – BCU’s School of Social Sciences community-university engagement programme. Kusminder has completed various research and consultancy projects with voluntary and community organisations. He has recently completed two international projects in the USA taking a qualitative, participatory and community engagement approach.

Links to recent publications:

https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/supporting-victims-of-hate-crime

https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-other-america

Latest

Birmingham City Council Section 114 & the VCFSE Sector

• On 11 April Birmingham VCFSE sector organisations asked Birmingham City Council Leader & Acting Chief Executive questions on Section 114 • 244 people attended the online event held by BVSC to discuss the potential impact of Section 114 on Birmingham’s VCFSE sector and communities • Recording and presentation from the meeting are now available on BVSC website • A Section 114 Community Assets event is to take place on 23 May • Take part in Section 114 Research led by BVSC Research
Birmingham City Council Section 114: Community Assets Briefing Online Meeting

• What impact will Section 114 have on community assets? • What expectations and opportunities are there for local Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations to take over the management of/ lease/ purchase Council buildings, land, property and assets? • What support will be provided to VCFSE sector organisations with regards to community assets? Hear from Council and VCFSE leaders and have your say.
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BHO: Calling All Vegans To Promote Health Research!

Could you write to your local MP or Councillor to promote our health economics research? The analysis found with that every 1 million people who switch to a vegan diet would generate an estimated £121 million of health care cost savings. We would love support in highlighting this to government.

The State of Economic Justice in Birmingham and the Black Country 2021 Report

This is the second report by the New Policy Institute about the state of ‘economic justice’ in Birmingham and the four local authority areas of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton that make up the Black Country. It sets out how different groups are experiencing economic wealth and opportunity, and the ongoing systemic and structural barriers faced by many in achieving financial resilience.
M.E.L Research

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The Social Effectiveness Research Centre

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Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation

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Revolving Doors Agency

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Dr Bob Bates

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Alun Severn

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Angela Ellis Paine

Angela Ellis Paine is a research fellow at the Third Sector Research Centre and the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham. She has a long standing interest in research on voluntary action. Angela is currently working on a number of different research studies, which focus on community responses to covid-19, change in the voluntary sector, and the role and contribution of volunteers.