About BSWN

BSWN’s over-arching strategic intent is to build dynamic, independent, and strong Black and Minoritised communities, businesses, and organisations that are empowered to flourish while challenging systemic barriers and forging a true path for themselves. We believe that only through this will we significantly address racial inequality. All our portfolio feeds into this aim.

Over the years, BSWN has developed a strong reputation for evidence-driven work based on our own robust and academically sound research. We have started to fill the significant gaps in knowledge that are created by the lack of focus on the specific understandings, experiences, needs, wants, feelings, and aspirations of the Black and Minoritised communities in Bristol and the region.

Our work falls into three broad areas - Cross-sector Enterprise and Innovation; Cultural Inclusion; Research and Knowledge – with Scrutiny and Accountability and Representation and Power as an over-arching theme that cuts through all our work.

Our Vision

 A society in which inequality and discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic categorisation are wholly absent.

Our Mission

To be a driving force for racial equality in the South West and nationally through releasing the agency and voice of Black and Minoritised people such that they can utilise robust research, lived experiences, and innate knowledge to influence decision-making, increase their economic and social capital, and construct a more equitable and prosperous society for Black and Minoritised people everywhere.

Our Values

1. Equity

2. Inclusivity

3. Justice

4. Fairness

5. Honesty

6. Accountability