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Honouring Our Communities: Stories That Deserve to Be Heard

1.Your details
Anonymous responses are welcome
Your privacy and consent will always be respected
Section 1: Your Role and Contribution
2.How would you describe your role within your community?
For example, family, work, volunteering, leadership, cultural contribution
3.What contributions do you feel you make or have made to your community?
This could include volunteering, youth/community service, care, support, leadership, advocacy, or everyday actions.
Section 2: Your Experience
4.How has your cultural, racial, or ethnic identity shaped your experience in education, work, or everyday life?
5.Do you feel your contributions are recognised and valued? Please explain your experience.
6.Describe a moment where you felt excluded, overlooked, underestimated, or treated differently because of your identity.
7.Have you experienced comments, assumptions, or behaviours that impacted how you felt within your community, workplace, or education setting?
8.How have your experiences affected your confidence, sense of belonging, identity, wellbeing, opportunities, or lived experiences?
Section 3: Looking Forward
9.What would help ensure that you/individuals from your community feel recognised, valued, safe, and included?
10.What does “honouring our communities” mean to you?
Consent
11.Consent for participation in Equality and Diversity UK’s Black History Month 2026 report and awareness materials. Select all that apply.
Optional Video Contribution
We are also collecting short video clips that reflect community, identity, and everyday life.

Guidelines:

• 5–15 seconds
• Landscape format
• No copyrighted music
• Avoid identifiable faces without consent
• Capture real moments (family, culture, work, celebration, quiet moments)

Email short videos to bhm@equalityanddiversity.co.uk
Honouring our communities means recognising both what we give and what we experience.