We are one of the oldest Community-Based Anti-Racist organisations in the UK.
We are a Collective who we wish to eradicate racism and exploitation in our society.
Our lived experience shows that this can only be achieved by transforming our society where peace and justice are foundations of a permanent reality.
Stop Anti-Asian Hate
RALLY - TIME TO ACT -Stop Racism, No to New Cold War.
London's Chinatown hosts an important event organised to halt the rise of racial abuse and violence and the threat of new Cold War. Join us
Support the Ricky Reel Campaign
Please sign the petition below and contact your local MP to support the Early Day Motion
Christopher Kapessa: TMG supports the Family Campaign to take legal action over river death
The Monitoring Group is supporting the mother of Christopher Kapessa to launch her own legal action if the decision not to prosecute the boy reportedly involved in her son's death is not reversed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Are you a victim of racism? Racism can take many forms: verbal abuse or violent; institutional discrimination or racial profiling by a State agency; or in multiple forms - mixed with issues of class, caste, sexism, sexual orientation and others. If you report to us, we promise to treat your query confidentially and with respect.
We advocate for people suffering racist, religious and sexual violence and discrimination
We have been helping families suffering from racial violence for 40 years. We therefore hae vast amounts of experience, skills and knowledge, and are recognised as a leading agency within this field in the UK. .
Challenging the injustice of undercover policing in our communities
In 2015 the then Home Secretary, Theresa May announced that there would be a judge-led inquiry into undercover policing. This Inquiry is examining the scope of undercover policing work across England and Wales from 1968 to 2007. It covers the work of two undercover policing units – the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU).
The Monitoring Group, along with a number of other anti-racist group, was subject to undercover police operations during this period, for reasons unknown. We are participants to this Inquiry and have started a project to work with others affected, seeking full accountability and assessing its impact on our work.
We stand against Antisemitism
In light of the alarming spike of antisemitism incidents in London over recent months as well as our support for human rights work in Palestine/Israel, we take an unequivocal stand against antisemitism. Any form of prejudice, abuse and violence targeting Jewish communities due to current international events or holding that community collectively responsible is unacceptable. The impact of these actions go beyond the targeting of individuals, it leaves a community feeling fearful and marginalised.
We know from our decades of experience of dealing with communal conflicts in South Asia, for instance, that these moments require us to create safe spaces to have difficult conversations between affected communities to be guided by mutual respect and enabling a path to peace and justice for all.
Read about some of the campaigns from our history
We build collective knowledge and understanding of systems and structures that support and perpetuate racism
We are a grassroots organisation helping people and sharing lived experiences by :
Daily representation and advocacy on behalf of clients suffering race discrimination and racially motivated hate crimes
Research, data collection & evaluation projects
participating in community organising and stablishing public interest campaigns, self-organized and arts-based projects within Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities to address injustice, representation and marginalization and to empower racialised groups of our society.
participating in legal forums such as Public Inquiries that have examined the prevalence of racism and neglect within public bodies, including police (Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and Undercover Police Inquiry), prisons (Zahid Mubarak Inquiry), and care services (Victoria Climbie Inquiry)
Since our inception, over 40 years years the Monitoring Group has been a leading voice for family led empowerment and justice campaigns in the UK. It has helped hundreds of families, and established campaigns for many including the families of Blair Peach, Kuldip Sekhon, Stephen Lawrence, Ricky Reel, Michael Menson, Zahid Mubarak, Victoria Climbie, Mi Gao Chen and Christopher Kapessa
These Family Campaigns led to Public Judicial Inquiries and consequent changes in legislation and social practices, transforming modern Britain
Learn about the impact of racism and policing
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Lockdown and the rise race hate crimes
As Britain went into lockdown fears about health infection rates and the catastrophic impact on the economy set in, but something else was taking hold. We've been speaking to the anti-racism charity, The Monitoring Group, and they've noticed an alarming trend: a rise in racist hate crime.
‘I’m not sure what I would be doing if the TMG hadn’t helped me, I was at my lowest point when I came here and would be dead by now”
‘I’m still traumatised by it and can’t talk about it. When the police turned up, I thought cool but then when I saw them do nothing I just had to say, ‘why aren’t you not doing anything is it because they are white’
‘When you get to a point like I did .. you struggle to light at the end of the tunnel … TMG helped me understand how injustice works, and how to fight my case… it was empowering’
— Quotes from our clients