title: Equality is our aim.
abstract: When the Afi ya Trust was set up in 1997, one of the charity's main goals was to improve access to health and social care services for people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in the UK.
authors.affiliation: Race for Health and Patrick Vernon is chief executive of the Afi ya Trust.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hally