BME Menu of Services

Black, Minority & Ethnic Networks Menu of Services

Community and Voluntary Action Tameside (CVAT) is a Registered Charity (No: 1148056) Company Limited by Guarantee (No: 7930346)

Community and Voluntary Action Tameside 131 Katherine Street Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7AW Tel: 0161 339 4985 www.cvat.org.uk

‘In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race.

There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently’.

Harry A. Blackmun (1978).

(Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States)

Introduction The Black Minority and Ethnic (BME) Network at Community and Voluntary Action Tameside (CVAT) presents its ‘Menu of Service: Tameside 2015.

Menu of Service provides introduction and insight into some of the dedicated community groups who serve the Black, Minority and Ethnic community in Tameside.

The Menu provides details of group’s current areas of work, activities, future goals, achievements, highlights and collaborative work.

Hyde Community Action Hyde Community Action aims to improve the health and wellbeing of Bangladeshi women residing in Hyde community.

It empowers priority groups to contribute to social, economical and political development in their communities. The charity’s aims and objectives are put in to practice through inventive community development and support work. It also uses signposting, partnership and agency work to broaden and convey its services to wider communities.

Hyde Healthy Living Centre, 20 Great Norbury Street, Hyde, SK14 1BR 0161 368 3268 www.hydecommunityaction.org.uk

Current Areas of Work Physical activities Health & wellbeing Training Information technology Learning & development

Main Activities Volunteering Social & health activities Bengali women’s training Buddying Physical Activities Housing Advice

Highlights & achievements Hyde Community Action uses volunteer led framework to conduct its day to day business, this means volunteers

“We are community led charity aiming to improve people’s health and general wellbeing. We provide people with opportunity to learn and share skills with each other and aim to bring people from all backgrounds together, through community led activities in addition to partnership work.”

are involved in various aspects of the decision making process. This Provides volunteers with significant responsibilities and boosts personal, social and educational development. This year Hyde Community Action has been successful in receiving funding from Big Lottery (2011), this major funding will continue to support learning and development of volunteers for another three years.

Collaborative & partnership work Hyde Community Action is working in partnership with Primary Care Trust on a ‘niche tobacco’ project. The group is also engaging local volunteers and people to advocate dangers of ‘Smokeless Tobacco’.

Future focus Hyde Community Action (HCA) would like to work more collaboratively with other groups in Tameside. HCA would also like similar groups and charities to share and highlight the benefit of good practice. Finally, HCA would like to continue to reduce barriers and inequalities in the community.

Languages spoken Bangla (Sylheti & Dhaka dialects) and Hindi The training programme is offered bespoke to Bangladeshi women living in Tameside

Hyde Bangladeshi Welfare Association Hyde Bangladesh Welfare Association (HBWA) was formed in 1976 to help and support the Bangladeshi community in Hyde to: Improve education and training Improve employment and self-employment opportunities, provide information, advice and support on social and welfare issues, develop greater cohesion and understanding amongst the different communities, providing opportunities for children/young people.

Hyde Bangladeshi Welfare Association 19 Sharples Street, Hyde, SK14 1LF 0161 368 1349

Current Areas of Work Youth Club Training Learning & development Homework Club Bangla Class Little Star (special needs children) Customer Service Advise. We have been devising, developing and delivering a range of projects encompassing all age groups, gender and communities, such as ‘A Stitch in Time’ textile project for women, funded by Awards for All: ‘Jubo Shangho’ youth club in partnership with Tameside MBC; After school Club and holiday activities for children; luncheon club; advice & information; ‘Future Finder’. Awards for All recognising young talents across three Wards in Hyde involving secondary schools, colleges and local communities; cultural events; etc.

Main Activities Luncheon Club Homework Club Holiday Club Little Star (Special Needs) Youth Club Future Finder

Collaborative & partnership work HBWA is keen on partnership work, which has reflected into joint workings with high schools and colleges across Hyde Werneth and Hyde Godley wards for Future Leaders Awards recognising academic achievements; community achievements; inspirational young person; higher achiever; and team award.

Future focus HBWA will continue to focus on developing diverse activities in line with the needs of the local community.

Having revised policies and procedures, we intend to increase our commissioning and contracting efforts. We also intend to obtain a quality mark in 2015.

Languages spoken Bangala/Sylheti

Current Areas of Work Adult Tameside residents who are: • Carers

Highlights & achievements

• Older people

HBWA has secured resources from a variety of sources introducing innovative ideas and new ways of working. We are providing assistance and sign-posting to local communities on the issues, such as housing, benefits, health, etc.

• People with a learning disability • People with sensory or physical impairments • People with mental health needs

Cloverleaf Cloverleaf believe everybody has the right: To plan their own life, to be listened to, to be taken seriously and to be respected.

Valerie Moore 07827 946932 valerie.moore@cloverleaf-advocacy.co.uk www.cloverleaf-advocacy.co.uk www.facebook.com/cloverleafadvocacy

Highlights & achievements • Resolution of client issues through advocacy • Happier clients • Self-advocates • Stronger more confident and healthier communities

Main Activities Free independent & confidential advocacy: • One to one advocacy • Independent Mental Health Advocacy • Group and Community • Development • Service user group facilitation and support: • Self-advocacy group • Mental Health group • Residential group

Future focus Setting up community support groups to develop self-advocacy skills, build selfconfidence, build capacity, engage in joint working and greater health awareness.

International Thai Foundation We defend the rights of those who cannot afford a lawyer or access to opportunities.

Our specialists work in the local community to uphold justice and advance equality.

Our Objectives are to empower, increase access to justice and advance equal opportunities to groups which are poor, disadvantaged, disabled or marginalised Contact John Lewis 01925 414308

Current Areas of Work We currently offer Pro Bono Community Legal Centre / Hub to people from the Thai Community

Main Outcomes Provision of pro bono & discounted legal services. Maintaining healthy, happy environments is an important, and often neglected part of aid work. We work with the local community closely.

Khush Amdid Khush Amdid aims to improve the health and wellbeing for Asian Women particularly women from a Pakistani background Contact Mrs Ibrahim or Farhat on:07805 425 956, 07939 596 137 or 07954 133 371

Current Areas of Work Crafts, Healthy Eating and Exercise Lunch and Food awareness.

Luncheon Club, twice weekly Friendship Health and wellbeing including exercise Crafts using recycled plastic bottles.

Khush Amdid meet twice weekly, On Mondays they meet at Holy Trinity Community centre, Dean Street, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 7HD. They also meet every Thursday at The Common Room, Cranbrook Gardens, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 9AA. Both groups meet from 10am— 2pm and any woman between the ages of 18—80 are welcome. Particularly women from a Pakistani background.

Main Outcomes ‘Biligual support is currently being offered’ Urdu, Punjabi and English.

Collaborative and Partnership Work Khush Amdid work in partnership with Tameside Elders Association an older Asian Men’s project, and also at a Local and regional level they feed into the Greater Manchester BME Network.

Future Focus The group are keen to continue to offer the same services and to begin new services. They are always happy to welcome new members and organise trips, including an international trip this year. They are or will be offering computer awareness, weight management, sewing classes, massage, crafts and yogi. They will continue to make links with other groups and will continue to be part of the BME network and host events throughout the year.

Tameside Elders Association Tameside Elders Association’s (TEA) objective is to promote social wellbeing of elderly members in the community, particularly elderly Asian men. However, the group is open to all elderly members of Tameside regardless of their cultural background.

Moreover, the group facilitates recreational and leisure activities. They also aim to increase education for the interest of social welfare.

Contact

Future focus

Zafar Iqbal 07722 197948 tamesideelderlyassociation@hotmail.co.uk

Tameside Elders Association would like focus on areas of funding, campaigning and advocacy.

Current Areas of Work Physical activities, Health & wellbeing, Peer support and Advice & information

Current Areas of Work

Main Activities

Physical activities Health & wellbeing Training Learning & development Information technology

Luncheon club, Friendship, Buddying and Physical activities

Main Activities

Highlights & achievements

Luncheon club Friendship Peer support Physical activities

This year TEA has employed a part time Development Worker to support its increasing membership. TEA has started to provide advice and drop in sessions to its members. Bilingual support with form filling is also being offered.

“We provide a luncheon club for predominately older Asian men in Tameside. However, it’s open to all elderly residents.”

Collaborative & partnership work We work in partnership with Khush Amdid older Asian women’s project, and also at a regional level we feed into Greater Manchester BME Network.

“Bilingual support with form filling is currently being offered Urdu and English.”

West African Development West African Development aims to break social barriers to integrate people of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It aims to raise self-esteem and quality of life through facilitating meetings, activities and cultural events. WAD’S events and activities include: dancing, drumming, sporting and arts.

WAD also provide training and information on a range of social issues.

Alade Sanni westafri@westafricandevelopment.org.uk

Main activities Activities include: dancing, drumming, sporting and arts

Collaborative & partnership work Networking and partnership allows WAD to ensure that BME people Refugee and asylum seekers in Tameside and the wider communities have a voice in society.

Future focus WAD will be focusing on improving health and wellbeing of the West African communities in Tameside.

We want to strengthen the communities as a whole, providing West-African with a means of attaining services, rights and benefits available to them

Peace Talks Tameside Peace Talks Tameside aims to promote awareness of peace to the people of Tameside and surrounding areas.

Topics include personal peace and peace in society as inspired by the international speaker on the topic, Mr Prem Rawat.

Ram Nathoo 07901 552732 peacetalkstame-side@gmail.com

Current areas of work Training & Support, Learning & Development. The group promotes awareness of Peace by offering free of charge two courses – a short 3 workshop Peace Course and a longer 10 workshop Peace Education Programme.

We also, raise awareness of our aim through exhibitions and celebrating UN International Day of Peace. The group aims to promote Peace Education Programme which has proven to help individuals develop positive life skills and discover inner resources such as self worth and dignity. This is an effective means to help increase the harmony within individuals and the community in which they serve.

Main activities Peace Education, Peace related activities and Friendship.

Highlights & achievement We celebrated UN International Day Peace 21 September, 2014 by exhibiting audio visual material at Tameside Library.

This event was attended by guests, visitors to the library and councillors.

It was also, listed on the International Day of Peace and Word of Peace Global websites. We successfully delivered a Peace Education Programme in Rochdale to a group of 19 Refugees and asylum seekers. One participant quoted “I like section on feeling peace in my life is possibility for me.”

Future focus PTT would like to develop partnerships with businesses and organisations to promote our aim and actively participate in celebrating UN International Day of Peace annually. We are also considering offering Wellbeing in the Caring Professions course to NHS staff, social workers, counsellors, therapists, etc.

Collaborative & partnership work We are currently working towards building collaborative.

Languages spoken English.

Tara Community Centre Tara is set up to provide much needed help, support and assistance to disadvantaged individuals and families from black and minority ethnic, asylum seekers and refugee communities and new migrants Tara Community Centre, 124 Stamford St, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6AD 0161 339 7270 tara.refugee@hotmail.co.uk www.tararefugee.co.uk

Current areas of work Advice and information, peer support/ self-help, Health and Wellbeing Training, Learning and development, Legal and civil rights, Education, cultural heritage, Free ESOL Classes, Youth services and dance, Drama and Film Making, Quarterly forum with GM Police

Main activities Housing advice ESOL classes Homework Club Money advice (welfare benefits etc.)

Self employment project

Languages spoken by staff: Arabic, English, French, Lingala, Portuguese, Punjabi, Swahili and Urdu

Project examples Our homework club was launched in March 2007 and has been tailored for children of BME origin, living and attending schools across Tameside.

Our community cohesion project was set up to bring communities together.

To bring awareness of different cultures, backgrounds and communities so that there will be a better understanding between the communities.

We work specifically with new migrants, refugees and asylum seekers and their families, young people and women.

We help to ease their integration into life in the UK by breaking down barriers to social inclusion.

Future focus Changing our approach to include and support all BME communities in Tameside.

Collaborative and partnership work Tara would like to continue to work more with other BME organisations and external agencies.

Europia Europia’s Mission is to provide information and practical support to East and Central European migrants at risk of abuse, exploitation and discrimination in Greater Manchester in order to identify and address the root causes of poverty, injustice and social exclusion.

Kush Chottera 07763 711888 kush.c@europia.org.uk www.europia.org.uk

Europia’s Values are: Honesty, Transparency and Professionalism

Main activities

www.facebook.com/EuropiaManchester www.twitter.com/Europia_UK

• Engage with hard to reach East and Central European Migrants

Current areas of work

• Increase knowledge and awareness of East and Central European Migrants in Tameside

• ESOL in Tameside • Women’s drop-in and community outreach in Tameside • Community events in Stockport, Wythenshawe and Oldham • Mum and I sessions in Salford • Outreach in Salford • Wellbeing sessions in Salford Europia’s Objectives are: To relieve the financial hardship and mental distress of vulnerable European migrants and their dependents through the provision of advice and advocacy services, interpreting and translating and counselling and psychological support.

To promote the learning and education of vulnerable European migrants and their dependents through the continual development of their individual capabilities, competencies, skills and understanding in the English language and vocational and social skills including employability.

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit and avoid poverty by working with vulnerable European migrants and their dependents who are socially excluded due to their ethnic origin or nationality and to assist them to integrate into British society.

• Provide access for local services and agencies to the community in Tameside

Languages spoken Polish and English

Current partnership working Women’s and Their Families Centre in Ashton Cloverleaf Health improvement teams in Salford Job Centre plus in Salford Greater Manchester Police

Future focus Mental Health projects Advice and Advocacy projects Women’s groups Familes and Children initiatives Cultural and Arts initiatives Housing and benefits support Employability Language support

Community and Voluntary Action Tameside (CVAT) is a Registered Charity (No: 1148056) Company Limited by Guarantee (No: 7930346)

Community and Voluntary Action Tameside 131 Katherine Street Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7AW Tel: 0161 339 4985 www.cvat.org.uk