Reports on how a community resources centre in Wolverhampton is taking positive cultural awareness a step further by training its staff in the use of Punjabi.
Reports on how a community resources centre in Wolverhampton is taking positive cultural awareness a step further by training its staff in the use of Punjabi.
Subject terms:
multicultural approach, resource centres, black and minority ethnic people, communication;
Women from ethnic minorities in London's East End have traditionally missed out on available health and social care. This article reports on Women's Health and Family Services - a multi-ethnic health advocacy support and advice organisation in Tower Hamlets which is working to provide better access to services.
Women from ethnic minorities in London's East End have traditionally missed out on available health and social care. This article reports on Women's Health and Family Services - a multi-ethnic health advocacy support and advice organisation in Tower Hamlets which is working to provide better access to services.
Subject terms:
social care provision, women, access to services, advice services, advocacy, black and minority ethnic people, health care;
Reports on the Tower Hamlets Social Inclusion project which aims to promote services to people who are hindered by a language barrier and whose visual impairments prevent them reading translated literature. The deputy development manager of the charity SeeAbility manages the project.
Reports on the Tower Hamlets Social Inclusion project which aims to promote services to people who are hindered by a language barrier and whose visual impairments prevent them reading translated literature. The deputy development manager of the charity SeeAbility manages the project.
Subject terms:
multicultural approach, social care provision, translation services, visual impairment, access to services, black and minority ethnic people;
Islamic schools, known as madressahs, provide an invaluable service for the Muslim communities they serve. Reports on a project in west Yorkshire which is working to raise awareness of child protection, positive parenting and health and safety within these schools.
Islamic schools, known as madressahs, provide an invaluable service for the Muslim communities they serve. Reports on a project in west Yorkshire which is working to raise awareness of child protection, positive parenting and health and safety within these schools.
Subject terms:
Muslims, parental skills training, parents, schools, teachers, black and minority ethnic people, child protection;
When a council-run employment service for socially excluded people hit a funding crisis the solution was to turn it into a charitable company. The chief executive of Pure Innovations explains to the author how he went about it and the services they provide.
When a council-run employment service for socially excluded people hit a funding crisis the solution was to turn it into a charitable company. The chief executive of Pure Innovations explains to the author how he went about it and the services they provide.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, leaving care, mental health problems, physical disabilities, refugees, social exclusion, black and minority ethnic people, charities, employment, financing;
Reports on the Turkish Access Scheme, operating in Waltham Forest north east London, which enables Turkish parents of disabled children to receive the services they are entitled to. The project used a Turkish-speaking person who could offer a wider contact base than that of an interpreter, and was able to build a relationship of the family.
Reports on the Turkish Access Scheme, operating in Waltham Forest north east London, which enables Turkish parents of disabled children to receive the services they are entitled to. The project used a Turkish-speaking person who could offer a wider contact base than that of an interpreter, and was able to build a relationship of the family.
Subject terms:
interpreting, parents, physical disabilities, social care provision, social worker-service user relationships, access to services, black and minority ethnic people, children, communication;
Reports on an innovative project which is engaging with children with East London's Bangladeshi community in schools to provide confidential information, counselling and support services.
Reports on an innovative project which is engaging with children with East London's Bangladeshi community in schools to provide confidential information, counselling and support services.
Subject terms:
intervention, mental health, multidisciplinary services, schools, South Asian people, Asian people, black and minority ethnic people, boys, children, counselling;
Reports on the Kinhon project, a Sheffield-project aimed at encouraging people from a Chinese ethnic background to use mainstream services. The project, funded by the primary care trust, provides information, support and advocacy to increase the Chinese community's access to mainstream health services.
Reports on the Kinhon project, a Sheffield-project aimed at encouraging people from a Chinese ethnic background to use mainstream services. The project, funded by the primary care trust, provides information, support and advocacy to increase the Chinese community's access to mainstream health services.
Subject terms:
interpreting, social care provision, translation services, access to services, advocacy, black and minority ethnic people, Chinese people, health care;
Reports on work in Leicester Council which has been awarded beacon status for its work on promoting race equality.
Reports on work in Leicester Council which has been awarded beacon status for its work on promoting race equality.
Subject terms:
local authorities, quality assurance, race relations, racial equality, anti-discriminatory practice, black and minority ethnic people, communities, cultural identity;