BME report

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The Centre's Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) project is making headway in its aim of training 300 BME groups throughout London. Already the project has provided health and safety training courses for over 150 groups and the demand for places is growing.

This year we have trained BME groups in Brent, Hillingdon, Islington, Newham and Tower Hamlets. We worked with the umbrella organisations BRAVA and HAVS in providing health and safety training sessions for local groups in Brent and Hillingdon. We also secured the support of the Islington based Evelyn Oldfield Unit in organising two extremely well attended courses for refugee organisations across London. The groups who participated in these sessions represented a wide range of groups and included the Kurdish Association of Refugees, Latin American Women’s Rights Services and the Tamil Relief Centre.

It is clear from the work of the BME project that stress is a major problem experienced by many employees and volunteers in this sector. Long hours, distressed clients, funding insecurity and racism are some of the key factors contributing to an unsafe and stressful working environment. The Centre aims to empower and support groups in these circumstances and we urge all BME groups to take advantage of our free training project.

Contact: Angie or Mumtaz for more information on 020 7794 5999

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