Experts at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester are to lead three new research projects to help drive business activity in ethnic minority communities. DMU’s Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) will look at supplier diversity, new migrant communities and procurement readiness in ethnic enterprises. The studies will be led by Professor Monder Ram, a [...] [...more]
Money for Sports Scheme Thousands of pounds of lottery money will pay for schemes to tackle obesity and encourage more volunteering in Leicester. The City’s Local Sports Alliance has been awarded over £86,000 after a successful bid to Sport England for the cash, which is designed to encourage healthier lifestyles. Steve White, Chairman of the Local [...] [...more]
For Kerry Harrison, returning to education in her thirties has not just earned her a promotion at work but also a top class degree and a University award. Single mother Kerry, 39, from Belgrave in Leicester, received her degree after balancing six years of part-time study at De Montfort University (DMU) with a full-time job and [...] [...more]
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This year’s Mela, on Sunday 24th August promises to be an even greater feast of colour, music, dance and entertainment. For the first time, the event will take place in Loughborough Town Centre and will be publicised across the whole of Charnwood. Charnwood Mela is a partnership event between Charnwood Borough Council, who is the main [...] [...more]
Online resource for ethnicity & health doubles content - NHS backs with new contract A Specialist Library for Ethnicity & Health, designed to provide health professionals with the latest research and information on ethnic minority health, has announced two successes - in the last year it has doubled the number of research articles it provides, and [...] [...more]
Matt Clarke, a local Health and Fitness Professional has become a ‘Citizens Reporter’ and set up a blog to share his thoughts on Health & Fitness. His new blog can be found at www.novalet.com/MattClarke9 If you want to become a Citizens Reporter and let Citizens Eye know your thoughts on things important to you or that you [...] [...more]
What is Eurosom? Organised by the local Somali community, Eurosom 2008 is an ambitious and magnificent venture, involving the hosting in Leicester Shire of young sportspeople from across Europe, reflecting the Somali Diaspora and other ethnic minority communities. For two full and exciting weeks, these young people will compete in seven sports (football, cricket, basketball, athletics, [...] [...more]
Editor: I recently met with Jackie Perkins, Editor of the deafZINE to find out about the deaf-leicester website and their fantastic magazine. Jackie said: “We at deaf-leicester started deafZINE – the community magazine created FOR the deaf, BY the deaf! because of the feedback we received from our readers, when the deaf-leicester website was launched. We discovered [...] [...more]
What is WALKTALK? A walk between Leeds and London encouraging conversations between people of widely different backgrounds and experience An idea conceived by Gill Hicks, a survivor of the 7 July 2005 London bombings who lost both her legs that day, and her husband Joe Kerr (both of M.A.D for Peace), and developed with Zulfi Hussain of [...] [...more]
