Hanisha Oza is organising a fashion show inspired by the Bollywood industry and it takes place on Friday October 17th. The venue has been provided by Action Deafness as part of its support to the event. The Lord Mayor Manjula Sood will be coming along to lend her support to Hanisha Hanisha, is 17 years old and has [...] [...more]
An exploratory study - are you doing Community Development work with Migrants and Migrant Communities? Or are you working in an area experiencing high levels of in-migration? If so, we need your help to answer these questions: What can community development offer to communities experiencing high levels of in-migration and/or migrant communities? What difference does community development [...] [...more]
Primary Schools in Leicestershire and Rutland are invited to take up the Sign Language challenge. All Leicestershire and Rutland Schools are being invited to take part in a British Sign Language Challenge being arranged by local charity Action Deafness based in Leicester City Centre. Trained volunteers will be visiting local schools during the next school year to [...] [...more]
Recent legislation has raised the profile of sexual orientation issues on the equality and diversity agendas of many third sector organisations. Our public courses provide an excellent foundation for anyone wishing to gain a better understanding of this often sensitive subject. Despite current economic conditions we have held off price increases for our public courses until [...] [...more]
It’s time to increase the visibility of community development! There are twelve ‘barriers to participation’ listed in an annex to the empowerment white paper, Communities in control. These have been identified as key reasons people give for not getting involved in decision-making roles or other types of community engagement. We know that as a community development practitioner, [...] [...more]
Saturday 16th August 10am to 4.30pm At Babington Community College, 150 Strasbourg Drive, Leicester, LE4 0SZ Video Workshop on the plight of refugees Football exhibition Bottle dance by Bongabi group Drummers by Afro Innovation Cross Cultural Event information poster For further details please contact: Zuleikha Sheikh Abdallah, Refugee Project Worker Leicester North West Community Forum Tel: 0116 2293203 Mobile: 07846902312 Email: zuleikha.Abdallah@alchemyhouse.co.uk [...more]
The Reading Shop in Oadby will be giving young readers a good fun opportunity to enjoy the wonderful world of books, with some super summer and autumn events. Children who need a little extra help with reading will get their chance to catch up too - thanks to some special classes with expert tuition. The Reading Shop [...] [...more]
Enterprise Radio UK Ltd is a not-for-proft, social enterprise, and was formed to develop a full time radio service, initially for isolated communities in the U.K. Areas of Activity Enterprise Radio, through partnership working, will target initiatives that benefit the communities which Enterprise Radio serves. The types of assistance include: * Community support and investment * Development of inclusive programmes [...] [...more]
The fun Playday for children and young people will take place on Wednesday 6th August in Town Hall Square, Leicester. From 10am to 3pm, there are many different activities including: climbing wall urban rebounding reaction wall water slide den making book bus boat building fishing in the fountain plus much more on the day Young people will be engaged as journalists for the day to report [...] [...more]
Forget Summer Sundae and come to THE event of the summer! Supersonic is a festival for everyone and a bargain to boot. Saturday 16 August is a family music extravaganza with local live bands and a wonderous wurlitzer of workshops. Why not make your own musical instrument from junk? Or try your hand at tabla (the talking [...] [...more]
