by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Mar 6, 2021
Online (Zoom) Free Join us for a very interesting presentation and talk by Glyn Hayes on Lifeboats in Weston-super-Mare.
by Ian Noah | Feb 27, 2021
Join us for a very interesting talk from professional Purchasing Manager, Garry Taylor. Garry has over 28 years experience buying and saving for companies. he will show you comparison sites, Cashback Schemes and other ways to save your hard earned money. Zoom Link:...
by Ian Noah | Feb 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Events, News
Despite BME communities being known to be disproportionately affected by COVID-19, they have not been prioritised under current government vaccine roll-out practices. However, in response to the demand by members of the BME communities, Sayd Ahmed, Chair of the BME...
by Ian Noah | Feb 20, 2021
Peter Lander, the archivist of The Birnbeck Pier Regeneration Trust, will give a talk about the fascinating work of the Trust in researching and preserving the history of Weston’s 150 year old Birnbeck Pier and the importance of saving its historic legacy. (See...
by Ian Noah | Feb 13, 2021
This week’s Wellbeing Café talk is by Cirlei Ioris of Healthwatch North Somerset, a local charity that aims to find out what you like about health and care support, and what could be improved! Healthwatch has the power to make sure that those in charge of health...
by Ian Noah | Jan 29, 2021
This course is to help support BME/BAME projects, groups and organisations in North Somerset, who are delivering important services to their communities during the COVID pandemic, and who wish to benefit from an enhanced online presence by developing their own...
by Ian Noah | Jan 28, 2021 | COVID-19, News
Voluntary Action North Somerset (VANS), with the support of Weston-super-Mare Town Council, is seeking to gain the best possible understanding of the help and support that is currently needed to help the communities in Weston and North Somerset recover from the...
by Ian Noah | Jan 26, 2021 | Events, News, Training
This course is to help support BME/BAME projects, groups and organisations in North Somerset, who are delivering important services to their communities during the COVID pandemic, and who wish to benefit from an enhanced online presence by developing their own...
by Ian Noah | Jan 19, 2021 | News
Supporting the vital work of BME/BAME organisations is more important than ever and digital inclusion and connectivity is a critical issue. BME/BAME Communities, who are under particular and well documented pressures, are made doubly vulnerable by digital isolation....
by Ian Noah | Jan 19, 2021 | News
Community Learning offer short courses for adults living in North Somerset (minimum age 19)to help build skills and confidence for work, volunteering and wellbeing. Priority places are given to those who are in receipt of certain benefits or with few or no...
by Ian Noah | Jan 10, 2021 | Events, Wellbeing Cafe
19 December 2020, 12-1pm Christmas is a time of celebration and festivity around the world. There are many vibrant and unique ways of observing this holiday. The BME Network is having a Well-being Cafe all about Christmas, with a series of short talks by...
by Ian Noah | Jan 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Resources
COVID-19 information and adviceLinks to accurate sources of information about different issues relating to coronavirus.COVID-19 resources Get coronavirus resources for specific health conditions, groups and in other languages Health adviceFind the latest information...
by Ian Noah | Jan 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Resources
The organisation Migrants Organise have created Guidance for Supporting Migrants During Coronavirus, which they will update regularly.More information can be obtained from the following organisations:- Doctors of the WorldJoint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants...
by Ian Noah | Jan 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Resources
What is Healthy Start? With Healthy Start, you get free vouchers every week to spend on milk, fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables, fresh, dried, and tinned pulses, and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. Pregnant or have children under the...
by Ian Noah | Jan 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Resources
Please see below for some new assets for use in COVID-19 communications:- Fresh Air VideoA new film has been designed to explain the importance of letting fresh air into your home to stop the spread of coronavirus. You can watch the...
by Ian Noah | Jan 9, 2021 | News
For Black communities in the UK there is a greater risk of dementia, but support is typically accessed later in the journey. Alzheimer’s Society is funding researcher Moïse Roche to understand the cultural factors behind these statistics, and how dementia...
by Ian Noah | Jan 9, 2021 | News
A recent All Party Parliamentary Report shows Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) businesses have been disproportionately hit by Covid-19.BAME communities are at greater risk of dying if they contract the virus – but face greater exposure because of the businesses...
by Ian Noah | Jan 9, 2021 | News
The UK children’s charity, Barnardo’s, felt compelled to to publish their ‘White Privilege A Guide for Parents’ to provide insight for those who are ignorant of, indifferent to, or defensively in denial of the concept and...
by Ian Noah | Jan 9, 2021 | Events, Wellbeing Cafe
Black History Month takes place in October every year and is an annual commemoration of the history, achievements and contributions of Black people in the UK. The aims of Black History Month are to: promote knowledge and understanding of Black History...
