BMENational member Irish Centre Housing, which provides accommodation and support for the homeless and vulnerable across London, has begun the redevelopment of one of its key hostels thanks to the financial support of Clydesdale Bank. Working in partnership with the…
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Category: Irish Centre Housing, News
Tags: clydsdale bank, community, conway house, funding, homeless, homes and communities agency, irish centre housing, irish immigrants, loan, london borough of camden, tricia durkan
Innisfree Housing Association has received a much sought-after grant for a creative arts project that will be used to teach its tenants skills in the art of photography. Funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Awards for All’ scheme, which supports…
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Category: Innisfree, News
Tags: anthony luvera, awards for all, big lottery, BME housing, Clare Winstanley, community, creative arts, ealing, grant, homeless, housing association, Innisfree, new connections, photography, project, social housing, tenants
My 84-year-old grandmother was rescued by the Big Society. Or was it the big state? Or was it the doctrine of state multiculturalism? Listen to her story and you tell me. Chau Yuk Sim arrived in Britain from Hong Kong…
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Category: Bangla, Features, News, Odu-Dua, Tamil, Tung Sing
Tags: Bangla, Ben Chu, big society, BME, BME housing, chinese, community, cuts, david cameron, english language classes, esol, housing association, immigrants, Lara Oyedele, manchester, multiculturalism, odu dua, social housing, SP, supporting people, Tamil, Tung Sing, wai yin