People/communities experiencing racial inequalities

Are you a Manchester voluntary sector organisation?

Would you like to share a story of your activity as part of the 2018 Spirit of Manchester Story Week in September?

Manchester Refugee Support Network (MRSN) is delighted to announce that the Big Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of £299,090 to the charity, to fund the Shared Routes program.

Together Now are looking to expand their board and would like to appoint two new trustees. Together Now are a small charity and the current trustees play various roles within the organisation, some taking a more traditional trustee role and some being more hands on with the work we do. All trustees have good involvement with the case load as well as strategic decision making.

We’ve been asked by RAPAR to circulate this information:

19 July 2018, between 9 and 10am tomorrow morning outside Dallas Court, Salford, M50 2GF

The Home Office have rejected Nestor's application and told him to present at Dallas Court on 19 July 2018.  David and Branwen McHugh, longstanding members of the Central Manchester Quaker Meeting who worked with Nestor for several years on the boaz trust  winter nightshelter project for destitute men write as follows:

The Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) are looking to recruit volunteers to provide support and assistance at the Greater Manchester NHS70 and Windrush70 Health Walk and Festival celebration event this Saturday (23 June) at Alexandra Park, Russell St, Manchester M16 7JL.

The Theme of the day is ‘Celebrating the Contribution of Migration to the NHS’ and will recognise the invaluable and irreplaceable contribution that the Windrush generation – and all BME communities – have made to the NHS since it was formed in 1948.

You are invited to participate in the Refugee World Cup, Family Fun Day and Refugee Cultural celebration on Saturday 23 June 2018, at Albert Park, Grecian Street, M7 1JF. The event is part of the Refugee Week celebration. Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts, cultural, sport and educational activities and events that celebrates the contribution of refugees to the UK and to create better understanding between different communities and to encourage successful integration enabling refugees to live in safety and to continue making a valuable contribution to the UK.

Manchester Refugee Support Network have recently launched a Young Refugee Employment Support project aimed at tackling the unacceptably high levels of unemployment amongst Manchester’s refugee community.

Are you between 16 and 25? Looking for work?

A new report published by Ambition for Ageing calls for more research into the experiences of older Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in Greater Manchester in order to tackle social isolation.

The charity Ensemble Manchester is grateful to have received a grant of £29,900 from the Lottery Heritage Fund. The project, made possible thanks to National Lottery players, will explore the culture of Manchester residents with a Central African background, particularly Cameroon.

This information is being circulated on behalf of RAPAR.

Please show and share your solidarity with Barly Koyangbwa, Leading Member of RAPAR and tireless helper and organiser with refugee people within many organisations in Greater Manchester and Nationally. Contact [email protected] if you have an event or meeting that Barly may speak at and sign and share this petition: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/barly-belongs-here