black environment network

Black Environment Network

Quarter 2 Report 06/07

Black Environment Network uses the word !black" symbolically recognising that the black communities are

the most visible of all ethnic groups. We work with white, black and other ethnic communities

Black Environment Network, 60 High Street, Llanberis, Wales, LL55 4EU Tel/Fax: 01286 870 715

[email protected] www.ben-network.org.uk

Charity No. 1048390 Company No. 3063864

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Contents

English Heritage Historic Environment Programme 3

- James Friel

BEN Wales Progress Report 10

- Mike Cherry

- Pam Green

- Philippa Owen

- Fawzia Haq

CCW Fairshare Project - Wales 36

- Max Ghani

Discover Heritage Project (DHP) - Scotland (Glasgow) 39

- Taja Sidhu

BEN is supported by:

BEN National Capacity Building Grant 2006-8 Quarterly reporting for the period July 2006 – Sept 2006

Big Lottery Fund/Enfys. Community Recycling Network for Scotland

Countryside Council for Wales. English Heritage. English Nature

Environment Wales, WAG. Greenpeace Environmental Trust. Heritage Lottery Fund

National Trust Scotland. EQUAL Community Initiative, ESF. Objective 1 ESF, WAG

Scottish Natural Heritage

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Quantitative

targets and

agreed tasks

Quarterly report back

– targets met and

progress made.

BEN

input

Qualitative

outcomes

Quarterly report back –

progress and key

issues.

1) Influence policy and support policy development across the Heritage sector on all aspects of engaging

with BME communities.

Regular

involvement in

6-8 key

committees/wor

king groups.

Ethnic minority issues

represented. 1 Policy

development

strengthened.

HEREC JLW HEREC input into

Heritage Counts 2006

Progress: BEN raised a

number of issues with

regard to Heritage

Counts 2006

Key issue:

1. The Case studies

need to be presented in

context. They are good

and significant in

breaking new ground but

still only represent work

on a very small scale in

the overall scheme of

things.

The significant key

themes, illustrated by

case studies, need to be

made visible

2. Volunteer figures

provide no breakdown by

ethnicity.

3. The survey figures

need to refined/ put into

context as they give a

very false impression of

the level of engagement

by BME communities in

relation to key areas of

the heritage sector.

HEREC

Broadening

Access Group

JF 1. Input into Stage

one Russell

Commission bid for

youth team to

increase access to

historic environment

to young people

submitted

2. Group members

made aware of need

Progress: input into bid

electronically

Bid successful

1 Priority issues are likely to include: contacts & consultation, organisational culture change, organisational

infrastructure, partnership working, workforce diversity, research, interpretation and marketing.

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to address

mainstream

organisational needs

re working effectively

with BME groups

National Trust

Council

JLW Advancing Diversity

and Access agenda

Continuing to raise the

theme of diversity so it

stays on the agenda of

the Trust

NT – Diversity

and Access

Group

JLW Development of

diversity and access

actions

Supporting the

development of actions

in relation to diversity

and access. Mandatory

diversity training for

particular staff is an area

of development.

Heritage Link

Social Inclusion

Group

JF 1. Diversity

Programme Co-

ordinator appointed

2. Diversity Co-

ordinator steering

group met

Progress: Input into

meeting

Key issues:

1. Drew up

timetable and

reporting for the

duration of the

programme.

2. Produced draft

programme for

first training event

CBA –

Diversifying

Archaeology

JF Identified practical

actions for CBA to

address.

1) User Needs

analysis

2) Workforce

Development

Progress: input into

meeting

Key issue

1) Raising awareness of

the value of broadening

diversity in the sector

Young

Archaeologists

Club Executive

Committee

JF 1. Produced Outline

bid to be presented to

YAC management

committee at October

meeting which will

lead to a joint bid from

CBA/BEN for a CBA

Diversity Co-

coordinator

Progress: Dialogue and

input on the bid and its

delivery

Key Issue

1) Using current YAC

resources i.e. magazine

to raise awareness of

diversity issues

Input into policy

consultations

as appropriate

JLW/JF 1. Participated in

Outdoors for All

Workshop as part of

working on input into

DEFRA's consultation

the Diversity Review

Action Plan. Produced

response to DEFRA"s

1. DEFRA Diversity

Review Action Plan

consultation

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Outdoors for All

consultation

2. Input into National

Audit Office

consultation re

applicant experience

of HLF application

process

3. Carnegie UK

- linking social

cohesion and

stimulating heritage

participation

2. Issues raised:

a. Lack of strategic

overview re grant

making relating to

new audience

development

b. Unsatisfactory

assessment

processes

c. Lack of adequate

allocation of

funds to new

audience

development

(resulting in the

'policy' of no

continuation

grants despite

evidence of need)

d. Uneven

understanding of

issues around

new audience

development

among HLF grant

officers

3. The recognition of the

contribution of involving

ethnic communities in

heritage participation to

social cohesion and its

effect on the visibility of

ethnic groups and the

debate on identity

2) Maintain a dialogue with the heritage sector (sharing information and identifying opportunities in order to

support the development of actions to increase ethnic participation).

Dialogue with 6-

8 heritage

organisations/

agencies

a) BEN to contribute

to, and track

identification of,

issues and

development of

actions re ethnic

participation.

b) BEN to highlight to EH

the key issues for sector

capacity building that this

process raises.

National Trust JF Conversations with

NT Regional Staff

Meeting with CLV staff in

East Midlands to identify

opportunities for

partnership working to

address diversity and

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broadening access

The Sector

Skills Council

for the Creative

and Cultural

Industries -

Creative and

Cultural Skills

JLW/JF Input into Creative

and Cultural Skills

policy and actions re

stakeholder

representation and

opportunities for

ethnic participation

Meeting with Victoria

Pirie

CBA JF 1. Conversations with

YAC/CBA staff

resulting in the placing

of engagement of

BME communities on

the YAC steering

group agenda as a

key area of work (see

1 above)

Continuing dialogue with

various members

Action developments:

1. To make CBA a more

diverse organisation

HHA JLW/JF 1. Working towards a

project outline for “On

Our Doorstep”

properties in E.

Midlands. This is well

underway -Identified

properties interested

in involvement in the

BEN/HHA East

Midlands project.

Expressions of

interest from BME

community groups

2. Advance thinking

on involvement in the

2007 Bicentenary for

the Commemoration

of the Abolition of

Slavery

Meetings and

conversations with HHA -

Frances Garnham


1. Produced first draft of

“On Our Doorstep”

2. Communicating the

context of multicultural

inclusion in the

interpretation and

representation of the

history of slavery, with an

insight into the positive

meaning of these actions

to ethnic communities

Heritage Lottery

Fund

JLW Improvement of

application processes

Meeting with Carole

Souter and Stephen

Johnson re issues

around application

processes for new

audience development

related to the

Independent Review

(Kaleidoscope

application)

Heritage Link JLW/JF Ongoing engagement

through social

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inclusion group (see

above)

Civic Trust JLW/JF Ongoing engagement

to identify ways of

supporting the

development of new

local trusts and

addressing

engagement by BME

communities

Diversity and

Environmental

Equality

Network

JF 1. Input into draft

document looking at

BME representation

within the workforce of

natural and historic

environment

organisations

Progress: Attended

meeting

1. Action developments:

Identified further

examples of work that

might be included in final

workforce document

3) Strategically nurture awareness and interest and build the capacity of ethnic communities to participate

in heritage. Identify key barriers to involvement in heritage and feed this into advocacy with the sector (1

above).

Maintain

dialogue with

agreed targeted

organisations

representative

of ethnic

communities.

a) Actions developed

with targeted groups

to engage with

heritage.

b) Contribution to

sustainable partnerships

between BME groups

and Heritage sector

organisations

2007 Forum JLW/JF 1. Produced bid for

Visits to historic

houses with a link to

slavery project

Conversations with

Liverpool National

Museums about

involvement in Black

History Maps project


1. Development of the

forum itself

2. Development of a

programme of work

Black Church

Communities

JLW/JF 1.Bid for project

accessing historic

houses and the

communities

perceptions of the

historic environment

submitted

2. Date to be

negotiated for

presentation to

stimulate involvement

of church community

members


Access project

development:

1. New Testament

Assembly and Junction

Community Church

2. Harlesden Black

Church

Barriers:

1. Lack of knowledge

and contact with heritage

2. Lack of knowledge

and confidence in

accessing expertise and

resources

BEN Network 1. Increased Action developments:

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awareness of

opportunities for

engagement

1. BEN website to

highlight heritage in

general and specific

opportunities

Barriers:

1. Lack of awareness of

heritage participation

opportunities among

many members of ethnic

communities

2. Lack of outreach in the

form of local strategic

access projects where

ethnic groups are

3. Lack of strategic

allocation of resources

by funders for new

audience creation

4) Promote good practice

1 project related

to a heritage

property to be

identified by

30th September

2006.

JF/JLW Work to identify the

project is in progress

Action development:

Work to identify the

project

Production of

an outcome for

publication,

written by BEN,

highlighting

good practice

points from

project.

JF/JLW Raise awareness of

good practice across

the sector

Action development:

Publication to be

developed at the end of

the project

BEN

speaks/has

input into at 6-8

seminars or

workshops

including the

BEN annual

conference

each year.

JLW/JF

JLW

JLW

JLW

JLW

JLW

1. BEN Conference

21.6.06

2. European Heritage

Forum 27.4.06

3. Living Values

Conference 23.6.06

4. Carnegie Action

Research Event 28.6.06

5. Association of

Heritage Interpretation

Conference 14.9

6. Fabian Society event

on Social and

Environmental Justice

25.9

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5) Identify sources of income to sustain the BEN Historic Environment programme and promote heritage

funding opportunities to BME groups.

Funding

sources

identified for

BEN

JLW/

JF

Outlines of

projects/partnerships

for which funding is

sought:

1. BEN-led

partnership project

being developed with

HHA

2. YAC project being

developed will fund

BEN to deliver

specific elements.

3. Sainsbury Family

Trusts is being

approached to

support the present

Historic Environment

Programme

Funding

opportunities

promoted to

BME groups

JLW/JF 1. Guidance in the

funding section of the

BEN website

2. Specific funders

invited to give

presentations at the

BEN Conference

And range of funding

leaflets made

available.

3 & 4. See community

groups and

organisations we are

engaged with in

sections above

Opportunities promoted:

1. BEN website

3. Community groups we

are engaged with (see

sections above)

4. Organisations we are

engaged with (see

sections above)

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BEN Wales Progress Report 06/07 Quarter 2: July - September 2006

Grant GU8042- Environment for All (CCW)

Grant GU8162- BEN: Influencing Policy, Partnership Development and Networking (CCW)

SRS Grant

EQUAL Grant

Section I. Key Output 1. Reach out and target ethnic community groups

In order to track progress, BEN additionally uses a system of stages of development in relation to

working with ethnic community groups.

You will see these stages in the tables:

STAGE 1. Stimulating the potential

STAGE 2. Exploring and developing new initiatives

STAGE 3. Supporting/delivering implementation of initiatives

GU8042

Key Output 1. Reach out and target ethnic community groups

1a. Support 8 groups in accessing information, advice, expertise and resources available within the

environment, health and housing sectors; Annual Target 8

Number achieved to end of Q2: 11

1b. Support 8 groups in developing activities and projects, which address sustainable development and

help improve their quality of life.

Annual Target 8


1c. Support 5 groups per year in developing medium to large environmental projects, which address their

quality of life or improve the environment.

Annual Target 5


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GU8042 1a. Support 8 groups in accessing information, advice, expertise and resources

Organisation/Community Group

Key Contact

Quarter Stage Aspects of engagement

A1. South East Wales Race

Equality Council (SEWREC (1))/

Solas, Pilot Project, Newport.

David Phillips

Q1 2 Information and resources provided to Solas

utilised by SEWREC to develop Newport

partnership Mentro Allan reused bike project.

Q2 2 Continued provision of information to

SEWREC

A2. Curiad Calon partnership.

Development workers from:

All Wales Ethnic Minority

Association (AWEMA)

-Pakistani community – Cardiff (2)

-Bangladeshi Community- Cardiff

(3)

-African Caribbean Community –

Cardiff (4)

-Chinese Community –Swansea

(5)

-Filipino Community –Swansea (6)

Other Organisations.

-Scarman Trust (7)

-Cardiff & Vale Coalition of

Disabled People (8)

-Welsh Refugee Council (9)

-SOVA (10)

Q1 2

Information and resources provided relating

to environmental opportunities.

Q2 2 Continued provision of information

Council of Ethnic Minority

Voluntary Organisations (CEMVO)

(11)

Q2 2 Information exchange

GU8042 1b. Support 8 groups in developing activities and projects

B1 Welsh Refugee Council

Swansea (1)

Tracey Sherlock

Q1 3 Client group continue to access the Swansea

reused bike project

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Michael

Tooby

Monthly

Highlighting ethnic needs as part of advising

National Museum & Galleries Wales on

events planning for Wales in 2006

Monthly Swansea events partnership formed

comprising 15 local mosques and Muslim

community organisations (Swansea-based) in

addition to 5 BME voluntary sector

organisations in Swansea.

Q1 2 Three groups within the partnership

developing environment-linked projects:

WELCOME, Swansea Mosque, and EYST.

B2. Festival of Muslim Cultures

2006 Advisory group (2)

Michael Tooby

Dr Abdalla Yassin Mohamed

Q1 3 Launch of the festival programme for

Swansea at the National Waterfront Museum.

In excess of 100 people including

representatives from various faith

communities, ethnic community organisations

and local schools.

B3. WELCOME –(3)

Dr. Masood Yousef

Linked to Festival of Muslim

Cultures

Q1 3 Assisting in the development and delivery of

the Green Islam conference in Swansea.

B4. Linked to festival of Muslim

Cultures.

Q1 2 Assisting in the development of the Festival

of Muslim Cultures linked Sculpture by the

Sea project. In which an artist from the

Muslim community will engage with a

Swansea Primary School to create a

sculpture linked to the festival as well as the

creation of a sculpture by the sea, which will

increase awareness of the Muslim culture in

Swansea

Q2 3 Sculpture by the Sea event took place. Artist

from the Muslim community created a

sculpture at a Swansea Primary School with

the children and created a beach mosaic at

the event on Swansea Beach.

B5.African community Centre

(4)/Undercurrents

Q1 1,2 Undercurrents video makers, Community

Activities funding application to enable

refugees to make a reused bike project

promotional video accepted. This project has

been designed to engage refugees in

developing the skills to create a storyboard,

film and edit the video with training provided

by Undercurrents. A candidate has now been

chosen, however further participants may be

taken on in the future. As the reused bike

project is based at the African Community

Centre it is anticipated that the centre will be

featured in the video.

Q2 Due to unforeseen circumstances the video

project did not take place

Q1 3 African Community Centre hosts the Reused

Bike Project –Which is visited by a wide

range of people from both the ethnic

communities and other members of the

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community - therefore assisting in the centres

aim to !break down barriers".

The Centre also benefits from the rental for

the use of space for the bike project.

Q2 3 African Community Centre continues to host

the Reused Bike Project

B 6. Hafod Bangladeshi

Community – Women"s Group. (5)

Contact via ESOL, Hafod Primary

School and Odo Street Community

Centre

Q1 1,2 Following on from 3 information events that

took place in the last quarter with a group of

Bangladeshi women with links to Hafod

Primary school. Informal discussions have

been taking place with Hafod Regeneration

team, Hafod Primary School, the Healthy

Eating Project and BTCV with regards to the

group becoming involved in a project to

regenerate Hafod Park.

Q2 2 This partnership project is presently working

with the City and County parks department to

further the project. BEN plans to liaise with

the Bangladeshi community (a number of

whom took part in a Green Space

consultation during August 2005) when

landownership and management issues have

been resolved.

B 7 Swansea Sustainability Trail

- Chinese Community (6)

- MEWN Swansea (7)

-African Community Centre

- Swansea Muslim Youth League

(8)

- WELCOME

- Filipino Community (9)

Q2 1 Information provided in relation to the

Swansea Sustainability Trail and

opportunities for groups to visit / participate in

projects on the trail

GU8042 1c. Support 5 groups per year in developing medium to large environmental projects

C1. CYAN Community Centre

Project

Multicultural Group.

Prof. Jaafar Elmirghani

Q1 2 BEN continues to show support for this

project and awaits further requests for

assistance from the key partners.

Q2 2 As above

C2. St Helens Road –Street Art

Project

Black Stone Trust: Lisa Dhar

WELCOME: Dr. Masood Yousef

Q1 3 Banners unveiled at the Festival of Muslim

Cultures (Swansea Events Programme)

Launch in the National Waterfront Museum.

Banners to be erected in St. Helen"s Road in

Sep-Oct 2006.

Q2 3 Due to technical concerns by the Highways

department the banners were erected at St

Helens Primary School, rather than on St

Helens Rd as originally planned.

C3. Recycled Bike Project

Groups continuing to request

bikes:

Q1 3 Total of 51 bikes reused since March 2006,

With 39 of the participants and volunteers

from minority ethnic community backgrounds.

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i. Welsh Refugee Council

ii. Swansea Bay Asylum

Seekers Support Group

iii. Red Cross –Asylum

Seeker Scheme

iv. African Community

Centre

v. Swansea Bay Race

Equality Council

vi. Dinas Fechan –

Homeless Charity

vii. Connect. Mental Health

charity

viii. Cyrenians- homeless

Charity

Q2 3 33 new participants benefited from the project

by collecting a bike. With 26 of these coming

from ethnic community backgrounds.

Numerous participants returned throughout

the quarter to receive training to maintain

their bikes.

5 core volunteer"s assisted/trained

participants with their bikes.

C4.Developments in new groups/

organisations interested in the bike

project:

South East Wales Race

Equality Council and Solas,

Pilot Project, Newport

Q1 2 BEN has provided information and resources

to the Newport MENTRO ALLAN project-

funding bid to develop a reused bike project.

Q1 2 BEN has provided information and resources

to Sustainable Wales who are interested in

developing a reused bike project in Bridgend

C5. Mentro Allan. Cardiff/Vale

Project

Partners:

Present Core

MEWN Cymru- Lead Partner

Women Connect First

Cardiff Health Alliance

BEN

Others.

Healthy Living Programme

British Trust for Conservation

Volunteers (BTCV)

Vale Health Alliance

Communities First

Women in Action

Countryside Council for Wales

Sports Council

Q1 2 Funding application completed and submitted

by the partnership. If successful, project start

expected in September.

1.EQUAL –Community Q1 2 Interest shown in becoming involved in

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Empowerment Cluster

Reps from Pakistani, Bangladeshi

and African Caribbean

communities.

2.Barefoot Health reps: Yemeni,

Somali, Bangladeshi, Pakistani,

African Caribbean

3.South Riverside Centre older

peoples project.

Cardiff based Mentro Allan initiatives by the

Curiad Calon Cymru Community

Empowerment Cluster development workers,

Barefoot Health workers and South Riverside

centre

Q2 3 Funding application successful. It is

anticipated that the project will commence at

the end of October.

C6.Welsh Environmental Link

Creating Opportunities for Muslim

Engagement (WELCOME)

Festival of Muslim Cultures

-!Green Islam" Conference:

-St Helens Art project

-Sculpture by the Sea

Discussion relating to employment

of a part time environmental

worker

Q1 3 Conference delivered; Six environmental

organisations presented information about

their work and provided information on how

the Muslim community can engage with them.

Networking with Environment Agency, City

and County of Swansea Recycling

Department, Islamic Foundation for Ecology

and Environmental Sciences, Sustainable

Wales and Sundance Renewables regarding

opportunities in Bio diesel created from

surplus oil from restaurants.

Q2 2 -Support offered in relation to the generation

of resources for a part time post

-BEN facilitated linking of WELCOME and

Environment Agency (Cardiff) for Diversity

week presentation.

-BEN facilitated linking of WELCOME/

Interfaith Forum and Swansea Environment

Forum (SEF) in order to discuss possibility of

an Environment /Faith Conference.

C7. Ethnic community Caterers-

Bio diesel Project (Swansea)

Sundance Renewables – Jan Cliff

Q1 2 Provided support in the development of an

Environment Wales funding application for an

ethnic communities bio diesel project. BEN

will be a partner and will be source of

contacts, information and advice.

BEN awaits feedback from Sundance

regarding the application before BEN

provides information/ support to potential

beneficiaries.

Q2 3 Sundance Environment Wales application

successful.

BEN"s 2 new recycling officers have visited

the Sundance works to familiarise themselves

with the process so that they can provide

information to caterers about the disposal of

their waste cooking oil.

C8.Who We Are – Phase 2

Communities@1 – Michelle Walker

Q1 2 Development of funding application to

revitalise the Who We Are project, which was

originally carried out as a pilot project.

Anticipated that this project will result in

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employment of 1x full time development

worker to co-ordinate project and 5x part-time

assistants from ethnic communities that take

part. Predicted to engage up to 100

beneficiaries by end of project.

Swansea"s Interfaith Forum

opportunity to adopt and adapt the

Communities @1 application

through the Fairshare Project.

Q2 2 Due to opportunities being realised through

the Fairshare Project and changes in the

guidelines for Communities @1 projects. The

application has not been submitted and is

being adapted to enable Swansea"s Interfaith

forum to adopt the project as a Faith and the

Environment awareness-raising project.

Anticipated submission date 20th November.

C9. Sculpture by the Sea – Sarah

Holden

Partnership project involving.

1.Chinese Community Co

Operative Centre.

2.Swansea Bay Race Equality

Council

3.African Community Centre

4.WELCOME

5.Communities 1st . (Castle Ward)

6.Swansea Council Parks

Department

Q1 2 Attended meetings, assisted with funding

issues relating to the project. Secured

payments for artists from BME communities.

Artists involved so far include African, Muslim

and Chinese. Event to be held in July.

Artists will be employed to both work with

primary schools and to create a sculpture on

Swansea beach with community assistance.

Q2 3 The Sculpture by the Sea (Sandfields) event

took place on July 22nd and 23rd.

Community based environmental art was

created with various artists including artists

from the:

Muslim community creating a mosaic from

shells and pebbles.

African community artist creating an octopus

sculpture.

Chinese community ran a workshop making

animal sighlowet kites from waste paper.

Initial discussions took place regarding

engaging the artists in the Sculpture through

the Seasons project.

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Section II. Key Output 2. Opening up of mainstream organisations

BEN uses a system of stages in order to track progress in working with mainstream organisations.

You will see these stages in the tables

- STAGE 1. Stimulating the potential

- STAGE 2. Exploring and developing new initiatives

- STAGE 3. Supporting/delivering implementation of initiatives

GU8042

Key Output 2. Opening up of mainstream organisations

2a. Raise awareness, facilitate contact and support 10 mainstream organisations to work effectively

with ethnic groups (in relation to the projects being developed in 1 above.)

Annual Target: 10

Number achieved to the end of Q2: 14

2a. Raise awareness, facilitate contact and support 10 mainstream organisations

Mainstream Organisation

Key Contact

Quarters Stages Related project and aspects of

engagement

1. City and County of Swansea -

Policy and Strategy Unit. -

Sustainability Unit. Housing

department

2. Swansea University

Q1 3 Recycled Bike Project. All the mainstream

organisations wish to engage with ethnic

communities. BEN supporting them through

enabling them to link with ethnic groups

through the project.

3. City and County of Swansea

Highways Unit.

Rob Walkawlsky

Q1 3 Continue to have links via the reused bike

project

4. Grangetown and Butetown

Healthy Living Programme (HLP).

Andrew Burns

Q1 1,2 Providing information/regular updates in

relation to the development of the bike project

5. City and County of Swansea.

Parks Department. Gareth Thomas

Q 1 1,2 Sculpture by the Sea. In discussion with

Parks Department in relation to events in

parks/ on beach involving ethnic

communities.

Q2 3 Event took place at Sandfield"s involving

artists/coordinators from ethnic communities.

6. The Swansea Community

Recycling Alliance and Partnership.

(SCRAP)

Q1 1,2

-SCRAP partnership continues to network

and provide information and assistance in

relation to reuse/recycling

Q2 2 As above

7. Communities First – Castle Ward,

Swansea

Q1 1,2 Attended meetings to ensure resources were

made available to ensure the Sculpture by

the Sea event takes place.

Q2 3 Event took place at Sandfield"s involving

artists/coordinators from ethnic communities

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8. BBC Wales Q1 1,2 BBC Wales" diversity team attended launch of

Swansea Events Programme (Festival of

Muslim Cultures) at the Waterfront Museum

to establish new contacts and develop their

database.

9. Gateway Project Q1 2 Information about the Gateway garden

initiative provided to the Curiad Calon Cymru

Community Empowerment cluster.

10. Environment Agency Q1 3 Attended/presented at the Green Islam event

Also provided financial support to the event

Information about the water engineering

qualification initiative and employment

opportunities provided to Curiad Calon Cymru

partnership.

Q2 1 Discussions with Environment Agency,

Swansea Council, Hafod Regeneration

regarding initiatives in Hafod to engage ethnic

communities.

Waste cooking oil (Cardiff)

Q2 1 Environment Agency has requested that BEN

engages with caterers in Cardiff to make

them aware of opportunities to process waste

cooking oil. Appropriate ways of engaging the

catering trade are being investigated.

11. Forestry Commission Q1 1 Discussion of GATE project where they are

interested in Polish migrant workers in Wales

that may have forestry related skills.

12. GWLAD Q1 2 Discussions on how to open up opportunities

for ethnic communities in mainstream

organisations.

13. Groundwork Wales

Q2 1 Discussions on how to open up opportunities

for ethnic communities in mainstream

organisations.

14. Swansea Institute

Widening Access Wales

Q2 1 Discussions/workshops on how to open up

opportunities for ethnic communities in the

environment sector through education

initiatives.

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Section III. Key Output 3. Advocate effectively

GU8042

Key Outputs 3. Advocate effectively with public and voluntary organisations, funders and

policy makers on behalf of ethnic groups to facilitate the development of projects

3a. Attend 10 conferences, seminars and consultation events a year to highlight ethnic issues

Annual Target: 10


3b. Write articles, papers and reports

Annual Target: 6


3a. Attend 10 conferences, seminars and consultation events a year to highlight ethnic issues

Partner/Event

Outcomes

Quarter 1

1. Brussels Employment Week with

Curiad Calon Cymru

Raise awareness about the involvement of participants

from ethnic communities in employment in the

environment sector.

2.BEN Conference, Birmingham Raise awareness about the involvement of participants


environment

3.Swansea Show Stand in the Environment/Human Race marquee to raise

awareness about the involvement of participants from

ethnic communities in employment in the environment

4.Green Islam Raise awareness about the involvement of participants


environment

5.Swansea 2020 Raising awareness about involvement of participants from

ethnic communities in relation to Swansea"s Community

Strategy

6.Mentro Allan partnership meetings Development of Mentro Allan partnership project

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7.CCW Open space toolkit Raising awareness about the involvement of participants

from ethnic communities in Open Space issues.

8. Communities First-Swansea, Castle

Ward

Supporting the development of Ethnic Community

consultation events and activities to improve their

understanding of Community First and opportunities it may

enable

3b. Write articles, papers and reports

Quarter 1,2

BEN Website

Q1 2 Issues papers

3 Case studies

2 Issue papers completed and uploaded onto BEN

website; 1) partnership working between ethnic

communities and environmental organisations, 2)

Working with asylum seekers and refugees on

environmental projects.

3 case studies

EQUAL

Q1 3 monthly reports

Q2 3 monthly reports

3 Monthly reports detailing work and progress.

SRS

Q1 1 Quarterly report

Q2 2 Quarterly report

1 Quarterly report detailing work and progress.

Guides

Q1 Visit Guide

Updating and reprinting of !A Guide to Organising

Countryside Visits" including a CD-rom.

Publicity materials

Q1,

Q2

For various events such as 1.Employment Conference in

Brussels, 2.Green Islam Day, 3.Swansea Show,

4.Environment Centre Fete, 5. Undercurrents film

making recruitment, meeting with Sam Konnadu about

development of EQUAL website.

Materials developed for recycling workshops

Presentations

Q1 2 PowerPoint presentations

PowerPoint presentations devised for EQUAL project

and Forest Schools,

Bike Project Report

Q1, 2

In preparation

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Section IV. Key Output 4. Create a growing awareness

Key output 4. Create a growing awareness (GU8042)

4a Develop a network to bring together ethnic groups and environmental organisations

This is a natural outcome of day-to-day work and the indicator is an expanding database of ethnic

groups and environmental organisations.

Indicator - Number of database entries 794

4b. Produce 2 case studies to highlight ethnic environmental participation

Annual Target: 2


4c. Develop a working partnership with MEWN Cymru

On going

4d. Carry out 1 project evaluation

Annual Target: 1 This is a Q4 target

e. Produce 4 quarterly reports

Annual Target: 4

4a Develop a network to bring together ethnic groups and environmental organisations

Q2 Number on database at the end of Q2 - 794

(684 contacts on database at start of Q1)

additional contacts developed/ put onto database during Q1 – 110 Q2 - 0 put onto database

4b. Produce 2 case studies to highlight ethnic environmental participation The following case studies have been completed.

Publications

Green Space Papers issue papers.

1.Working with asylum seekers and refugees

2.A framework for bringing environmental organisations and ethnic community groups into

partnership

Good Practice Guides.

1.Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Support Group and Forest School.

2. Community Peace Garden, Community House. Presbyterian Church of Wales, Eton Road,

Newport.

3. The Children"s Play area Butetown School, Cardiff

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4c. Develop a working partnership with MEWN Cymru

Quarter 1

Contact Notes

BEN working with MEWN

Cymru development worker

Fawzia Haq Supporting MEWN Cymru with the

Mentro Allan Partnership application.

Quarter 2

BEN continues contact with

MEWN director in the

absence of a development

worker

Hilary Hendy Keeping MEWN informed of

opportunities in the environment

sector

4d. Carry out 1 project evaluation

Carry out 1 project evaluation This is a quarter 4 target

A project evaluation for South Wales was carried out

at the BEN Conference in Newport 8th February2006

4e. Produce 4 quarterly reports

This is the Q2 report

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Section V. Key Outputs 1. Influencing policy

GU8162

Key Outputs 1. Influencing policy to ensure representation of ethnic inclusion in relation to

the environment

1a. Contribution to key committees and working groups

Annual target: 6-10 Number achieved to the end of Q 2: 7

1b. Dialogue with key organisations/groups

Annual Target: 6-8 Number achieved to the end of Q2: 13

1c. Maintain a strategic perspective to maximise the impact of the work of BEN in Wales

Qualitative report

1a. Contribution to key committees and working groups (GU*162)

1.Conwy County Borough

Council

Community Strategy meeting

Carol Cornes Occasional Input into community strategy; a

quality environment partnership

2.Grangetown Butetown

Healthy Living Programme

Sian Biddyr Quarterly Input into developing future

strategies for the programme

3. Swansea Community

Recycling Alliance and

Partnership (SCRAP)

Lead Partner

–

Environment

Centre

Quarterly Represent issues relating to the

development of recycling projects

that will engage ethnic

communities

4. Communities First – Castle

Ward Swansea. Access and

inclusion group

David Gayle Occasional Represent issues relating to ethnic

communities involvement with

regeneration/environmental issues.

5. Older People's Strategy.

Gwynedd Council

Janet

Roberts

Event June

2006

Launch of Report of Health and

Care Consultation with the Chinese

Women"s Society. Highlight the

first trilingual report re health needs

of major ethnic community in

Gwynedd. Linking to learning and

outdoor activities for health.

6. EQUAL. Curiad Calon

Cymru Partnership

Equal Opportunities Group

David

England

Occasional Input into developing Equal

Opportunities policies

7. CCW Jenny Pye

Equalities

Officer

Ongoing Input into Staff survey

questionnaire

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1b. Dialogue with key organisations/groups (GU8162)

B1. Countryside Council for

Wales

Simon

Bilsborough

Ongoing

dialogue

Development of Social justice Plan

Exploring training development

B2. Environment Agency David

Aberdeen

Liz Roblin

Rhodri

Thomas

Ongoing Development of actions to involve

ethnic communities

B3. N Wales Police Diversity

Team

Greg George/

Gordon

Williams/

Wyn Parry

Ongoing Identifying a way of linking BEN to

police diversity work

B4. BEST N. Wales,

Llandudno

BEST

partners

Occasional Issues arising out of BME

Communities Mapping Final

Report

B5. Welsh Assembly Gerry Quarrel Occasional National Park

members/Countryside Access

B6. Welsh Assembly Carwyn

Jones

Occasional Environment Voluntary Sector –

Local Development Plans

B7. Gwynedd Council Policy

Department

Ruth

Richards

Ongoing Building relationships with ethnic

groups to get their input into

Council policy

B8. Older People's Strategy.

Gwynedd Council

Janet

Roberts

Ongoing Building relationships with ethnic

groups to get their input into

Council policy.

Event with Chinese community re

health care, with a link to the role

of outdoor activities and access to

the environment

B9. Cynnwys Jen

Rowlands

Haf Roberts

Ongoing Link into pictures of Equalities work

in North Wales and mutual learning

and development of possible

actions related to the environment

to improve the lives of ethnic

groups

B10. Groundwork Ian

Mac intosh

Ongoing Identifying opportunities and issues

relating to engaging ethnic

communities in environmental

projects

B11. Swansea Council various Ongoing Identifying opportunities and issues

relating to engaging ethnic

communities in environmental

projects

B12. Local Health Board

Gwynedd

Various Ongoing Working together on health

awareness event for the Chinese

community in October

B13. Environment Wales Various -

Steering

Group staff,

Development

Officers and

partners

Awareness

Raising event

Sept 20th

Training and discussion re working

inclusively with ethnic communities

and representing them.

19 participants

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1c. Strategic Perspective The following themes have been identified as key themes:

- Health and Well-being.

- The Historic Environment

- Recycling

- Youth and the Environment

- Green Spaces

- Access to the countryside

Other emerging themes that have developed include:

- Community involvement in Urban Regeneration,

- An interest in employment in Environment sector,

- BME groups/organisations working directly with environmental organisations

- BME groups applying for funding to run their own environmental activities

- Members of ethnic communities volunteering in environmental activities

- Social Justice as a driver to action by the environmental sector to address the

involvement of disadvantaged social groups

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Section VI. Key outputs 2. Facilitating projects and partnerships

GU8162 Key outputs 2. Facilitating projects and partnerships between minority ethnic

groups and other relevant organisations and agencies to address minority ethnic

inclusion. Contribution to capacity confidence-building of such groups

2a.Network, and build partnerships in order to highlight and promote understanding and

awareness of ethnic inclusion in the context of taking action

Annual target: 20 events/relationships with/ between minority ethnic groups and environmental

and other relevant organisations and agencies

Achieved by end of Q2: 51

2b. Produce articles and papers, promote examples of good practice, work with the media, and

develop and maintain the website

Annual target: 6 items Achieved by end of Q2: 8

Indicator: Website maintained and developed as appropriate

2c. No of community based groups organisations supported (hard to reach groups)

Annual target: 10 Number achieved to end of Q2: 5

2d. Provision of signposting and networking services

Indicator - no. of incoming and outgoing emails: 1037 and 337

2e. Formulate and seek resources for further projects which enable ethnic environmental

participation

Progress Report

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2a.Network, and build partnerships in order to highlight and promote understanding and awareness of ethnic inclusion in the context of taking action

Ethnic groups/Environmental and

other Orgs/Event

Key Contact Level of

Engagement

Outcomes

Quarter 1

1. Swansea Show Swansea

Environment

Forum and

Swansea Bay

Race Equality

Council

One 2 day

event

Networking environmental

organisations and ethnic

community organisations.

Resulting in the creation of a

linked Environment and Human

Race Marquee.

2. BEN conference -Birmingham BEN One event UK wide networking

3. Curiad Calon partnership

development – with 14 other EQUAL

applicants made up of BME

community groups

Lead partner

AWEMA

Regular Networking between partners and

developing working partnerships

will be an ongoing feature of this

project. The partnership allows for

a range of working themes. The

BEN work engages BME

communities in environment and

heritage sector employment.

4. Swansea Environment Forum

Environment

Centre,

Swansea

Quarterly Themed meetings related to

environmental issues e.g.

Sustainable buildings, Biodiversity

5. Gwlad Partnership North Wales Bangor

University

Occasional Getting to know partners and

identify possibilities for joint work

6. NWREN. North Wales Race

Equality Network

Steve Bennett Ongoing Partnership working agreed.

NWREN can assist BEN with

identifying groups/individuals

within its network for GWLAD

work

7. Internet networking

BEN is connected into various other

networks/organisations/groups via

email. Network information between

ethnic communities, environmental

organisations and other

organisations.

BEN Continuous Examples of networks connect

into include:

SWARM –Swansea Area Refugee

Matters

Eco bites- The email group of

LINE (London Islamic Network for

the Environment)

-Cynfanfyd-

-Communities First-

-Association of Community Artists

-SCVS -CSEN-Swansea Poverty

Action Network

8. North Wales CRE Steve Bennett Ongoing

dialogue

Will advise re equality issues

9. North Wales Race Equality

Project

Liz Trimm Ongoing

dialogue

Will engage with GWLAD as

appropriate in relation to equality

issues

10. Clifton Robinson Minority Ongoing Has key knowledge relating to

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representative dialogue local environment, housing for

ethnic groups

11. Bangor University Lifelong

Learning department

David Sullivan Ongoing

dialogue

Support development of learning

activities around environmental

and heritage participation

12. Oxfam Ongoing

dialogue

Support connection of poverty

issues relating to environment

13. Snowdonia National Park Ongoing

dialogue

Re access to the National

Park/GWLAD

14. Cynnwys Jen Rowlands Ongoing

dialogue

Re access to advice and

information and linking into

GWLAD

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and Newport

Strategic

Partnership

Ongoing

dialogue

Providing information relating to

potential project partnerships and

guidance on development of

community led environmental

events and projects.

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Rocio

Cifuentes

Shareen

Williams

Ongoing

dialogue

Networking with other

participating organisations and

looking at the potential to assist

organisations fund environmental

projects that they are interested

in.

17 Face 2 Faith (Swansea"s

Interfaith Forum

Rev. Nigel

John

Nigel Antony

Ongoing

dialogue

Interfaith forum including

Christian. Muslim, Jewish, Bahai,

Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist

communities amongst others.

Developing links with new

community groups and

representatives. Looking at the

potential to assist in


18.Refugee Week event at National

Waterfront Museum Swansea.

Sue James One event Providing information in relation to

BEN projects

19. North Wales Wildlife Trust Ben Stammers Ongoing Stimulate and support action to

link with ethnic groups and

develop appropriate activities in

the context of enjoyment and

informal learning

20. Forestry Commission Bob Griffiths

Cydcoed

Ongoing Identify suitable FC funded

community projects to which

ethnic groups can connect to gain

a picture of what participation in

environmental work is in the

context of enjoyment and informal

learning

21. National Trust Wales John Morgan

Ongoing Identification of activities and

opportunities for Ethnic groups to

involve themselves with NT and

learn about the environment in

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terms of what NT offers

22. Snowdonia National Park Pete

Rutherford

Ongoing Discussion of issues around

engaging ethnic groups in

activities available in the National

Park. Pete to engage and identify

staff to engage with ethnic groups

23. RSPB Gwen Thomas

Alan Davies

Ongoing Involving volunteers at the

reserve in Conwy to enable them

to welcome and support visitors

from ethnic groups to discover

bird watching and learn about

environmental/wildlife issues

24. WELCOME Masood

Yousef

On going Green Islam – Conference –

Swansea.

Sculpture by the Sea – artworks

Both events relate to the Festival

of Muslim Cultures

25. IFEES Fazlun Khaled On going Green Islam conference.

Kept updated in relation to

projects and opportunities in S

Wales

26. CROESO Welcome to Wales CRE

MEWN

On going Information provided in relation to

environmental projects and

opportunities

27. Communities First Communities

First

On going Sharing good practice,

Networking with range of

organisations predominantly in

Swansea and Cardiff.

28. Chinese Women"s Society North

Wales

Rose Ng

Joanna Chung

Ongoing Supporting to assist access to

environmental activities. Starting

points include link to health for

older members, the possible role

of informal learning through

environmental activities linking to

the issue of isolated women,

awareness and enjoyment of the

environment to improve quality of

life and build aspiration for

employment

29. GWLAD and Curiad Calon

Cymru Joint networking event

BEN and

participating

organisations

Event May

30th

Networking and shared learning

of North Wales ethnic groups and

opportunities with environmental

and heritage organisations re

informal learning and activities.

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30. GEM Study Day BEN and

National

Museums of

Wales

Event for May

2006

Planned event was cancelled

owing to clash with Adult Learners

Week. Training Day to be

rescheduled by GEM.

31. Swansea Chinese Community

Event

Swansea

Chinese

Community

Centre

On going Information provided in relation to

environmental projects and

opportunities

32. Widening Access Event Swansea

Institute

On going Joint working with Swansea

Institute and Ethnic community

organisations to stimulate

partnership working in relation to

environmental education.

Providing information on

environmental organisations

providing volunteering and

employment opportunities

33. Community House, Presbyterian

Church of Wales, Newport

Brian Selby Various

communication

Networking with a view to

developing future projects with

groups that attend the Centre

34. North Wales Filipino Association Romy

Salvador

Ongoing Supporting to assist access to

environmental activities.

35. Snowdonia National Park Carys Dafydd

Community

Liaison

Ongoing Discussion of issues around

engaging ethnic groups in

activities available in the National

Park.

36. Scarman Trust Terry Price Ongoing Discussion of IT training

workshops available to

community groups to support

computer skills and acquisition of

refurbished models. Also reduced

Broadband schemes for rural

communities.

37. National Trust Wales Sue Roberts

Marion Gwyn

Ongoing Discussion of Penrhyn Castle"s

plans for 2007 (Slavery links) and

broader plans for working

together across NT properties in

N. Wales.

38. TCC Sam Rex Ongoing Discussion re training in

democracy skills and

campaigning that TCC provides

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39. Groundwork Wales Ian Mc intosh Ongoing Discussion in relation to project

development

40. Hafod Primary School /

Hafod Park Partnership

Hafod Regeneration Unit

BTCV

Food Connections

Helen Webb

Steve Hopkins

Ryan Keenan

Viv Makin

Ongoing Discussion of partnership to

develop a regeneration project in

Hafod Swansea

41. Sustainable Swansea Helen Grey Ongoing Development of awareness

raising events for BME across

Swansea

42. South Riverside Centre Allan Herbert Ongoing Discussions relating to engaging

older members of Cardiff"s BME

communities in events.

43. Heather and Hillforts Project,

Denbighshire

Helen Mrowiec Ongoing Discussions on widening access

and interpretation

44. GWLAD project, Czech partners Occasional Sharing our work and establishing

European links.

45. Bodelwyddan Castle Morrigan Ellis

Education

Officer

Ongoing How we can work together to

widen the engagement of local

ethnic communities with the

Castle and grounds.

46. Coleg Menai, ESOL Dept Lyn Lording-

Jones

Kathryn Land

Ongoing Opportunities to develop learning

materials through

environmental/heritage visits, and

share CM IT facilities.

47. Manchester Chinese Health

Centre

Shirley Lam

Interpreter

Occasional Contact re provision of

interpretation for Chinese Health

event, and the future

48. Chinese National Healthy Living

Centre, London

Eddie Chan

Director

Occasional Contact re attendance at Chinese

Health event, and resources

available in Chinese

49. CADW Stephen Gear Ongoing Discussions on widening access

and training for staff

50. Treborth Botanic Gardens Nigel Brown Ongoing Discussions re developing the

Gardens as a community facility,

esp. for Chinese

51. North Wales Chinese Women"s

Society

Volunteers Ongoing Building the group"s capacity by

training identified volunteers to

assist with running event.

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2b. Produce articles and papers, promote examples of good practice, work with the media, and develop and maintain the website

Item Notes

Green Space Issue Papers 1.Working with asylum seekers and refugees

2.A framework for bringing environmental organisations and

ethnic community groups into partnership

Green Space good practice examples 1.Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Support Group and Forest

School.

2. Community Peace Garden, Community House. Presbyterian

Church of Wales, Eton Road, Newport.

3. The Children"s Play area Butetown School, Cardiff

4. Newport Wetland Centre

BBC Radio Wales Launch of Chinese Health Report

BVSNW News Launch of Chinese Health Report

Gwynedd Council Newyddion Launch of Chinese Health Report

Sing Tao (UK) Ltd. International Chinese

Newspaper

Launch of Chinese Health Report

Bangor and Anglesey Mail June 7, 2006 Launch of Chinese Health Report

BBC News Online June 6, 2006 Launch of Chinese Health Report

BEN Website See BEN website www.ben-network.org.uk

The website is maintained and developed as appropriate. A recent development is the addition of a

new section Features.

2c. No of community based groups organisations supported (hard to reach groups)

In order to track progress, BEN additionally uses a system of stages of development in relation to

working with ethnic community groups.

You will see these stages in the tables:

STAGE 1. Stimulating the potential

STAGE 2. Exploring and developing new initiatives

STAGE 3. Supporting/delivering implementation of initiatives

Group Key Contact Stage of

development

Notes

1.Eritrean individuals

Swansea

Various 1 All individuals met at Bike project-

word of mouth to their

communities

Q2 Negasi

Kiflemariam

Issac Semene

3

2

Volunteered on the bike project

For 1 day

Referred via DPIA- visited BEN

office to look at volunteering

opportunities

2.Somali individuals

Swansea

Hassan

Various

1 All individuals met at Bike project-

word of mouth communities

3. Ethiopian individuals

Swansea



4. Zimbabwe

individuals



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Swansea

Q2 William Mbwembwe 2 Expressed interest in gathering a

group to visit Sustainable

Swansea trail

5. Palestinian

individuals

Swansea



Q2 2 Alattar brothers 3 Volunteered with the bike project

for 2 days

2d. Provision of signposting and networking services

Indicator of signposting and networking services Number

No. of incoming emails excluding spam 1037

No. of outgoing emails for the quarter 337

2e. Formulate and seek resources for further projects which enable ethnic environmental participation

CCW is supporting BEN in the context of the development of an expanded programme of work in

Wales. A progress report follows. These include projects to be led by BEN, partnership projects

involving BEN, and project to be led by other groups with a link to BEN.

Progress Report

Project formulation

and funding

applications

Status Notes

1. Curiad Calon Cymru.

Heartbeat Wales

!Opportunities to

promote potential for

ethnic minorities within

the world of

(environmental) work"

Funder. EQUAL

Theme B Proposal-

action 2.

Q1 Project commenced in April 2006.

Employing 1 development worker and 1 part time

administrator in the Swansea office and

1 development worker and 1 part time administrator

in the Llanberis office

2. Ethnic Community

Recycling Project

Part of the Swansea

Recycling Partnership

bid Funder. Strategic

Recycling Scheme

(SRS)

Q1 -WEFO/WCVA match funding issues continued

during the quarter, therefore the development of the

project was put on hold.

- Plans to recruit staff put on hold.

-Bike project continues in a limited way with

volunteers playing a crucial role

Q2 - State Aid issues resolved.

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- 1 full time and I part time development worker

employed.

-Funding partnership positioning in relation to the

Convergence Programme in Wales being

researched for continuation funding

3. Heritage Education

and Access 5 year

Project.

Funders. Heritage

Lottery Fund (HLF)

Q1 - Anticipated date of resubmission September 2005

for a decision in March 2006. However, due to HLF

linking this application to the BEN Kaleidoscope

project in England, a decision on that project is

awaited before reapplying.

Q2 - A decision is still awaited

4. St Helens Road Art

project.

Funders. Communities

First Trust

Q1 Communities First (Castle Ward) full grant awarded.

Artwork banners created and displayed at Festival of

Muslim Cultures event at Swansea Museum.

Banners to be displayed on St Helens Rd during

Ramadan

5. Green Spaces,

Ethnic Minorities

Sustainable

Development

Education Project for

Wales.

Funders. ENFYS and

Environment Wales

Q1 Case studies and Issue papers completed during this

quarter and put onto BEN website.

6. GWLAD EQUAL

Project led by

University of Wales.

(Translated as

!Country")

Funders. Equal

Q1 Confirmed

Start 1 Jul'05

-BEN will frame environmental activities and training

of ethnic community groups and organisations under

formal learning and training, linking these to

opportunities in the education sector.

- Theme E proposal action 2

-Aim to improve and develop skills through exploring

issues of access to training /education opportunities

in rural areas experiencing multiple levels of

deprivation.

-Development partnership of 10 organisations led by

the University of Bangor

8. Welsh

Environmental Link

Creating Opportunities

for Muslim

Engagement

WELCOME

Q1 Discussions with BEN relating to developing

application to BLF and other potential funders re:

part time project worker for WELCOME.

(Assisted Awards for All application submitted to

support Green Islam event (Festival of Muslim

Cultures) during previous quarter. However,

withdrawn due to time scales)

Q2 -WELCOME presently working with CEMVO to

obtain funding for a post.

9. BME Health and

Environment

Partnership Project.

Funders Big Lottery -

Mentro Allan scheme.

Cardiff

Q1 Cardiff /Vale partnership application submitted. Await

decision

Q 2 Decision anticipated in mid October

10. Training

(residential) with

outdoor activities –

Q1 Application

successful

Awaiting information from EYST.

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Gwraidd Fund

12. CCW Fairshare

Project

Q1 application

successful

Creation of a Wales wide post to assist ethnic

community groups to access funding for


Project to run from June 2006 - March 2007

13. Communities @1

!Who We Are Project"

Swansea

Q1 Initial discussions and project development of an

Ethnic Community IT based project to build on the

!Who We Are" pilot project

Q2 Project being adapted to be incorporated into a

Fairshare opportunity for the Swansea Interfaith

Forum to develop a Faith and the Environment

awareness project.

Anticipated submission during November

14. Stepping Stones Q2 Phase 1 Funding application submitted for a Wales

Wide project to target older isolated members of

ethnic communities and engage them in

environmental opportunities.

Section VII. Additional Information available on request

i. Strategic Recycling Scheme - Quarterly reports

ii. Green Space Wales Project – Quarterly and final reports

iii. Curiad Calon Cymru–Monthly Reports

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CCW Fairshare Project July – September 2006

Purpose of the report

The purpose of the report is to provide an update of the work undertaken by the Fairshare Project

during the period July to September 2006.

Work undertaken.

The Fairshare Project will be working across Wales and it was agreed that work would need to be

split into South Wales and North Wales.

Forms were devised to keep records of discussion and which could be shared with clients and

other relevant workers, with the client"s permission. This would assist in keeping relevant people

informed and would avoid duplication and where possible would facilitate joint work.

Initial focus was to contact groups in the South of Wales and to arrange to meet the groups in

Swansea. The meetings were to: -

1. explain the remit of the Fairshare Project;

2. ascertain the level of development of the groups; and

3. ascertain the assistance the groups required from the Fairshare Project.

The following groups were contacted and their needs assessed: -

• The Swansea Faiths Forum

• The Welcome Organisation

• MEWN Swansea

• The Swansea Chinese Community Co-op Centre

• The African Centre

Issues arising

It became evident that all groups were at different stages of development and that this would entail

differential ways of working with each group. Some groups required more developmental work, as

a pre-requisite to them developing projects, applying for funding and successfully managing the

Projects.

Some groups were at the stage of forming and becoming constituted groups and were developing

their policies and procedures.

Other groups have been operating successfully for a long time and were involved in projects and

were interested in developing environmental projects and would need to speak to their committees

and this would then inform the direction that the organisations would be going in.

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Other groups were ready with proposals for projects and needed assistance to develop these

projects and apply for funding.

Support given to groups

The Swansea Faiths Forum

Were looking at developing a faiths map that would work in conjunction with the Local Authorities

Green map.

They also wished to have a development worker to work on Faiths issues and to develop the

organisation.

The Swansea Faiths Forum were keen to work on environmental issues and requested time to

discuss the assistance that the Fairshare Project could give them and they would like to work up

some projects on the environment.

Advice was given on the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund Round two. The Swansea

Faiths Forum said that they would be applying to this fund for a Development Worker and project

development costs and that they would contact me for assistance when needed.

The Welcome Organisation

Had a number of projects that they wanted to gain funding for. But said that they had passed these

onto CEMVO and that CEMVO were helping with the projects. I said that if CEMVO wished to

work together or needed any support that they or Welcome could contact me.

Welcome said that future projects/funding bids would be brought to Fairshare.

MEWN Swansea

MEWN said that they needed a funding officer"s post. When asked what the officer"s role would

be, it appeared to be that they wanted a funding officer to raise funds to keep the organisation

going and not to develop new projects or bids.

MEWN said that they would like some time to think of some projects that they would like

assistance with in the environmental arena.

The Swansea Chinese Community Co-op Centre

This organisation said that currently they have a problem with trying to run the organisation with

mainly volunteers and that they would like to have more full time staff to be able to develop and

expand the core work of the organisation, mainly support and advice work.

The Development Worker said that they had an elderly gentleman who is a good artist and another

gentleman who is very good at calligraphy and that she would like to work on a project that would

enable the paintings and calligraphy to be shared with a wider audience and in a way that the skills

could be passed onto others and to encourage other elders to take up art. The paintings all have

an environmental focus.

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The Swansea Chinese Community Co-op would like to be able to work with organisations on

projects that are similar to their own and would like to do joint projects with other organisations.

If the venues were in other cities then they would be willing to take people from their own

community to these venues, with interpreters to facilitate communication and understanding.

The African Centre

The African Centre wished to have some time to think about environmental projects, as they were

in the process of looking for alternative accommodation as the lease on their current community

centre was due to finish soon and that this was the issue that was taking up most of their time at

the moment.

Summary.

The support given has ranged from discussing development of the organisation and what

assistance could be given to help them develop and form into organisations that can then develop

projects and then they could be assisted to apply for funding and then they could manage the

projects.

Other groups that are in the process of forming and becoming constituted have already formed

ideas for projects and the have prioritised their needs. Some of these have already begun the

process of applying for funding for the organisations development and have said that they are in

the process of developing projects of an environmental nature for which they would like help in

locating funding and in applying for the funds to make the project a success.

Other organisations are looking at maintaining their organisation and have said that their priority at

the moment is to secure funds to enable their organisation to survive and deliver their core

services to their communities before they can look at environmental projects.

Regular contact is maintained with all the groups to keep up to date on the organisations progress

and to give the necessary support as and when required.

The Swansea Faiths Forum has applied to the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund and we

are working on a project for which they wish to apply for funding.

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Discover Heritage Project (DHP)-Scotland (Glasgow) (Formerly The Heritage Education and Access Project)

July – September 2006

The key aims of the project are to:

To create awareness among ethnic communities in Scotland that the heritage sector is an area of

major opportunity to improve the quality of their lives.

To create awareness among heritage organisations about the potential for ethnic communities to

contribute to the sector.

To create opportunities for the heritage sector and ethnic communities to work together.

To reach out to ethnic communities in order to stimulate awareness in heritage.

- to identify and make contact with ethnic groups. Information distributed to 24 community groups throughout Scotland.

To provide an information and advice service on heritage to ethnic groups

- to provide a basic telephone information and advice service. Feedback to 9 community groups :-

Apna Services (Barnardos)

Saheliya

UMOJA

Sikh and Interfaith Council

Kut-o

West Dunbartonshire Asian Women's Group

KULOC

Bharatiya Ashram

Yusuf Youth Initiative

- to network ethnic groups to further information, resources, expertise and opportunities for participation in heritage. Networking community based events attended :- 2

Sikh Interfaith Day

BEN Networking Conference

Community/Heritage Events where DHP have had a presence: -

Target 2-3 Urban Events per year.

Achieved this quarter: 1 Glasgow Mela

Achieved to Date: 1

To support the development of heritage projects undertaken by ethnic groups

- to give direct support to ethnic groups in formulating heritage projects in

partnership with heritage organisations. Ethnic groups receiving ongoing support: -

West Dunbartonshire Asian Women's Group (Clydebank)

UMOJA

Apna Services (Barnardos)

Saheliya

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SEMSA

Heritage projects delivered to community groups: - Target: 6-8 for the year.

Achieved to end of this quarter: 0

Heritage projects being developed for community groups: - Crarae Garden

Royal Museum

Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park

Adventure outdoor activities.

Dunvegan Castle & Isle of Skye nature activities.

- to develop a national and local network of support. An informal advisory group has been set-up and meets every quarter.

Informal networking dinner for heritage and community organisations was

undertaken.

To support heritage organisation to reach out and work effectively with ethnic communities

- raise awareness of ethnic issues through running workshops/events

Consultation with Glasgow Museums regarding Transport Museum.

National Libraries Advisory Panel

- provide policy support to heritage organisations Continued support with 8 heritage organisations :-

National Trust for Scotland

Scottish Forestry Commission

Historic Scotland

Scottish Museums Council

National Museums of Scotland

Scottish Natural Heritage

RSPB

Council for Scottish Archaeology

black environment network

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