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BME - Black and Minority Ethnic Groups, Services

and Networking List ADULT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS FOR BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES we work with BME community members to raise awareness of mental health and wellbeing. Adult Mental Health Services - Solent NHS Trust 1/F, St Mary’s Community Health Campus, Milton Road, Portsmouth, PO3 6AD. Tel: 023 9268 3442 Email: [email protected]

Our Vision:

To improve access, experience and outcomes for minority communities in mental health services.

Our Mission:

Working together with colleagues, organisations and communities to deliver a more effective and appropriate service

Current Projects include:

Mental Health & Wellbeing Workshop

Spiritual And Wellbeing Partnership

Patient Experience, Public and Services Involvement

Cross Cultural Women’s Group,

Cross Cultural Men's Group

Cultural Awareness Training

AFRICAN WOMEN'S FORUM Marie Costa, 35 Stanley Street, Southsea, Hants, PO5 2DS Tel/Fax: 07758805316 Email: [email protected] A support group for women of African descent, who live in Portsmouth and surrounding areas. We carry out Social and Cultural Activities. ________________________________________________________________

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ANGLO-HELLENIC SOCIETY Mr Demetris Papanicolaou, 11 Apsley Road, Milton, Portsmouth, PO4 8RH. Tel: 023 9286 3566 The Anglo-Hellenic Society aims to meet the needs of the Greek community in the city and to promote awareness of their language and culture. ________________________________________________________________ ANGLO ITALIAN SOCIAL GROUP Kate Esson Email: [email protected] Meets every third Friday of the month at Portsmouth Friendship center. 6:30pm 9:30pm Annual Subscription required, £15 per person ________________________________________________________________ ASSOCIATION OF THE BRITAIN-AUSTRALIA SOCIETY (PORTSMOUTH BRANCH) and the PORTSMOUTH-SYDNEY SISTER CITY LINK Mr Brian Hall, 40 St Matthew’s Road, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 2DL Tel: 023 9237 1141 Email: [email protected] www.britain-australia.org.uk ________________________________________________________________ ASYLUM SEEKER ACTIVITY PROJECT (ASAP) Sally Jones, Friendship Centre, Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1JT Tel: 023 9229 7177 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Fridays 1pm - 4pm. ASAP helps asylum seekers and refugees to access local educational, leisure, social and cultural facilities and provides social support. Supported by Portsmouth Friendship Centre.

BANGLADESH WELFARE ASSOCIATION Portsmouth Jam-E-Mosque Building, Unit 1 – 3, 75 Bradford Road, Portsmouth.







Email: [email protected] Chair Person: Syed Aminul Hoque Tel: 07425530386 Secretary: M.A Syed Mob: 0788 6898 443 Social Welfare needs community development.

CATCH 22 PORTSMOUTH STUDY PROGRAMME Abington House, Cumberland Business Park, Fratton, Portsmouth, PO5 1DS Tel: 023 9286 1228 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: www.catch-22.org.uk/setraining ________________________________________________________________ CHINESE SCHOOL C/o Milton Cross School C/o Portsmouth Chinese Association, 023 92665182 Albert Choi (chair of Chinese association) ________________________________________________________________ CONNORS TOY LIBRARIES The objects of the Connors Toy Libraries are to assist in the provision of facilities for children by providing therapeutic, educational and stimulating toys and to promote better care and upbringing of children. Landport community Centre Charles Street Landport PO1 1JD Tel: 02392 296703 Email: [email protected]





http://www.catch-22.org.uk/setraining



Mondays

(Term time only)

12:30 - 2:30pm For Ages 0yrs to 5yrs

For more information please visit our Website: www.ctlib.org.uk

________________________________________________________________ CROSS CULTURAL MEN'S GROUP (Group for men from ethnic minority communities) At Somerstown Community Hub, A1 Winston Churchill Avenue Meets every Wednesday from 2pm-4pm Contact: Sadhia Amin or the CDW team 023 92683442 Email: [email protected]

CROSS CULTURAL WOMEN’S DROP-IN BME (Black Minority Ethnic) For further information call Shipa or Sadhia on 023 9275 5485 or email: [email protected] Join in health related workshops. Relax and have a drink. Meet other women. Take part in arts, crafts and beauty sessions. Every Wednesday 12 noon until 2.30pm at Friendship Center, Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1JT

DIVERSE CARERS GROUP An informal support group for Carers of ethnic minorities or who are looking after someone from an ethnic minority. We are run by Carers (volunteers) for Carers.


http://www.ctlib.org.uk/



Carers means people who are looking after someone with illnesses and/or disability with no wages. Meets every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 11:00am to 1:00pm at Cares Centre. Offers various activities and welcomes self-referrals. Please contact group leader before your first visit. Current group members are from 10 different cultural backgrounds (Algeria, Bangladesh, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Zanzibar, Zambia and Zimbabwe). Contact group leader: 078 7384 7451 or [email protected] & www.facebook.com/diversecarers Cares Center: 117 Orchard Road Southsea PO4 0AD (it is on the bus route and locating behind the Lidl's car park in Goldsmith Avenue) ________________________________________________________________ EQUALITIES AND DIVERSITY TEAM Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL. Tel: 023 9283 4789 / 023 9268 8957 Email: [email protected]

ESOL – Portsmouth College (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Tangier Road, Copnor, Portsmouth, PO3 6PZ Simin Walton Tel: 02392 667521 ext 390 Email: simin.walton@portsmouth/college.ac.uk

English as a Foreign Language and ESOL Citizenship courses- Highbury College Yvonne Lee 023 92728242 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]



http://www.facebook.com/diversecarers


mailto:simin.walton@portsmouth/college.ac.uk


Winston Churchill Ave Portsmouth PO1 2DH Website: www.highbury.ac.uk

ESOL – taught by Southdowns College at the Friendship House English Language (writing, speaking and listening) Mathematics (via ESOL) Morning, afternoon and evening classes by arrangement. For more information Call Sharon girling

02392 797984. ___________________________________________________________ ETHNIC MINORITY ACHIEVEMENT SERVICES (EMAS) Craneswater Junior School Site, St. Ronans Road, Southsea, PO4 0PX. Tel: 023 9273 3130 Email: [email protected] Website: www.emas.portsmouth.gov EMAS works in partnership with Portsmouth schools, early year's settings and parents.

FRIENDS WITHOUT BORDERS Anne Dickinson, All Saints Centre, Commercial Road, Portsmouth Tel: 023 9283 9222 All saint's Centre, Commercial Road Portsmouth PO1 4BT Email: [email protected] Or [email protected] Mondays and Thursdays 10am – 1pm. Free of charge to clients.


http://www.highbury.ac.uk/

http://www.emas.portsmouth.gov/



GERMAN CHURCH SERVICE (LUTHERIAN) Traditional Lutherian services conducted mainly in German held second Sunday of each month John Pounds Church, High Street, Old Portsmouth. PO1 2 HW (Please use side entrance) Contact: Sargent Tel: 023 9278 6321 Meets every second Sunday of each month Around 12-15 people get together for about an hour and half. ________________________________________________________________ GERMAN SPEAKING PARENTS AND CHILDREN GROUP We are friendly and informal group for parents and children who speak German. We have members from Austria, Ukraine, Britain and Germany. Most of our children are being brought up bilingual and we share tips and information and meet up for a chat and for children to play together. Meeting: once a month every second Saturday of each month Venue: Havelock community centre, 324 Fawcett Road, Southsea, PO4 0LQ Time: 2:30pm- 5:30pm You can drop in anytime. Tea & coffee is provided and everybody brings a snack. Every family contributes £2 per meeting towards room hire. For more information, contact us on Facebook (German Speaking Parents Portsmouth) or call Uta Schmidtblaicher on Email: [email protected]

GREATER SYLHET DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE COUNCIL UK Portsmouth Branch C/o Mr Syed Aminul Haque, 1 – 3 Kingston Road, Portsmouth. Mobile: 07425530386

HAMPSHIRE YOUNG REFUGEE TOGETHER (HYRT) Nadia Potts Tel:023 9289 4216



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Mob: 07720313400 Email: [email protected] Ruth Geddes Tel: 023 92841309 Mob: 07950473715 Email: [email protected] Group meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month (2pm-4.30pm at Go for It Centre Station Street (next to Portsmouth and Southsea Railway Station) PO1 1EQ Group aims to support young asylum seekers and refugees through the asylum process, and while setting in the UK. Group provide practical support to access essential health, welfare, education, legal and other youth services including one to one meeting.

HASLAR IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRE Rose Morton, 2 Dolphin Way, Gosport, PO12 2AW Tel: 023 92604239 Email: [email protected]

HATE CRIME SERVICE Portsmouth City Council, Floor 3 Core2 Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. PO1 2BY Sharon Furtado Tel: 023 9283 4227 Fax: 023 9284 1695 Email: [email protected] Website: www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/community-and-envioronment/community/hatecrime.aspx The service offers advice, support and practical measures to assist anyone experiencing incidents of hate crime at their privately rented/owner occupied home or place of business.






HEALTH TRAINERS Ashraf Sultana 23 Queen Street, Portsmouth PO1 3HN Tel: 023 92280001 Email: [email protected] Can provide support with any health related issue, including Weight management, behaviour change, healthy eating, sensible drinking, physical activities etc.

HINDU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION Mrinal Ghosh, Secretary, Hindu Cultural Association, 55 Powerscourt Road, Portsmouth PO2 7JF Tel: 023 9265 2513 Mobile: 07990 941367 Email: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ HINDU TEMPLE Strathfield House, Unit 1, 9 Leigh Road, Havant PO9 2ES Group: BAPS Suri Swaminarayan Mandir Mr Mitul Patel Tel: 07412694319 Email: [email protected] Website: mandir.org ________________________________________________________________ INDEPENDENCE AND WELLBEING TEAM (ASC)– BME Uta Schmidtblaicher, Runi Ahmed or Rowshonara Reza Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices Floor 5, Core 5/6, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. Tel: 023 9268 8390 Fax: 023 9268 8393 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]







Cultural awareness training, Safeguarding BME adults, Community champions, chances for change projects and Independence and wellbeing of vulnerable adults.

INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT OFFICE (UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH) Mahbuba Abdullah, University of Portsmouth, Nuffield Centre, St Michael’s Road, Portsmouth PO1 2ED Tel: 023 9284 5116 Fax: 023 9284 3538 Email: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ IRISH CLUB Charles Brown 77 Elm Grove, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 IJF Tel: 023 9282 5152 Opening times: Weekdays - 12pm -3pm and 7pm-11pm Saturdays - 12pm- 4pm and 7pm - 11pm Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________________________ MADANI ACADEMY PORTSMOUTH Independent Academy primary school 5yrs -11yrs old Also runs: Children Arabic Classes in weekends 11am -1pm Under 16 Bangla classes from 1:30pm-2:30pm Women mindfulness session once a week either Monday or Wednesdays (depending on member's preferences) from 11am-1pm For any information please contact: Mr Lutfur Rahman Salim Nutfield Place Portsmouth PO1 4JT Email: [email protected] Mob: 07909117963 ________________________________________________________________





MULTICULTURAL LINK GROUP (MCLG) Meets at the Friendship Centre, Elm Grove, Southsea PO5 1JT Clare Dolan (Chair) Tel: 023 9229 7177 Mobile: 07816 482239 Fax: 023 9229 7188 Email: [email protected] www.friendshipcentre.co.uk Founded sixteen years ago. Offers support, advice, numerous networking opportunities, and the opportunity to exchange information between groups and organisations working with minority ethnic communities. Meets first working Monday every two month. Must obtain permission to attend a meeting. Membership fee £15 per year.

ONE WORLD WEEK This is a development education charity organisation that raises awareness and understanding of local and global justice and equality and to gain knowledge of other culture. www.oneworldweek.org

Portsmouth contact:

Sue: 023 9225 0267 [email protected] or

Sarah: 023 9258 2140 [email protected]

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PORTSMOUTH JAMI MOSQUE Secretary: Abidur Rahman Chowdhury Tel: 07402486284 Jami Mosque, Victoria Road North, Southsea, PO5 1PS Tel: 023 9283 2541 ________________________________________________________________ PASCO (PORTSMOUTH ASIAN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION) Smita Patel



http://www.friendshipcentre.co.uk/

http://www.oneworldweek.org/




5 Parkstone Avenue Southsea Hants. PO4 0QY Tel: 023 9264 5887 Email: [email protected] 100+ members attend to many functions and events organised by the group. _____________________________________________________________ PORTSMOUTH BENGALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Mrs. Papiya Ghosh - Chair Mrs. Jayda Begum Khan - Secretary Official address: Buckland Community Centre Malins Road, Buckland Portsmouth PO2 7BL Correspondence address: 47 Kendal Avenue, Copnor, Portsmouth, PO3 5AX Tel: 07984685234 Email: [email protected] Web: www.portsmouthca.wix.com/pbca

PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH DOWNS PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Jenifer Flintoft Email: [email protected] Tel: 023 9241 3358 Planning Meetings are held once a month according to member's preferences. Public meetings and fundraising event takes place around 10-12 times every year. _____________________________________________________________

PORTSMOUTH CENTRAL MOSQUE

276 Somers Road North, Portsmouth PO1 1PL Tel: 023 9286 5030






Open to Muslims for five times daily prayers. For any other queries please contact the mosque president on above number. ________________________________________________________________ PORTSMOUTH CHINESE ASSOCIATION Albert Choi (chair) Mobile: 07860777232 208 Kingston Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7LR Email: [email protected] Portsmouth Chinese Association aims to provide advice and assistance to the Chinese community as well as local people and agencies. ________________________________________________________________ PORTSMOUTH FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Clare Dolan, Centre Manager, Portsmouth Friendship Centre, Friendship House, Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1JT. Tel: 023 9229 7177 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: www.friendshipcentre.co.uk Multicultural Centre in Southsea. Various facilities for hire to community groups including office space, function hall, commercial kitchen, meeting rooms, office spaces, counselling, Pilates, yoga, music, Arabic, other languages, dance and children's ballets. Free drop in activities including cross cultural women's group and Asylum seekers activities project. Also various projects running such, BME volunteer training programme, hot/cold buffet service, and arts programme for asylum seekers and refugees, tai chi, yoga, slimming group etc. Others PRENO: 02392877189 ESOL: 02392 617399 or 02392 797984 POLISH ENGLISH CLASSES AND ADVICE GROUP: Mondays 7pm-9pm Wednesday 12pm-7pm



http://www.friendshipcentre.co.uk/


Friendship Centre ________________________________________________________________ PORTSMOUTH HISPANIC SOCIETY Ann Wrightson (chair) 6a Dornmere Lane Waterlooville P07 8QH Tel: 023 92412426 Email: [email protected] Website: spanishportsmouth.org.uk Activities of the Society are the Monthly Meetings. These are talks or demonstrations followed by discussions, and a social evening with tapas available. They are held at the Fratton Community Centre in Portsmouth, Hampshire, at 7.00pm usually on the first Thursday of the month. Meetings are open to anyone and are conducted in English, though some Spanish may be spoken (usually with a simultaneous translation) Non-members may pay £2.00 to attend any meeting. The annual subscription for 2014/15 is £12.00. Full-time students - half-price on production of a student card _______________________________________________________________ PORTSMOUTH INTERFAITH FORUM Taki Jaffer Tel: 07710604657 Email: [email protected] Website: www.portsmouthinterfaith.org.uk PIF aims to increase public awareness of faith organisations and their issues by bringing together the religious communities within the city of Portsmouth, to have an increased awareness of the faith related agenda and work together in harmony to enrich each other resulting in a more cohesive society.

PORTSMOUTH KURDISH ASSOCIATION (VOLUNTARY)

Brian Futcher Tel: 023 9275 2557 or mobile 07947 458861 Email: [email protected] Or [email protected]

PORTSMOUTH MUSLIM ACADEMY


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Mufti Ali Liyakat Mobile: 07888 691146 Tel: 023 9282 2960 Old Commercial Road Portsmouth PO1 4QL Daily and Friday Prayers are held here. Evening classes for children, age range 5-12years Adult women networking group meets up every Saturday. ________________________________________________________________ PORTSMOUTH RACIAL HARASSMENT FORUM Sharon Furtado, Racial Awareness Service Manager, Floor 3 Core 2, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. Tel: 023 9283 4227 Fax: 023 9284 1695 Email: [email protected] Website: www.portsmouth.gov.uk ________________________________________________________________ PORTSMOUTH SIKH WELFARE ASSSOCIATION Jas Singh- Diapal, 53 Salisbury Rd, Southsea. Tel: 07850 291867/ 02392 824961 Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________________________ PORTSMOUTH SYNAGOGUE Tony Cooper The Rabbi, Synagogue House, the Thicket, Southsea, PO5 2AA. Tel: 01243 587 943 Mobile: 07818 063 876 Email: [email protected] Meets every Saturday at 10 am- worship place and around 20-40 people gets together to prayers. ________________________________________________________________ POLISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL


http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/




Kasia Thurlow, - Tutor Tel: 07986476216 Email: [email protected] Portsmouth Academy for girls, Saint Marys Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 5PF For children from 4 ½yrs– 16yrs old, Saturdays term time 10am – 1pm. www.polska52kolaportsmouth.blogspot.com

REFUGEE SUPPORT AND INTERNATIONAL FAMILY TRACING 338 Commercial Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4BT Tel: 023 9289 4212 Fax: 023 9275 3262 Malcum little- [email protected] Sara Cotton- [email protected] Christine Currie- [email protected] (for IFT) Website: www.redcross.org.uk We offer support and practical help to asylum seekers and refugees through our orientation project in Hampshire. Our international family tracing (IFT) service can also help to restore family links between people who have been separated by war and disaster.

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH SERVICE Michael o'shea Tel: 07516230299 OR Priest: father Michael gogoleff Tel: 01225858792 Meets at St Albans Church hall 104 Copnor Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5AL 2nd Sunday of month 11am ________________________________________________________________ SOKA GAKKAI



http://www.polska52kolaportsmouth.blogspot.com/


http://www.redcross.org.uk/


Penny Hand, ‘Haldor’ Beach Road, Southsea, PO5 2JH Tel: 023 9229 4847 Mob: 07722610058 Email: [email protected] www.sgi-uk.org Lay Buddhist organization practicing Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism. ________________________________________________________________ SOS POLONIA TRUST Polish drop in advice group Ewa Parylak Tel: 07892687010 Email: [email protected] Group meets every Thursdays 12pm -7pm at Friendship center, Southsea Usually group works like advisory group where they translate letters, signpost clients. Also free ESOL classes for Polish Migrants on Mondays from 7pm-9pm

SUDANESE COMMUNITY and ARABIC CLASSES

Mr Abdelkarim Hamad Mobile: 07449971211 Email: [email protected] Mr Bakhit Ismail 07504263356 (text only) Meets every Sundays 11.30am – 1.30pm @ Friendship Center. Correspondence address: 18 Kings Road, Southsea, Portsmouth. PO5 4DL

SYLHET DISTRICT ASSOCIATION (SDA)

General Secretary – Mr. Farhad Al Mahmud Tel: 07888842462 Email: [email protected]



http://www.sgi-uk.org/




Sylhet District Association (SDA), 60 Osborne Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 3LU

SDA aims: • To gain an effective voice for the Sylhet community in any decision making

process by service providers. To be achieved by taking part in consultation and being represented on partnerships in Portsmouth

• To improve the quality of life for the Sylhet community in Portsmouth • To develop trust between people of different communities and build

confidence in our own abilities ____________________________________________________________ THAI SOLENT SOCIETY and THAI ASSOCIATION Mrs Somporm Mayne, c/o Bangkok Thai Restaurant, 64 Albert Road, Southsea. PO5 2SL Tel: 023 9242 9922 or 07557773643 Email: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ THE PORTSMOUTH DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The Revd Canon Ralph, Mission and Society, 1st Floor, Peninsular House, Wharf Road, Portsmouth PO2 8HB Tel. 02392 899670 Fax: 023 9289 9651 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: www.portsmouth.anglican.org ________________________________________________________________ UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY UNIT Dave Small, Unit 3, St. Andrew’s Court, St. Michael’s Road, Portsmouth. PO1 2JH Email: [email protected] Tel: 023 92845774 Website: www.port.ac.uk/departments/services/equalityanddiversity

UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH- INTERNATIOANL OFFICE Mahbuba Abdullah Nuffield Centre, St Michael's Road. Tel: 02392845116





http://www.portsmouth.anglican.org/

http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/services/equalityanddiversity


Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

WELSH SOCIETY PORTSMOUTH AND DISTRICT Jean Evans (Secretary), 6 Longstaff Garden, Fareham, PO16 7RR Tel: 01329285493 Porchester Parish hall Castle Street, Porchester Meets every 3rd Friday of month, it’s a social group whom get together and round about 30 people attends the group. _______________________________________________________________ WESSEX JAMAAT Mr Kanji -Secretary Al Mahdi centre, Fontley Road, Fareham, PO15 6QR Tel: 01329 842742 Email: [email protected] Website: www.almahdi.org.uk A Shia Muslim community organisation particularly interested in social welfare of its members. Aim: The advancement of Islam in accordance with the tenets and doctrines of the Shia ithna asheri shariah; the promotion and advancement of education in accordance with the shariah; the relief of poverty and disease amongst the adherents of the Shia ithna asheri faith

ZUMBA CLASSES- LADIES ONLY Contact: Shefali Uddin Tel: 07852614826 Email: [email protected] This Zumba session gives opportunity to all women to be active and be healthy, it helps stress release, lose weight and have fun as you work out. It is a free session but advance booking is essential. Every Wednesday from 11:30am-12:30pm at Landport Community Centre, Charles StreetPortsmouthPO1 1JD





http://www.almahdi.org.uk/


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