BME Leadership & Engagement Project
Tel: 020 8981 2146 Email:leadership@taha.org.uk
Promoting Leadership: Engaging Communities and Changing Governance across London
Our BME Training Leadership & Engagement Programme is a pan London service funded by London Councils.
The Primary aims of this programme is to provide individual and organisational skills development, training and capacity building support to BME community and third sector organisations across all London Boroughs. Its work focuses on Promoting Leadership, Engaging & Connecting Communities with Governance across London through:
• Increasing BME engagement and participation in elected & appointed governance, service planning & policy development
• Promoting leadership within diverse BME, Migrant & Refugee communities
•Connecting marginalised communities, improving civic engagement and fostering community cohesion
• Breaking barriers, improving opportunities & community capacity to engage with existing elected and appointed bodies & structures
• Supporting third sector, second tier and strategic govt. & non govt. bodies, partnerships, structures & bodies to become responsive & accountable to local communities
• access to bespoke training & capacity building programme
Contact us on:
Tel: 020 8981 2146 email:leadership@taha.org.uk
SERVICES & ACTIVITIES include:
Seminars & Consultative Events:
a series of participative seminars and consultative events on Representation, Responsiveness & Accountability to connect mainstream strategic agencies, partnerships, networks etc with underrepresented & marginalised communities; briefings & collaborations with third sector & public bodies to promote opportunities in governance
Do you want to organise a seminar on an issue of interest or concern to you and in your borough?
If so simply call us on Tel: 020 8981 2146 or email:leadership@taha.org.uk
Pan London BME Network
facilitation of a pan London BME Network to improve networking between BME community & third sector reps & connectivity between them & mainstream bodies, governance arrangements & policy.
Briefing Papers
Breaking Barriers: Women4Change Gender Equality Programme
Service produces & disseminates regular Briefing Papers to third sector organisations on Government consultation papers. Our recent briefings papres focused on:
•Equity & Excellence: Liberating the NHS & further 2 briefing papers on proposed GP Commissioning Consortia & NHS Commissioning Board
•DCLG’s Tackling Race Inequalities: A Discussion document: Govt.’s consultation on what its race equalities strategy should look like
•Building a Society for all Ages
•Government’s Third Sector Action Plan: “Real Help for Communities: Volunteers, Charities and Social Enterprises”
Breaking Barriers & Supporting marginalised communities
Women4Change programme (see more details below) to address barriers facing women in engaging in governance within BME communities & in mainstream elected & appointed bodies, activity to promote engagement & representation of marginalised sections e.g. older people, people with disabilities, migrant communities within existing networks & bodies.
Community Leadership & Mentoring programme
recruiting mentors, mentoring & supporting individuals to engage in leadership roles or governance mechanisms
Individual & Organisational Skills Development
supporting individuals & third sector organisations to secure representation, build collaborations, improve capacity etc & make effective interventions within local and regional govt. & non govt. bodies & structure
Harnessing ICT: engaging in e-governance, e-lobbying
enabling individuals & community groups to use ICT to engage in e-governance, e-consultations, lobbying & connectivity with elected councillors, MPs, local authorities etc.
regular information e-bulletins on key developments, opportunities, etc within strategic bodies & forums, regional and national policy, legislation etc
Improving Equalities & Community Cohesion
advice and training to mainstream bodies on diversity and equalities activity to connect diverse communities & promote community cohesion
Women4Change programme
Our Women4Change programme organises regular seminars throughout different London boroughs and aims to:
•provide perspectives & presentations on the under-representation of women from Black Minority Ethnic, Refugee & Migrant (BME) communities within elected & appointed positions, decision –making structures & in local regional & national public life including political & civic roles, governance and leadership positions
• examine the barriers that still exist to BME women’s engagement & participation within diverse BME communities, community leadership & community organisations as well as within mainstream public independent & political institutions, civic roles and leadership positions.
Women4Change Seminars: Action-orientated and outcome based seminars
Our seminars contribute towards building an action orientated programme, informed and led by women, to empower women & agencies working with or supporting BME women, to coordinate support to women & develop effective interventions & strategies to promote women into leadership roles.
Our Seminars focus on:
•developing a critical understanding of the dynamics of race & gender inequalities facing BME women
• advancing the establishment of an effective Support & Training Network to empower BME women
• Identifying women from diverse BME communities, who wish to participate in or are interested in engaging in any type of informal or formal governance or leadership role, supporting individual women or women’s groups, influencing or promoting existing gender equality strategies or services etc with a view to connecting them or matching them with appropriate opportunities in community or mainstream organisations, political or civic positions etc
• explore potential for diverse BME groups & providers to come together within partnerships and consortiums & bid for grants and contracts around addressing health inequalities and meeting health & social care needs of BME communities
• improve engagement between NHS, commissioners, allied health professionals, third sector and BME communities
For further information contact:
BME Leadership & Engagement Project
The Asian Health Agency
Tel: 020 8981 2146
Email:leadership@taha.org.uk
www.taha.org.uk
Our Service is committed to Building Collaborations, Partnerships & Supporting you & your organisation
We invite individuals & organisations from BME, Refugee and migrant communities as well as mainstream public & third sector agencies, partnerships, networks etc across London interested in partnerships & collaborative work to contact us. with & support.
Interested? We would like to hear from you.
PAN London BAMER Leadership Network - Building Collaborations, Partnerships & Supporting you & your Organisation
Leadership & Mentoring Form
Please indicate your area of interest:
Do you wish to get involved in our Project Advisory Group
Do you wish to get involved in pan London Network
Do you wish to become a volunteer
Do you wish to become a mentor and support one individual or BME group
Are you interested in securing better representation for your organisation
Are you interested in an intervention to improve BME representation in a strategic structure/body
Are you interested in becoming involved in elected and appointed civic institutions & positions
Are you interested in organising a meeting to improve engagement of BME communities in your organisation
Does your organisation/ management need to improve governance skills and capacity
Interested in a collaboration with our Agency in your borough/sector
Wish to work collaboratively with us in organising an activity in your borough
Wish to receive our e-bulletins/newsletters/briefings etc
Interested in being kept informed of project activity
Would like a meeting to explore potential for collaboration
For further information contact:
BME Leadership & Engagement Project
The Asian Health Agency
Tel: 020 8981 2146
Email:leadership@taha.org.uk
www.taha.org.uk