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Regional Equalities Forum – to be or not to be?
A new research project funded and supported by the EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission) is being carried out in the East of England. Read more.
Employers Survey
Fancy a chance of winning £100 just by filling out a 7 minutes questionnaire about equality practices within your organisation? There will be prizes for one organisation from each of the three sectors, i.e. not for profit, private and public. For more information, click here.
Protecting Black Children into Adulthood
MENTER, in partnership with Children Matter East (CME), will be hosting this event at The Møller Centre, Storey’s Way, Cambridge on Thusday 21 January 2009. Key speakers will be David Akinsanya and Simon Morrison. For more information, please click here.
New regional initiative for Gypsies and Travellers
MENTER is now developing a regional initiative designed to assist Gypsy and Traveller groups that are active in the region to engage better with those that provide services to their communities. Read more
MENTER Newsletter: Issue No. 18, October 2009
Now available to view. Please click the link above or click here.
Free Money Skills training in your local community
MENTER is supporting the CAB in promoting free money skills training across the region. Read more
New project: Frontline Engagement through Regional Infrastructure (FERI)
October 2009 will see the launch of regional infrastructure services through the Frontline Engagement through Regional Infrastructure (FERI) project, which is funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Read more
MENTER helps refresh the Regional Bussiness Support Strategy
MENTER has been invited by EEDA to join a Steering Group to review the Regional Business Support Strategy together with colleagues from representative business organisations, EERA and contractors delivering Businesslink and Train to Gain services. Read more
Tackling the Employment Gap
MENTER is part of an organising group to plan a major regional event to promote tackling the ‘Employment Gap’ between BME and the white British community – 14% nationally and 8% regionally. Read more
MENTER member survey
MENTER, the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Network for the Eastern Region is conducting a survey of its members to develop a better understanding of the trends that affect the BME sector. To take part and/or for more information, please click here
Ministerial Reception celebrates the BME Third Sector
On Wednesday 22nd April 2009 Voice4Change England (V4CE) held its first ever ministerial reception at Admiralty House, Whitehall. Read more
MENTER sets up task force
Breaking down the barriers to BME access to skills, employment and enterprise services in the region is the focus of an innovative MENTER project funded by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA). Since April 2009 a task force has been set up to further the work. Read more
Sixty young Black men meet national role models Clive Lewis and Adrian Rollins
MENTER’s first national REACH youth event in Cambridge looked at the experiences of local Black young men and hosted inspirational workshops and presentations. Read more
Resources available from the Partnership Development Project
Since 2004, the Partnership Development Project of MENTER, which focuses on assisting with the integration needs of asylum seekers, refugees and migrant workers in the East of England, has been working in partnership with the East of England Regional Assembly’s Strategic Migration Partnership (EERA-SMP) and other organisations to produce resource packs for the Multi Agency Forums (MAFs) in the region. These resources, including an LAA toolkit, are now available. Read more
Group Starter Pack
Setting up a new community group or voluntary organisation will involve a variety of work and there are a number of things you will need to consider before you start. Read more
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