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Yorkshire and the Humber BME information service

Becon (North East)

1 North West (North West)

Embrace (West Midlands)

Voice (East Midlands)

Minet (London)

BSWN (South West)

BEST (Wales)

Yorkshire and the Humber BME Information service

The BME Information Service of Yorkshire and The Humber Regional Forum promotes effective and sustainable regional and sub-regional Black and Minority Ethnic community and voluntary sector infrastructure.

The service aims to:

The BME Information Service is an initiative of the BME Regional Panel and is supported by Yorkshire and The Humber Regional Forum.

For more information please go to: www.bme.org.uk

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BECON - Black Ethnic Minority Community Organisations' Network

BECON is the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) voluntary and community organisations network for the North East.

Committed volunteers had been working on the project for the first 3 years, then a successful bid was submitted to the Active Community Unit in the Home Office in October 2000 to support the development of the network.

BECON (Black and Ethnic Minority Community Organisations’ Network) is committed to:

• · Challenging oppression and the exclusion of black people;
• · Promoting, supporting and providing information and training opportunities to the BME voluntary and community sector in the North East;
• · Facilitating BME groups to network, support each other, share experiences and resources, and influence decision makers.

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1 North West

One North West is the regional network for the black and minority ethnic voluntary and community sector in the North West of England.

Supported by a strategic grant from the Home Office Active Community Unit and by the European Social Fund, One North West is working for the benefit of the black and minority ethnic voluntary and community sector across the five sub-regions of Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Merseyside.

One North West is a project of the North West Network.
 http://www.onenorthwest.org.uk/control.php

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Ethnic Minority and Black Regional Action for Community Empowerment

EMBRACE is a regional network that seeks to establish partnerships with all ethnic minority and black-led voluntary networks throughout the West Midlands.

Our purpose is to build capacity within the sector in order to influence regional policy and strategy.

EMBRACE supports the engagement of community representatives in policy making so that needs and aspirations within the sector are better realised.
http://www.embrace.org.uk/

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Voice East Midlands

Voice East Midlands is a new and exciting addition to the regional framework of the East Midlands. It was originally formed in May 1999, with the encouragement and support of the Home Office, to enable the East Midlands Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) Voluntary and Community Sector to influence the regional agenda for the benefit of BME organisations and communities.

The organisation was formally launched in January 2000, with the support of over 150 BME Voluntary and Community Organisations in the East Midlands. By January 2001 it had appointed a Chief Executive. The Chairperson of Voice East Midlands is Mr Len Shillingford.

Our strategic objectives are:

• To unlock funding for the BME Voluntary Sector at a regional level
• To increase the effectiveness of the BME Voluntary Sector through capacity building support.
• To be an informed voice on behalf of the BME Voluntary Sector and promote its interests at a regional level.

http://www.voice-em.org.uk/

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MiNet - (Minority Network)

MiNet  is the regional network of networks of the BME voluntary and community sector for London. MiNet is funded by the Home Office as the BME strand of the regional voluntary sector network for London, to:

• Unlock further funding for the BME sector at the regional level
• Advocate effectively for the sector at regional level to ensure that it is consulted and recognised as valuable in different policy areas and across the sector
• Increase the effectiveness of the sector through the provision of information, advice, representation, training, publication, and development services

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BSWN (Black South West Network)

BSWN’s aims to provide access to information on policy and funding programmes, supported by an online capacity building and advice service...

• · Unlock further funds for the sector at a regional level
• · Advocate effectively at a regional level
• · Ensure that the sector is consulted and recognised
• · Increase the effectiveness of the sector through the provision of advice, information, training, representation, publications and development services.

http://www.bswn.org.uk/

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BEST (Black & Ethnic Minority Support Team)

The BEST way to promote inclusion and involvement.

A mass of research exists that substantiates the every day experience of many Black Minority Ethnic individuals and communities.

This shows they have to contend with additional barriers when it comes to participating in social and economic activities. It is as true in Wales as it is in other parts of the United Kingdom.

In response to these issues, four of the key organisations in the voluntary/community sector have joined together to work in partnership. The partnership - called BEST (Black minority Ethnic Support Team) - is represented by the All Wales Ethnic Minority Association (AWEMA), Black Voluntary Sector Network Wales (BVSNW), Minority Ethnic Women?s Network (MEWN Cymru) and the Scarman Trust.

BEST has been formed with the aim of providing support to Black Minority Ethnic communities and organisations within the scope of the Communities First Programme. Funded by the Welsh Assembly, the whole ethos of BEST is to work in partnership to enable BME communities to develop the skills and resources they need to make meaningful and sustained change in their lives
http://www.best-cymru.org/

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