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| COMMUNITY
NOTICEBOARD |
>>> The Haiti Earthquake
Appeal in Dorset. Click here to find
out how to help Dorset support the appeal for the devastating
earthquake in Haiti, which has claimed thousands of lives."
>>> Do
you or a young person you know want to break into TV? If so, the
Network Talent Scheme might be just what you are looking for. Click here to apply.
>>>
New
material posted on the Poole & Bournemouth Equality and
Diversity Forum page here.
>>>
The
National Health Service MidLifeCheck is a free service to help you find
out how you are doing and how to live a healthier life. All your
answers are private and no-one else can see your results. Click here to
start (could save your life).
>>>
Would
you like to attract new skills and experience onto your board? Do you
find it difficult to recruit and keep trustees? If so - you
might
benefit from the Trustee Recruitment Roadshow. Click here to
find out more.
>>>
Is your group looking for somewhere in Bournemouth to meet? Click here for
a useful resource listing places to hire.
>>> You are cordially invited to the
new NHS BME Network's Launch Conference "Hope Change & Bottom Up" on Friday
4th June, 2010. Click here to
learn about the background issues that have made the NHS BME Network
necessary and here for
a booking form for the conference.
>>> John Denham - Government is
committed to tackling inequality and disadvantage wherever it exists.
Click here to read more (External link).
>>>
Ever
wanted to speak up about a health or social care service in
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole but not known how? Click here to
learn how.
>>> Are
you an undocumented migrant living in Dorset? We would like to meet you
for a confidential chat. We might be able to help. Phone 01202 553003
and speak to a member of staff.
>>>
Our smart new leaflets are available. Click here for front side and here
for the reverse. Please print and distribute. Spread the word about
equality, freedom from ethnic/racial discrimination and respect for
diversity. Thank you.
 To receive a free copy of
"Racism and the Dorset Idyll" - a Dorset
REC sponsored study
by University College Chichester -
send a self-addressed A4 envelope with £1.24 in stamps to:
Dorset Race Equality Council,
4th
Floor,
Richmond
House,
33
Richmond Hill,
BOURNEMOUTH,
BH2
6EZ. Offer UK mainland only.
Advice on how to secure places
of worship from attack. Applies to anyone, but particularly useful to gurdwaras, mandirs, mosques and synagogues. Click image to
download.
>>>
Come
and meet your Polish neighbours at the 'International Integration Group
& Polish Support Group'. Everyone welcome. For
details click here and here.
>>>
Social Housing Allocation and
Immigrant Communities Report. Get it by clicking here.
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| RACE & DIVERSITY NEWS |
1 March 2010 "Police race adviser gets £8,500
for ‘unjustified’ strip-search
As
a diversity awareness adviser, Alioune Haynes had
enthusiastically accepted an invitation to lecture Kent police officers
on the subject of race awareness.But
a few weeks after his talk he discovered his advice had fallen on deaf
ears when he was arrested and strip-searched at a nightclub because of
his skin colour." >>> More
22 February 2010 "Police discrimination panellist
quits after report row
A
member of an inquiry into discrimination in policing has resigned,
accusing the Conservatives of trying to stop it making critical
findings, the Guardian has learned." >>> More
17 February 2010
"Prison Service found to
be in breach of discrimination laws
The
High Court of Justice has ruled that the National Offender Management
Service had failed to comply with disability and race laws in its
treatment of foreign national prisoners." >>> More15 January 2010 "BNP member given 11
years for
making bombs and guns
Police
found 54 explosive devices from nail bombs to a booby-trapped cigarette
packet at Terrance Gavan's home." >>> More
12th January 2010
"Stop-and-search powers ruled illegal by European court
Police
powers to use terror laws to stop and search people without grounds for
suspicion are illegal, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled." >>> More
29th October 2009 "Musical
launch of support group for ethnic minorities
A
NEW scheme offering support for ethnic minorities in West Dorset has
been launched in a musical style." >>> More
15 September 2009 "Dorset County
Council's pledge to fight discrimination
A
three-year drive is under way to combat discrimination and ensure fair
treatment of everyone in Dorset communities." >>> More
3 April 2009 "Third
travellers' site scrapped
A
third planned temporary travellers' site in Dorset has been dropped by
council chiefs." >>> More
25 February 2009 "Burial site
for Muslim community
A
dedicated Muslim burial area has been introduced for the first time in
a Dorset town.
The
burial area, in Kinson cemetery, Bournemouth, will help to meet the
religious customs of the Muslim community, the borough council said." >>> More
September 17, 2009 "Bournemouth
Reform split deepens
A
special meeting of Bournemouth Reform Synagogue has failed to avert a
breakaway by members dissatisfied with the shul's direction." >>> More
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