COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

>>> How much do you know about New Zealand? The 'International Integration Group & Polish Support Group' invites everyone with children under 5 to have fun this Thursday 11th February at St.Christopher's Church Hall (Arnewood Rd/Burleigh Rd, Southbourne) 9:30am and 12:00 noon. £3 admission per family. No booking required. Disco, singing, food , art and loads of interesting things about New Zealand. >>> Cultural Diversity Fair, Bourne Valley Youth Centre, Saturday 13th February 2010, 1.00 to 4.00 pm. Free fun for the entire family. Click here for full details. >>> 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). >>> Dorset Police are recruiting Police Community Support Officers.  Click here for details (external website). Click here to contact Miss Karen Brown (Dorset Police Diversity Officer). >>> Is a lack of English holding you back in the local job market? Click here for a FREE accredited course. >>> 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. Despite the best efforts of mother nature to throw an icy spanner into the works the Dorset REC's AGM was very successful with a most satisfying attendance. Our keynote speaker Sangeeta Bhabra proved to be most entertaining and informative. A report is in the pipeline. Click on the image to download a copy of our Annual Report 2008 - 2009. Click here for a full illustrated report on the AGM itself. >>> 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.

DORSET COUNTY NEWS

"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." 15 January 2010 >>> More "The Haiti Earthquake Appeal in Dorset Find out how to help Dorset support the appeal for the devastating earthquake in Haiti, which has claimed thousands of lives." >>> More "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." 12th January 2010 >>> More "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. The South West Dorset Multicultural Network held a reggae night at Dorchester's Corn Exchange to kick off its Community Contact project." 29th October 2009 >>> More "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." 15 September 2009 >>> More "Third travellers' site scrapped A third planned temporary travellers' site in Dorset has been dropped by council chiefs. An area to the east of the Wessex Way at the end of Riverside Avenue in Bournemouth had been earmarked." 3 April 2009 >>> More "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." 25 February 2009 >>> More "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." September 17, 2009 >>> More