About Us
We work with our communities to:
- Ensure that they are involved in local policy and decision making; regeneration and neighbourhood renewal.
- Facilitate joint-working among BME communities to develop best practice and provide a unified BME voice within local strategic partnerships.
- Promote networking, collaboration and partnership between the BME voluntary sector and mainstream agencies building their organisational capacities.
- Engage with BME communities in all aspects of Croydon life.
- Encourage good race relations, community cohesion and equality of opportunity for all throughout Croydon.
How our members are involved in what we do
‘Our BME community members play a role in the decision making policy specifically with regards to policy, service development and its delivery in Croydon by taking part in our thematic groups.’
These are:
Community Safety: working with community safety agencies to address community safety issues and develop strategies to eliminate incidences of racial harassment and crime.
Education: works in partnership with schools, parents/guardians, local education statutory and community based education providers to improve education outcomes for BME children.
Enterprise & Employment: working with local statutory, voluntary and national organisations to address unemployment rates, pay and employment discrimination and improve work and enterprise opportunities for BME communities.
Health & Wellbeing: to provide an opportunity for BME communities to have an input into addressing health and wellbeing issues that will feed into future health and wellbeing strategies.