Grant to Bengali Workers' Association (BWA) (360G-LondonCF-A552217)
Funding Organization
£9,959
Recipient Organization
Our BWA priority remains the welfare of our clients and colleagues. We intend to offer following activities: • Arranging food pack deliveries to vulnerable and needy households • Calls to those at risk and our regular members to check how they are doing • Providing free information and advice on the pandemic • Advocacy work to help with entitlements and debt management
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 9959 |
| Amount Awarded | 9959 |
| Award Date | 2020-04-17T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E09000007 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LONB |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Camden |
| Grant Programme: Code | Wave 2: Crisis Response |
| Grant Programme: Title | Covid-19 Funding |
| Last Modified | 2020-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary beneficiary | Black, Asian and minority ethnic |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1039551 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | 02903924 |
| Recipient Org: Description | Established in 1976 by a small group of community activists, Bengali Workers’ Association (BWA) was originally known as Bengali Workers’ Action Group (BWAG) and provided a voluntary advice service on issues such as immigration, accommodation and welfare for newly arrived migrants from Bangladesh. BWA has evolved into a well-known and locally respected ‘community anchor’ and continues to provide a focal point for the Bangladeshi community and a venue for a wide range of social, cultural and community events, although it now increasingly supports a more diverse range of service users, reflecting the change in demographics of the local community within which it is rooted. BWA strongly believes in supporting and empowering all members of the community, building personal, economic and community resilience along the way. Service Provision: • We provide advice and assistance to our beneficiaries to access services in relation to employment & training, health & social care, housing & welfare issues as well as a combined generic & outcome focused youth work service. • We work with those who are socially excluded by providing a local hub that encourages and enables their involvement in the wider community; • We act as a strategic organisation working with partners across the VCS to enable members of the community to engage with service providers and to enable those providers to adapt services to better meet the needs of that community. BWA has become a trusted source of support and a safe hub for older people, young people and their families, who continue to face significant economic, linguistic and social disadvantage. All programmes are developed through the feedback and direct communication of the older people, young people and their families and we work in partnership with Camden Council in delivering outcome focused youth work. Specific to older people, we provide the following: • A weekly social group for South Asian men and women over 50 to improve their health and wellbeing. It raises awareness of common health issues and contributes to reducing social isolation. This group is currently involved with We Are Ageing Better Camden. • Chair based exercise classes, aromatherapy and massage sessions, health walks and swimming classes are offered to service users. • Twice weekly subsidised lunch club for older people which provides a vastly affordable nutritious meal and a platform to meet new people and socialise. • Welfare Advice service that aims to increase the knowledge and awareness of local support services, as well as positively impact the financial independence of mainly older service users. • Signposting/referrals to partner agencies such as CAB, Camden law centre, Age UK, Camden welfare rights service, Camden housing department, victim support, sheltered housing, and other local voluntary organisations. • Outreach and befriending sessions that helps to build informal networks and mutual support. Moreover, our work as part of the personalisation budgets, is driven by demand from users and is a good example of an asset based approach that puts the older person at the centre of developing service provision. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | http://bwa-surma.org |