QUESTION TIME! @ The African Caribbean Project

Question Time returns to Leamington but on a slightly different

note. All the community are welcome to attend the event next

week as it addresses some critical issues.

What is the future for Warwickshire’s African Caribbean

Community and the African Caribbean Project?

We are hosting a community consultation event 4-9pm on

Wednesday 17th March at theAfrican Caribbean Project.

WE WANT TO HERE YOUR VIEWS AND COMMENTS about

the impact of the loss of key services for our community so please

either attend the event or leave some meaningful comments that

can be taken forward.

Many thanks.

FREE EVENT FOR THE POLISH COMMUNITY

FREE EVENT FOR THE POLISH COMMUNITY:

‘How to be Happy!’
DATE: 07/02/2010: 9-5pm
VENUE: Leamington Spa Polish Catholic Mission, High Street,

Leamington Spa.

INFO: A community organised event, organised by the BME

Community Development Worker and the local Polish community.

A workshop orientated day from 9-5pm facilitated

by a Polish ‘Neuro Linguistic Programmer’ (NLP) to address issues

such as depression, anxiety, lack of motivation, self esteem

and goal setting. The event is a very positive step to the

community collectively taking action to help each other.

Food and drink will be provided on the day and good

attendance is anticipated.

Please leave any useful comments regarding the event and

any further ideas on how local well being services in the community

need to evolve in order to offer a good service to all the Polish

community. These comments will be fed into a new strategic

plan to improve local services which I will feed back on.

‘Voice of The Dolls’: Digital story/ Documentary

What are the myths of our existence? Are we just

forgotten, silent dolls?

Unravel your creativity. Share and voice your ideas around

Community, Culture, Society, Race and Health by participating

in a digital story documentary project running between

Jan-March 2010 at the Community Arts Workshop,

Leamington Spa.
Make a digital story! Create a model theatre, a city or some

wild fabulous dolls! Engage in any form of Art and Creativity,

It’s up to you! This is everyone’s issue…and everyone’s theatre!

We will hear what you are saying!

Contact: Ranj (BME/ CDW). Mob: 07796148011:

ranjitchall@warwickshire.gov.uk
Fran (Project Manager): 07939368691:

mail@communityartsworkshop.org

This project has already begun and is producing some

very interesting local stories that would not permeate

traditional media forms available!

For any of the participants that have already taken part in the

filming/ interviewing please leave any valuable comments here

regarding what you enjoyed and how useful this project has been,

and do we need more of these forms of Community/Media engagement.

Many thanks!

Question Time - -28th October/ 25th November

Welcome to ‘Question Time’ again – it only seems like yesterday
that we had the last event. Taking on board all the previous
events and the issues raised I would welcome all parties involved
to post their comments on the issues raised at the meeting on the
28th October and the 25th November. Alternatively if you cant make
it down to the African Caribbean Project in Leamington Spa on the
28/10/09 or 25/11/09 between 6.30 – 9pm then please feel welcome
to post your concerns on what local services need to be put in place
regarding the well being of Black men.

These comments will all be fed into the next meeting with the local
commissionaires on the 13th November. I will be feeding back shortly
after this date.

Question Time – 30th September.

Question time is back - the community voice for Black
African Caribbean men. We would really welcome all
black men from the community to come forward as they
have done in previous meetings to talk openly about
what the hard hitting issues in the community are
that are not being addressed. Previous topics have
been around accessing Healthcare, Education, Fathering,
Youths and lack of things to do and well being.

Please come again and leave your vital comments that are now being
fed into the next strategic meeting on October 9th.
I will be feeding back thereafter.

Please leave ideas and concerns as these issues then can
be taken forward!

'RUGBY EVENT'

With respect to the event shortly to be held in Rugby

the team would like to offer an opportunity for people

to express their concerns, ideas and views online so

please feel encouraged to do so.

We would like to understand more about your experience

of using a service, which supports people who have

mental ill health.

How good are the services you receive? Are you able

to get involved in different things? Are the right things

on offer to you? Whether these services have helped

you with your recovery? Whether you have been able

to influence how a service has developed?

We will spend half a day with you and write up everything

you say to us on large sheets of paper. We will then

take this information away and write up report that

we will give to Ranjit Senghera from the West Midlands

Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Care

Programme. Ranjit will use this information to make

sure that local services continue to improve.

Once the report has been analysed, we shall be feeding

back online.

Exhibition -‘Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head’

A fantastic photography exhibition will be taking place
next Wednesday 5th August at The old library -
‘The Gallery’ in Leamington Spa. The exhibition entitled
‘Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head’ is a recent project
completed in partnership with The Early Intervention
Psychosis Team of South Warwickshire and the ever
reliable ground breaking Community Arts Workshop
in Leamington.

The project boasts a real success in using Direct Payments
in a contemporary and innovative way to work with diverse
communities and ages in relation to well being, identity
issues, culture, urban spaces and personal creativity and
expression. Food and much laughter will be provided on
the evening accompanied by a very thought provoking
exhibition.

Please feel welcome to leave any comments with regards
to the exhibition and the integral importance to working
with communities and individuals creatively.