Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations

Regional Community Development Programme

The Regional Community Development Programme is a 3-year Project (2006-2009) aimed at supporting and strengthening 30 black and minority ethnic (BME) groups in their embryonic/development stages across the South West region.

The Regional Community Project Officer’s role is to encourage and assist new groups in their initial development stages, by developing the organisations through marketing and promotions, recruiting new members and providing access to adequate funding/training.

If you would like further information please call Hazel Brittan on 0117 9897727 or e-mail her at hazel.brittan@cemvo.org.uk

Interface Project

The Interface Programme in the SW is working directly with BME groups to help frontline organisations access information, support and resources as well as improving their performance. The programme is working with BME groups and Benchmarking and Action Learning are central to the project. This involves a Capacity Building Officer (CBO) recruiting a number of groups and targeting the most established ones in the following four areas of organisation development performance, to set the benchmark for the under-developed groups:

• Management and Leadership
• ICT Capabilities
• Volunteer & Workforce Development
• Partnership & Participation

If you would like further information please call Abdul Choudhury on 0117 9897727 or e-mail him at abdul.choudhury@org.uk

Volunteering Programme

The South West office has opportunities for people to increase their skills in volunteering.

If you would like any further information please give Hazel a call or drop her line at hazel.brittan@cemvo.org.uk

International Youth Exchange Programme

CEMVO SW took 4 young BME people to Scilly for 10 days to represent the UK at the European Youth Exchange Project which focused on Cultural Diversity and Youth Inclusion.

Tax Credit Surgeries

Between October 2007 and February 2008, the SW regional office will be undertaking a series of Advice & Guidance Surgeries on Tax credits.

If you would like further information please call Abdul Choudhury on 0117 9897727 or e-mail him at abdul.choudhury@org.uk