Better Together
Celebrating Diversity, Challenging Discrimination
News for you
Our theme for 2008 is:
"For All Families Great and Small"
“Whatever you or I can do alone, I believe we can do better together.”
Rev. Henry Martin
“Again this year we are celebrating how diverse our community is. A series of events and activities under the banner of Better Together are being staged across the patch.
East Salford is a fascinating and wonderful place to live, but at times, some of us may face issues or problems because of who we are or where we live. We can resolve to face them, and so often we try alone, or as just a couple of small groups.
Read on if you want to get involved by doing something in the coming new year, even if it’s showcasing the good work of a group you’re involved in already, then we’d love to hear from you!
Better Together’s aim:
- To celebrate communities in Salford.
Better Together’s objectives
- To share and explore the different communities and cultures that makes up East Salford.
- To develop learning about others.
- To celebrate our differences in a fun and involving way.
We want to celebrate all the communities of East Salford, The aim is to get different parts of the community together that maybe don’t get to meet, to breakdown barriers and to get people talking and of course, to have fun.
Better Together activities have included:
- Community Ready Steady Cook, workshops for Refugee Week - 17 June 2008
- Black History Month - October 2008
Future Better Together activities planned are:
- Hanukah, Jewish Festival of Light: December 2008: Awareness sessions at Aguda Centre; outreach work to schools
- LGBT History Month February 2009: Details to be confirmed
Showcase 2008
Theme "Families, Great and Small"
We will showcase community groups, children and young people’s dance, and creativity. There will be a range of things to do for all members of the East Salford's community, young and older.
You can do something!
We will provide a range of groups with small pots of funding to do something under the Better Together banner to support groups like yours.
We want to hear ideas for 2008 so talk to us.
For more information please contact
C/o Broughton Resource Centre
319 Bury New Road
Salford
M7 2YN
Sponsors
We’re indebted to a range of sponsors and funders without which we couldn’t be Better Together these include:
- Rev Henry Martin, St James’ Church (Chair)
- The Broughton Trust
- Refugee Action
- Irwell Valley Housing Association
- Contour Housing Association
- East Salford Neighbourhood Management Team
- East Salford Community Committee, Devolved Budget Panel
- Salford Primary Care Trust (PCT)
- Countryside Properties Limited
- BME Stop Smoking Campaign, Salford PCT
- Broughton Action Group
- The Angel Centre
- Aguda Jewish Centre
- Congo Support Project
- New Deal for Communities
- Housing Connections Partnerships
- Salford Heritage Services
- Salford Park Rangers
- Environmental Services
- Salford Youth Service
- Start
- Fusion
This page was last updated on 17 November 2008
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