Where do I get Advice or Information Locally?
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General Umbrella/Infrastructure Support Organisations/Projects |
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Specialist
Equalities Support
Specialist Equalities Groups
There are a number of specialist equalities groups covering
Bath & North East Somerset who provide information and other
forms of support to voluntary sector/third sector
organisations:
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Action for Pensioners – for older people’s
issues. Office contact:
Fairfield House, 2 Kelston Road, Bath BA1 3QJ |
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Bath People First (BPF) – for disability issues - BPF website. |
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Bath Racial Equality Council (BREC) - for BME and other equalities strands issues - BREC website |
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Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations (CEMVO) – for BME issues - CEMVO website |
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Deaf
Plus - for dual impairment (vision/hearing)
issues -
For
deaf and hard of hearing people refer to
www.deafplus.org
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Education Action Challenging Homophobia (EACH) - For LGBT issues - EACH website |
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Support Against Racist Incidents (S.A.R.I.) is the largest, support agency for victims of racial harassment in the UK. Download information on their Support & Services or see the SARI website. |
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SWAN - for rural issues - www.swan-network.org.uk |
Specialist Equalities Forums/Networks
There are a number of forums/networks in Bath & North East
Somerset specifically to support particular equalities
communities:
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Community Equalities Forum – for all 6 Equalities Strands groups and run by Bath Racial Equality Council (BREC). |
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Equality Bath & North East Somerset – a voice for disabled people run by Bath People First |
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Faith Forum – for all faith groups. The Faith Forum Community website is hosted by Bath & North East Somerset Council |
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Bath Area Play Project (BAPP) – run the Children and Young People’s Network in Bath & NES. This is the main strategic and practical support network for Children and Young People’s Groups – BAPP website |
There are a number of smaller equalities voluntary sector organisations supporting a wide range of equalities communities in Bath & North East Somerset eg: children and young people; older people; BME; LGBT. Some of these groups have public access websites. Contact: DEVELOP for Directory of Services/Signposting.
General
Umbrella/Infrastructure Support Organisations/Projects
Umbrella/Infrastructure Organisations/Projects
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DEVELOP – for funding advice, networking support; information and sign posting - DEVELOP website |
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The Care Forum – Strategic, networking, information, signposting and other support for Health and Social Care groups - The Care Forum website |
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Volunteer Centre Bath & North East Somerset – for recruitment of volunteers; volunteer management support; volunteer policy and good practice support - Volunteer Centre website |
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The Local Involvement Network (LINK) is set up to ask local people what they think about local health and social care services and provide a chance to suggest ideas to help improve services and much more - B&NES LINk website |
Forums for the Voluntary Sector/Third Sector
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Voluntary Sector Forum –The Voluntary Sector Forum is the formally structured body and meeting which allows all Voluntary and Community Sector /Third Sector groups delivering services within / to Bath and North East Somerset to come together to discuss issues affecting the sector. It is the formal voting body for the sector. VSF website (This Forum is funded from the ChangeUp programme and delivered through West of England Consortium member organisations. ChangeUp is a government initiative, managed by Capacitybuilders, to strengthen the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors by encouraging and enabling the delivery of effective infrastructure services). |
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The Care Forum runs the following networks/forums for groups wanting to be involved in health & social care issues: Mental Health Network; Health and Social Care Network; Older People’s Network - The Care Forum website |
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Volunteer Centre Bath & North East Somerset runs the Volunteer Managers Network - Volunteer Centre website |
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West of England Consortium - WOE Consortium website. |
Bath & North
East Somerset Council Support
The Council provides a useful equalities section on their
main website. It covers a range of information about the
role of the council’s Equalities Team; legislation,
Equalities Impact Assessments, accessible formats service
etc -
Council website
Useful Links
See our Useful Links Section on this website to find
regional and national organisations who can also provide
information, resources and advice.
Useful links.