News

We have moved!

Between the 1 March 2010 and the 15 March 2010 it is likely that you will not be able to email us. Please bear with us whilst we are organising our move.

Our telephone lines might also be down. When we do come back, our telephone number will be the same.

Please note our new address:

AWEMA

1 The Kingsway

Swansea

SA1 5JQ

However, if you need to contact us, please call:

Naz on 07779 290788 or Saquib on 07886 559215.

EHRC - Good Practice Guide Launch - Fri, 29 May 2009

Following the Wales wide consultation work on the Human Rights Act, we are in the process of compiling a Final Draft Good Practice Guide. We are undertaking a final launch consultation on this guide on Friday, 29 May 2009 in Swansea.

Everyone attending the launch will receive a copy of the draft guide and have about a week in which to give any feedback to AWEMA. Following the feedback, we will update the guide and finalise it for publication.

If you are interested in attending the consultation, please email: martatome@awema.org.uk

Ministerial Announcement

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The launch of a £4 million project with AWEMA as the lead sponsor was announced on 26 February 2009. The project will provide work and skills opportunities for over 1,000 people across West Wales and the Valleys area.

The scheme has been funded with gross funding of £4million over three years from the European Social Fund. The Project was announced at Swansea Metropolitan University by Dr Brian Gibbons AM (Minister for Social Justice and Local Government). The announcement was hosted by Swansea Metropolitan University’s Vice Chancellor Professor David Warner.

Joint-sponsors of the project are: VALREC, YMCA Swansea, SOVA and MEWN Swansea.

For the full press release click the link below: http://www.wefo.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?action=newsdetail&ID=2571

Tackling Unemployment & Economic Inactivity In Wales

As the Lead Sponsor, AWEMA has successfully secured a gross grant of £3.9 million from the ESF up to December 2011 to deliver a project in the Convergence Programme Area.

The Project will work towards "Increasing Black and Minority Ethnic [BME] Employment and Tackle BME Economic Inactivity". The All Wales Ethnic Minority Association [AWEMA] and its co-sponsors now wish to recruit officers to deliver on the Priority 2 Project outcomes and outputs.

AWEMA’s co-sponsors are: Valleys Regional Equality Council [VALREC]; Supporting Others Through Volunteer Action [SOVA]; Young Men Christian Association [YMCA] Swansea; and Minority Ethnic Women’s Network [MEWN] Swansea.

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