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Comment: Tottenham’s young people are rioting as they see no future
I have never seen a burnt-out car before, in real life, in front of my eyes. I was walking through Tottenham on Monday morning surveying...

BME National
Aug 10, 20113 min read


News: Housing chief ‘close to tears’ as London riots erupt near home
Homes, cars and a string of major shopping chains and fast food outlets were smashed up amid clashes with police after a series of...

BME National
Aug 9, 20112 min read
News: Women’s refuge plea for kids’ musical instruments
A REFUGE for women who have escaped domestic violence is appealing for donations to create a children’s music room. Ashram Housing...

BME National
Aug 1, 20112 min read


News: Bournemouth YMCA leads city’s family fun day
Children and young people of all ages turned out with their families and friends to enjoy a whole host of activities for free in the...

BME National
Jul 29, 20112 min read


News: Unity HA strikes £7m deal with regeneration specialist
The five-year agreement, which Forrest secured after an initial year-long deal, will see the firm’s Refurbish and Respond divisions...

BME National
Jul 28, 20111 min read


News: BMENational member to redevelop London hostel
Working in partnership with the London Borough of Camden and with funding from the Homes and Communities Agency, Irish Centre Housing is...

BME National
Jul 25, 20112 min read


News: Ex-homeless tenants benefit from Big Lottery grant
Funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Awards for All’ scheme, which supports small, local community-based initiatives in the UK, Innisfree’s...

BME National
Jul 13, 20111 min read


Comment: Change the focus
Ten years on from July 2001 when racial tensions erupted into the Bradford riots and the media appears almost obsessed with it being a...

BME National
Jul 8, 20112 min read
News: BME housing associations platform for future black leaders
A recent report has credited black and minority ethnic (BME) housing associations with moulding a generation of talented black leaders...

BME National
Jul 6, 20111 min read


News: Foundation Housing honoured in NHF awards
Foundation Housing’s YourFoundation Support Services were double winners at the ‘What we are proud’ of awards held in Kegworth by the...

BME National
Jun 30, 20111 min read


Comment: Why we still need a BME housing sector
Black and minority ethnic housing associations were set up in the late 1970s and 1980s in response to a growing housing crisis across the...

BME National
Jun 29, 20112 min read


News: Nehemiah UCHA appoints new Director of Housing and Care Services
BME social housing provider Nehemiah UCHA has appointed Lucy Hales as its new Director of Housing and Care Services. Reporting to chief...

BME National
Jun 29, 20112 min read


BMENational Yearbook 2011-12
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BME National
Jun 16, 20111 min read


Feature: Oldham: A town still divided?
The Manchester I left behind in 1997 seemed to me a place of racial harmony. Asian and white children had mixed happily in my small...

BME National
May 26, 201110 min read


Comment: 10 years on from the Oldham race riots
In May 2001 that division manifested itself in the ugliest of ways when racial tensions erupted in violence in Glodwick and the...

BME National
May 9, 20113 min read


News: Nehemiah UCHA takes control of Wolverhampton properties
In July 2010 Orbit Heart of England, which manages 14,000 properties across the Midlands, took the decision to look for a new owner that...

BME National
Apr 7, 20112 min read


News: Former Steve Biko HA staff member and anti-racism campaigner passes away
Father Austin Smith, who died on March 24 aged 82, lived and worked in Toxteth for more than 40 years, but he was widely recognised...

BME National
Mar 30, 20111 min read


News: Funding secured for 30 family homes in Newham
The programme has seen Network take advantage of low house prices to buy three and four bedroom family properties on the open market. ...

BME National
Mar 29, 20112 min read


News: Families to benefit from cheaper homes
Arches Housing is to build much-needed affordable homes for social rent on Sheffield Council land on Ellesmere Road. High-tech...

BME National
Mar 25, 20111 min read


Feature: Is the Big Society destroying the very things it’s meant to stand for?
Salvation came in the form of an organisation called Tung Sing in Manchester that houses elderly members of the Chinese community....

BME National
Mar 21, 20118 min read
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