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BME National
Feb 24, 20113 min read
Comment: Life after Ujima case: ‘Now we can move forward’
“Pretend it’s not an issue – that was my first instinct. But as much as I would have liked to ignore it, it’s there staring everyone in...
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BME National
Feb 24, 20111 min read
News: BMEN member Aksa HA to star in BBC documentary
The first series aired to critical acclaim in 2009 – attracted more than 2.3million viewers for each of the four episodes – as it gave a...
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BME National
Feb 21, 20112 min read
News: Ireland’s housing minister visits Innisfree housing association
The Irish Minister for Housing and Local Services met with members of the Innisfree Housing Association, as well as residents of the...
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BME National
Feb 17, 20114 min read
Blog: Beyond gangs and guns – pt. 1
I grew up in an area with high levels of crime where there was no choice but to learn how to defend yourself or how to get someone to...
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BME National
Feb 3, 20112 min read
News: BME housing provider Arches presses ahead with innovative affordable eco-homes
The houses, originally planned for local authority ownership, were awarded planning permission at the end of August 2010 and would have...
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BME National
Jan 26, 20112 min read
News: Housing chief makes BME community plea
Innisfree, an Irish-focused association, is involved in the Federation of Irish Societies’ “How Irish Are You” campaign, designed to...
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BME National
Jan 24, 20117 min read
Blog: Two words
Part 1: Two words Understandably we immerse ourselves into a two week-long cosy suspension of reality, a consciousness complimented by...
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BME National
Jan 20, 20113 min read
News: Making the case for Leeds’ staying power
“Once they are here, they have every reason to stay. This is a really successful community and I think you can have a better quality of ...
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BME National
Jan 19, 20113 min read
Blog: Dispelling the myth
Working for so long in establishments that generate progressively drunken debates on the rights and wrongs of our changing society, it...
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BME National
Jan 14, 20114 min read
News: Mum’s the word
It was the discovery of a woman with postnatal depression who was self-harming, yet had no idea why, that spurred Ashram Housing...
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BME National
Jan 14, 20111 min read
News: Harvest transfers homes to BME housing association
The homes, built specifically for the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) community, have been transferred between the housing associations...
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BME National
Jan 4, 20111 min read
News: Ashram CE awarded MBE
Robert Napier, who also chairs the Met Office board, has been awarded a CBE for public service. Jas Bains, chief executive of 1,100-home...
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BME National
Dec 15, 20102 min read
News: BME housing chief wins award for contribution to community
The head of BME Midlands housing association Nehemiah UCHA was given an award for outstanding personal achievement at the Council For...
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BME National
Dec 9, 20101 min read
News: Tung Sing hosts resident involvement ceremony
The event in Manchester was attended by over 40 residents and was opened by Abdul Malik-Ahad, Tung Sing’s managing director. The awards...
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BME National
Dec 1, 20105 min read
Feature: The modern role of BME housing associations
Born in the late 1970s and early 80s out of a need to counter discrimination against immigrants – signs of “No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs”...
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BME National
Nov 30, 20103 min read
News: Doreen Lawrence unveils teenage couples housing scheme
The Teenage Couples housing scheme, conceived by Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) housing association Ekaya, where Mrs Lawrence is now...
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BME National
Nov 26, 20102 min read
News: Staff at Shian HA open new housing scheme in honour of founding member
Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) association Shian HA, together with friends and family of the late Dorothy Smith, launched the Hesta...
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BME National
Oct 29, 20107 min read
Feature: Lara Oyedele profile, Inside Housing
‘I want to talk about shoes and handbags and going to the cinema, not playing golf and which football team won,’ says Lara Oyedele....
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BME National
Oct 6, 20101 min read
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The 44-year-old, who works at Aksa Housing, thinks she is just doing her job. But the trio of grateful customers who nominated her for a...
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BME National
Sep 13, 20101 min read
Poetry: The Lake Isle of Innisfree
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have...
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