North Devon Sunrise A community support organisation, primarily focusing on the needs of people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Communities in Northern Devon (North Devon Sunrise, 2013a)
How North Devon Sunrise Started and the Main Issues in North Devon Research from the Community Safety Mapping Project, in 2009, found various • issues in BME communities in North Devon and then Sunrise started as a social group (Safer North Devon, 2010) Members started asking for help with a range of issues • Sunrise now has 30 trained volunteers and three part-time paid staff, as a • result of a volunteer training project funded by Awards for All in 2011 The main issue in North Devon is its rural location; people find it difficult to • reach the appropriate support services, as the majority of BME support is based in bigger cities like Exeter and Plymouth As we’re a local organisation, we can reach the local BME communities and • people can find us easily
Areas of our Work • Accessing Local Services • BME Complex Care Needs • Domestic Abuse • Housing • Homophobia • Physical and Mental Health • Welfare • Social, Cultural, Religious and Language Barriers (North Devon Sunrise, 2013b)
We provide support to... • Victims of Domestic Abuse and Homophobia • BME Elderly People and Families • People with Disabilities and Learning Disabilities • Isolated Individuals/Communities (hard-to-reach) • People with Physical and Mental Health Issues • Information and Support Seekers • Victims of Racism/Discrimination • Oversees Students • Migrant Workers • Asylum Seekers (North Devon Sunrise, 2013c)
We work with... • The NHS (Northern Devon Healthcare Trust, 2013) • Councils (Devon County Council, 2013. North Devon District Council, 2013. Barnstaple Town Council, 2013) • The Police (Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, 2013) • Schools (North Devon Sunrise, 2013d) • Mental Health Services (NHS Depression and Anxiety Service, 2013) • GP Surgeries • Social Services • The Fire Services (Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, 2013) • Other Front-line Service Providers
Sunrise and the Big Society • Lack of focus on social justice and inequalities • Concern regarding Localism and Big Society • Focus on neighbourhoods (the building blocks of localism) is problematic as they’re not always inclusive and BME communities go beyond neighbourhoods • Without equality standards and safeguards there will be unequal standards of access and outcome; • There will be a difference in standards between areas, especially rural areas like ours where BME communities are in a very small minority
Regular Services Wednesday Drop-in Centre (North Devon Sunrise, 2013e) • Socialise – Tea & Coffee • Crèche Facility for Children • English Language (ESOL) Classes • Counselling • One-to-One Support and Confidential Advice
English Language (ESOL) Classes (Devon Grapevine, 2013) • Monday Evenings from 7pm to 10pm • Wednesday Afternoons from 12pm to 4pm • Crèche Facility available on Wednesdays
Sports
Visiting Local Attractions Wollacombe Visit Ashford Visit
(North Devon sunrise, 2013f)
Sharing Cultural and Religious Events with the Local Community Eid Celebration • Diwali Celebration • Christmas Celebration • Regular Fundraising Events •
Sunrise Diversity Festival Video (Video) •
Reference North Devon Sunrise (2013a) Sunrise group North Devon. Available at • http://www.northdevonsunrise.org/. Safer North Devon (2010) Safer North Devon: Building safer communities together. Available • at http://www.safernorthdevon.co.uk/ Northern Devon Healthcare Trust (2013) Northern Devon Healthcare Trust: incorporating • community services in Exeter, East and Mid Devon. Available at http://www.northdevonhealth.nhs.uk/ Barnstaple Town Council (2013) Barnstaple Town Council: working for the community. • Available at http://www.barnstapletowncouncil.co.uk/barnstaple-town-council.asp Devon and Cornwall Constabulary (2013) Devon and Cornwall Police: Building safer • communities together. Available at http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/Pages/Default.aspx NHS Depression and Anxiety Service (2013) Devon Partnership NHS: Depression and Anxiety • Service. Available at http://www.devonpartnership.nhs.uk/Depression-and-Anxiety- Service.385.0.html Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (2013) Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue • Service. Available at http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/index.cfm?siteCategoryId=1. Devon Grapevine (2013) Devon Grapevine: for people from different cultures, living in Devon. • Available at http://devongrapevine.ning.com/.
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