Projects
FATAHE BME DEVELOPMENT
Black and Minority Ethnic infrastructure lead for Devon, Cornwall,
Plymouth and Torbay
Inclusion
Capacity building
Fata He are the recognised BME specialist infrastructure lead hub
within the Black South West Network (BSWN) Regional capacity
building (changeup) structure. Our role is to facilitate and support
the growth and sustainability of BME led groups and organisations
across Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth and Torbay. Fata He currently
support Unity Cornwall, Unity Plymouth, Imagine group (Torbay) and
the Devon BME Network.
HM Prison Community Engagement
We are contracted by HMP (Ministry of Justice) to develop BME
community engagement with 3 prisons within the far south west
cluster ( Exeter, Dartmoor and Channings wood). Our main role is to
support Race Equality Action Teams and, primarily to support BME
prisoners particularly those who may have problems with substance
misuse, alcohol and mental health this also includes ex-offenders on
their release to local communities. FATA HE deliver cultural
awareness training to all HMP staff in order they can better
understand the cultural needs and issues affecting BME prisoners.
Partnership Work
FATA He work with a wide range of organisations and agencies in
order to improve access to services for BME people. We are committed
to community cohesion and have developed a number of themed events
including 'world in the park' which enables people from different
communities to work together using music and the arts as an
effective tool.
Plymouth 2020- changeup consortiums.
Events
FATA HE will be continuing to work other groups and organisations to
improve cohesion through a number of events, some of which will
involve statutory agencies engaging with BME people to improve
services as recruiting, promotion etc.
Themes
Crime, health, education, housing and employment
ESOL, Families and Children
Fata He are commissioned through keyham community partnership to
support BME families and children to engage with local sure
start centres. Using a qualified teacher and accredited ESOL
practitioner. Fata He are able to provide ESOL to BME parents for
who English may not be their first language. We also play an active
role in engaging BME dads and their children into kids and dads
club. The benefit of this project enables BME fathers to take an
active role in their children's social and playtime activity.
Research, consultancy and training
Fata He are able to crry out community research particularly
relating to BME comunities, regeneration and substance nuisance.
Using a number of methodological techniques we are able to arrange
and facilitate focus groups and other participative methods to a
fully finished publication. Our cultural awareness training package
has been fully recognized and valued by a number of organisation
including working links, city college Plymouth and HM Prison
service. The training is fully participative and enables attendees
to gain a greater understanding and knowledge of cultural awareness
to aid them in their job role.
Mentoring and Role Model
Fata He are able to offer mentoring to various organisations and
agencies . We have been successful in working with HM prison service
effectively integrating BME ex-offenders back into local communities
on a 12 week support programme that involves working with other
agencies within the national offenders management service and with
other organisations such as the Broad Reach Quay Project for
ex-offenders with substance and alcohol problems.
In the near future we are hoping to engage young people especially
BME males, where there may not be a father within their family
environment. Fata He intends to support young people by matching
them with a suitable role model in order to improve their life
chances particularly in education and career progression. This
project will complement on-going work, we continue to developed this
service with young people from BME background and wider community.