Diversity Living

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Diversity Living aims:

To promote equality and diversity rights, social integration and inclusion by eliminating discrimination, prejudice, disadvantage and social exclusion on grounds of ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality, status, or disability.
To support Black, Asian, Migrant, Refugee, Asylum seekers and Minority Ethnic Communities in accessing services and opportunities through advice, training, advocacy, participation and engagement with mainstream services.

Our main services:

Information, Advice & Guidance:

We provide advocacy and public awareness on issues relevant to social integration, equality and inclusion
We provide information, advice, guidance and support about welfare rights, debt, health, benefits, housing, employment, consumer issues, education, discrimination, immigration and legal issues.

Job Opportunities

Health Care:

We promote the inclusion and participation of diversity communities (e.g. Black, Asian, refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and other ethnic minorities) and other disadvantaged people such as disabled and elderly people in integrated care.

Education

We support the training of diversity communities and educational attainment of asylum seeker, refugee and minority ethnic school children.
Providing advocacy for – and support to – young people with their education, training, employment and social needs
Promoting and encouraging young people to develop their creativity and confidence, technical and performance skills

Training:

We represent our service users in decision-making and consultations arrangements to ensure they reflect the make-up of local communities
We organise access to appropriate training (e.g. ESOL and employability skills) and other community learning opportunities that contribute to providing new skills, increasing confidence and motivation
We support refugees and people from BME communities to overcome barriers to learning, employment and training

Unemployment relief:

We support refugees and BME’s access to employment and volunteering opportunities.

Advocacy:

We organise public awareness on social integration, equality and rights issues relevant to refugee, migrants and BME communities. We influence mainstream services on how to meet the needs of refugees, black and ethnic minority communities.

About Us

Diversity Living Services (DLS) aims to promote social and cultural integration, equality and diversity. We strive to eliminate discrimination towards asylum seekers, migrants, refugees and people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities…Read more

How We Do it

We provide training, advocacy, counselling, advice, guidance, signposting and information to refugees and asylum seekers and BME communities to enable them to effectively integrate into society and to access services and opportunities….

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Youth work’s educational role is to be assessed by an independent commission formed by the National Youth Agency (NYA). The commission wants schools to work more closely with youth work organisations. Image: Guzelian

The group of youth work and education leaders will investigate how schools can work more closely with youth work organisations to improve young people’s social and personal development.

Health Care Services

To provide advice, guidance, signposting and information to refugees and asylum seekers and BME communities to enable them to effectively integrate into society and to access services and opportunities

To promote the inclusion and participation of diversity communities (e.g. Black, Asian, refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and other ethnic minorities) and other disadvantaged people such as disabled and elderly people in integrated care

To raise awareness amongst refugees and asylum seekers and disadvantaged people from BME about available services and how services can be accessed

To facilitated and supporting the participation of refugees and BME communities in local activities for leisure, learning, volunteering and decision-making processes

Promoting the inclusion and participation of diversity communities (e.g. Black, Asian, refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and other ethnic minorities) and other disadvantaged people such as disabled and elderly people in integrated care.

inform policy, locally and nationally, and assisting in the formulation of effective policies, strategies and good practices in integrated care in order to contribute to improved health outcomes for the people from the diversity communities and to ensure health services are able to meet their specific need

To improve the quality of life for diversity people with disability, mental health problems and their families and carers through integrated care by providing inclusive advocacy and information

To provide the services that enable diversity groups and individuals with disability /elderly and their carers to make the right choice for themselves and have an influence on decisions made about their future

To promote the rights of diversity people with disability, their families and carers and make sure their rights are safe and protected

To promote access to information regarding healthcare issues and to raise awareness of the needs of diversity disabled children, young people, older people and their families

To promote the rights of older and disabled diversity people, helping them overcome and enable them to participate in decisions about their future

To provide support and information to those suffering the isolation and loneliness that can be associated with disability and old age

To fight against mental health stigma in the diversity communities and ensure no one should experience discrimination on the grounds of their mental health or disability.

“Accommodating people’s growing demands for their inclusion in society, for respect of their ethnicity, religion, and language, takes more than democracy and equitable growth. Also needed are multicultural policies that recognize differences, champion diversity and promote cultural freedoms, so that all people can choose to speak their language, practice their religion, and participate in shaping their culture—so that all people can choose to be who they are.” Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today’s Diverse World