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Advice Service
The Advice and Advocacy provision is a bilingual generalist advice and advocacy in English ( also in Arabic), at a basic of information and General Help level. The provision includes as well information, interpreting, signposting and referral to specialist service providers and website link. It covers areas such as welfare benefits, housing, immigration, health, education/training, employment and debt settlement..
Family Support Services
This provision aims to provide Sudanese community members, refugee asylum seeking families with a wide range of support services which include: Child Protection Act, Domestic Violence awareness sessions, Basic Domestic Hygiene, Referral to Counselling/Mediation Centres and many others services that would ease the difficulties of the process of refugee and migrant families’ social/economic adjustment. As part of the family support services, the community provides newly arrived families with Parenting Skills training to enhance parents’ understanding of the new environment and how it affects the way of bringing up children in exile. The training essentially aims to minimise the negative effects of the intergenerational conflict between the parents and their children.
Sudanese Youth Club
The Sudanese Community SoT is mindful of the Sudanese youths’ issues in Stoke especially those fragile can commit crime and delinquency. Such issue is compounded by being youths brought up by parents who are aliens to the UK culture and social/legal system. Hence, both youth’s needs and family support, especially parenting skills training have been at the heart of the Sudanese community SoT priorities. To address the youths’ needs, the Sudanese Youths’ Club has been developed and funding was sought to run a variety of in-door and out-door activities which include sports, social/recreational activities as well as workshops and debate on crucial issues such as health, relationships, extremism and radicalisation.
Social Activities
Initially the Sudanese community SoT understanding of what a community organisation was centred on gathering the Sudanese in Stoke on Trent to socialise and entertain them. Although the community organisation is only about that but at that stage it helped considerably in the cohesion of the community and in combating social isolation. Hence, the Sudanese Community SoT has continued to organise a number community-based activities at very popular summer trips for families and a number of social, cultural and recreational activities throughout the year including the celebration of Eid Al-Fitr,EidAl-Addha (Gorban Eid), the Refugee Week in June, the Black History Month in partnership with other black and minority ethnic groups. Additionally, the SCIC organises summer trips for children and families, Sudanese musical concerts and a monthly social gathering.
Health Awareness Project
Sudanese community SoT organises regular health awareness sessions covering various issues of relevance to refugee and asylum seeking families. These are carried out in partnership with the Sudanese Doctors’ Union and health Professionals. The sessions provided include general health, stigma and mental health, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practice and the health hazards and the legal liabilities in the UK. The provision also provides users with regular workshops on very practical health issues such as training women and girls to carry out Breast Cancer Self-Exam, organise health days where the service users can have some basic medical check-up such as blood pressure, diabetes and pregnancy tests.
Education
The Sudanese Community in Stoke-on-Trent provides comprehensive educational programs for youth during the summer and other school holidays. These sessions are designed to enrich students’ lives through the exploration of knowledge, culture, and faith.
Additionally, the organization offers professional development for adults through short courses aimed at enhancing employability. These include training in IT literacy, security, and communication. Our programs are delivered by qualified internal instructors and dedicated volunteers committed to fostering community growth and career readiness.
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