Multicultural Organisations
The organisations listed below cover a wide range of multicultural groups, many of which are linked to the City Council or Social Services.
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| AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION |
c/o 80 Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1LN |
| AFRICAN WOMEN'S FORUM |
Multicultural Resource Centre, Friendship House, Elm Grove, Southsea Tel: 023 9286 2224 |
| ANGLO-ARAB SOCIETY |
10 Atlantis Avenue, Crookhorn, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 8AH Tel: 023 9226 5929 The Anglo-Arab Society is a voluntary self-help group. |
| ANGLO-HELLENIC SOCIETY |
11 Apsley Road, Milton, PO4 8RH Tel: 023 9286 3566 The Anglo-Hellenic Society aims to meet the needs of the Greek Community in the City and to promote awareness of their language and culture. |
| ARAB SOCIETY OF PORTSMOUTH |
16 Clarence Parade, Southsea, PO5 3NU Tel: 023 9286 3566 The Arab Society of Portsmouth is an Arab social society. |
| BANGLADESH SOCIAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL SOCIETY |
The Society gives advice and support to Bangladeshi communities on immigration, health, racial harassment, housing and social services to both elders and children. They also provide school runs to three Bengali and two Arabic schools in South East Hampshire. |
| BANGLADESHI WELFARE ASSOCIATION |
Cumberland Arts Centre, Reginald Road, Eastney, PO4 9HN Tel: 023 9229 5448 Social Welfare needs and community development. |
| CARIBBEAN ISLANDS ASSOCIATION |
Multicultural Resource Centre, Friendship House, Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1JT Tel: 023 9286 2224 The Caribbean Islands Association is a voluntary organisation that meets at the Multicultural Centre on the second Sunday of every month. |
| EKTHA HOUSING ASSOCIATION |
109 Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1LH Tel: 023 9287 1775 Ektha is Portsmouth's first minority led housing association aiming to provide high quality housing management services to all parts of the community. |
| ETHNIC MINORITY ACHIEVEMENT SERVICE (EMAS) |
Craneswater Junior School, St Ronan's Road, Southsea, PO4 0PX Tel: 023 9273 3130 Web site: www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk EMAS works in partnership with Portsmouth schools, early years settings and parents. It has specialist workers for the Chinese, Bangladeshi, Indian (Hindu) and European communities. |
| ETHNIC PRIDE |
c/o PCCS, 338 Commercial Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4BT Tel: 023 9282 7110 Website: www.ethnicpride.co.uk Ethnic Pride aims to increase the take up by black and ethnic minority adults of existing training, education and employment related opportunities. |
| EQUALITIES SERVICE |
Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL Tel: 023 9283 4204 E-mail: equalities@portsmouthcc.gov.uk |
| JAMI MOSQUE |
Victoria Road North, Southsea |
| MOHALA BANGLADESHI WOMEN'S GROUP |
c/o Portsmouth Foyer, 22 Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth, PO1 1DH Tel: 023 9236 0002 Providing an informal group setting for Bangladeshi women to improve their English skills and knowledge of the education, health and social services systems. |
| MULTICULTURAL GROUP - PORTSMOUTH & SE HANTS |
Multicultural Resource Centre, Friendship House, Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1JT Tel: 023 9286 2224 The Multicultural Group was founded to promote inter-cultural awareness as well as to promote harmony between the communities in Portsmouth. |
| MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTRE |
Friendship House, Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1JT Tel: 023 9229 7177 The Centre is a recent development in what used to be Telephone House. It contains a number of facilities available for hire, including a ground floor hall, several meeting rooms, a treatment/consultation room and computer room. The hire charges are very reasonable. |
| PORTSMOUTH ASIAN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (PASCO) |
PO Box 114, Portsmouth Tel: 023 9234 9639 |
| PORTSMOUTH CHINESE ASSOCIATION |
208 Kingston Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7LR Tel: 023 9266 5182 The Association aims to provide advice and assistance to the Chinese community as well as local people and agencies. |
| PORTSMOUTH COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY SERVICE (PCCS) |
338 Commercial Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4BT Tel: 023 9282 7110 E-mail: Website: www.portsmouthccs.org.uk PCCS is an umbrella organisation which provides a wide range of services to groups and voluntary organisations. |
| PORTSMOUTH INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION AGENCY (PITA) |
3rd Floor, Guildhall, Portsmouth, PO1 2QJ Tel: 023 9283 4012 PITA has interpreters and translators with a range of languages including those most commonly spoken by ethnic minority people in Portsmouth. |
| PORTSMOUTH MINORITY COMMUNITIES FORUM (PMCF) |
c/o Ektha Housing Association, 109 Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1LA Tel: 023 9287 1775 PMCF has been established to encourage unity and equality by stimulating co-operation and advising in the implementation of equal opportunities. |
| PORTSMOUTH MINORITY SUPPORT GROUP (PMSG) |
Albemarle House, Osborne Road, Southsea, PO5 3LR Tel: 023 9286 5675 PMSG is a support group, which is user led. It enables service users to access available services suitable to their needs. |
| PORTSMOUTH RACIAL EQUALITY ACTION GROUP (PREAG) |
c/o DIAL Disability Resource Centre, Prince Albert Road, Southsea, PO4 9HR Tel: 023 9273 7174 PREAG is an entirely independent body consisting of representatives of statutory and voluntary agencies and the minority ethnic communities. |
| PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA HEBREW CONGREGATION |
Synagogue House, The Thicket, Southsea, PO5 4AA Tel: 023 9282 1494 |
| PORTSMOUTH VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATION |
Multicultural Resource Centre, Friendship House, Elm GRove, Southsea, PO5 1JT Tel: 023 9275 5727 The Association is a registered charity that provides advice and activities for people of all ages from the Vietnamese Community. |
| PUNJABI EDUCATION, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION (PESCARO) |
44 Wadham Road, North End, Portsmouth Tel: 023 9261 4385 |
| RACIAL HARASSMENT CASEWORK SERVICE |
PCC, Equalities Services, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL Tel: 023 9284 1050 The service offers advice, support and practical measures to assist anyone experiencing incidents of racial harassment at their privately rented/owner occupied home or place of business. Now operating a Racial Harassment Reporting Centre at Southsea Community Centre, King Street, Southsea, every Monday from 2pm - 4.30pm. |
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