action for community development
Action for Community Development (AfCD) is a community-based organisation
assisting socially excluded members of the community such as ethnic minorities,
refugees and asylum seekers and unemployed people in general. We give impartial,
reliable and professional training, information, career advice and guidance. Our
Background: AfCD was established to respond to reports that Refugees and people
from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities feel alienated from
sources of advice, advocacy, training and statutory agencies provisions. There
remain challenges to improve engagement and increased social inclusion. National
statistics suggest that issues of inequality persist between different
communities in British society and in many societies. AfCD was set out to reduce
these barriers, bringing about socio-economic justice and promote equal
opportunities for the benefit of the wider community. We manage a resource
centre in South London which offers comprehensive services to our beneficiaries.
These are in the form of advice, information, casework, advocacy, counselling
and training. Our team of dedicated staff and volunteers reaches out to our
beneficiaries who recently migrated to the United Kingdom and those already
settled in the UK on a low income, disadvantaged or deprived. We support the
transition from dependency to sustainable living. Our team consists of people
with vast experience who have passion and enthusiasm for their work. We also
work with partners organisations and agencies to pool together expertise,
maximise available resources to support our beneficiaries towards their goal of
resettlement, skills acquisition, education and gainful employment. Objectives:
To provide training, information, career advice and guidance to Refugees,
migrants and other disadvantaged members of the society. To promote empowerment,
self-advocacy and build the capacity of Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities
(BAME) and other disadvantage members of the society to the benefit of the wider
community. To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, resource assistance and
coordination with other community-based organisations. To carry out research and
publications on issues of socio-economic development and human rights. To set up
projects as well as collaborate with existing indigenous Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) in the developing world whose works are geared toward the
development of civil society and the reduction of poverty. Mission: AfCD was
founded with the mission to promote community building and social transformation
in diverse and under-resourced communities. We do this through specific and
measurable approaches designed to enhance the capacity of individuals. We
support disadvantaged members of the community by helping them define their own
path to bring about social change. Social transformation and community
development can only occur in a society free from all form of prejudices,
deprivation and is culturally dynamic. We work with our networking partners in
providing information, advice and guidance to individuals to meet their needs.
We also provide training, resources and community engagement in our effort to
develop responsible and active citizens.
