Missing Communities - The Final Report Prepared for: Southend Community-in-Harmony Partnership (SCHP) By John Barber (Project Coordinator) Published: June 2009 Copyright © SCHP 2009 - all rights reserved 1 of 52 Contents Terms and Acronyms ...................................................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgements......................................................................................................................... 4 Missing Communities - Executive Summary................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1: Introduction and project overview.................................................................................. 6 Chapter 2: The methodology........................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 3: Profiling the new ethnic minority communities ............................................................ 12 Chapter 4: Reviewing the existing data ......................................................................................... 14 Chapter 5: Polish, Zimbabwean and Malayalee communities ........................................................ 16 Chapter 6: Individual case studies ................................................................................................. 22 Chapter 7: St Lukes - engaging with the local community............................................................. 25 Chapter 8: Working with the Statutory Sector ............................................................................... 27 Chapter 9: Working with the Voluntary Sector.............................................................................. 30 Chapter 10: Working with the faith communities .......................................................................... 31 Chapter 11: Reviewing the ethnic minority organisations.............................................................. 34 Chapter 12: Homelessness and housing......................................................................................... 35 Chapter 13: Racism....................................................................................................................... 36 Chapter 14: Immigration ............................................................................................................... 37 Chapter 15: Other issues affecting our missing communities......................................................... 40 Chapter 16: Reviewing intended project outcomes ........................................................................ 44 Chapter 17: Looking beyond Southend.......................................................................................... 46 Chapter 18: Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 47 Chapter 19: Recommendations...................................................................................................... 48 Appendix A: History of Community-in-Harmony ......................................................................... 50 Appendix B: Facts about Community-in-Harmony........................................................................ 52 2 of 52 Terms and Acronyms Asylum Seeker: a person who, perceiving a threat to personal safety in his or her country of residence, seeks protection by moving to and obtaining the right to reside in another country Black: when used in this report, e.g. as in the term “Black African”, means non-white. BME: Black and Minority Ethnic - a term applied to those whose origin is not White, Anglo-Saxon, British or anyone not classed as “White British”. (Some use the acronym BAME - Black Asian Minority Ethnic.) CAB: Citizens Advice Bureau CRA: Cluny Residents Association DIAL: Disability, Information and Advice Line Education: learning of knowledge, information and skills throughout life. EREC: Essex Racial Equality Council EU: European Union Faith Community: a term to describe any religious organisation or congregation of adherents of a particular religion or sect, including those that bring together a number of groups and interests. GP: General Practitioner (doctor) HARP: Homeless Action Resource Project IMD: Index of Multiple Deprivation LAA: Local Area Agreement LSP: Local Strategic Partnership NHS: National Health Service PCT: Primary Care Trust Racism: the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races, discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race. Regeneration: process seeking to “breathe new life”, improving life in run-down areas: people’s perception, community spirit, environment, amenities, safety, education, health, housing, business, employment etc. SACC: Southend Adult Community College SATs: Standard Assessment Tests SAVS: Southend Association of Voluntary Services SBC: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council SCHP: Southend Community-in-Harmony Partnership SEH: South Essex Homes SEMF: The Southend Ethnic Minority Forum SEPT: South Essex Partnership NHS Trust SHAN: Southend Homeless Action Network Social Justice: is the concept in a society where justice is achieved in every aspect of society, as opposed to legal justice (whether substantive or procedural) Southend Together: the LSP for Southend - a multi-agency partnership that is responsible for overseeing the delivering of the intended outcomes of the LAA. THT: Terrence Higgins Trust VCS: Voluntary and Community Sector 3 of 52 Acknowledgements Many have contributed (often unknowingly), from all sorts of organisations, backgrounds and perspectives, toward the “Missing Communities” project and to the research that was undertaken. This report is the culmination of hundreds of exchanges and encounters and without that help little would have been achieved. While many are paid professionals or volunteers, many are members of the missing communities, although I would have liked to have spoken with more and with those from all of the missing communities. Information and insights were presented and received in good faith but the responsibility for providing the final content of this report resides with the author, including errors, omissions, any bias and the selection of material. I acknowledge, with thanks, the contributions of the following people (and include the main group they represent) and apologise to those who I may have omitted, probably due to my poor memory. I have also been grateful to SCHP members: Sandra Wilkes, Chris Sternshine and Deborah Swallow for reviewing the early drafts: ACBBA: Teresa Bednall; Advocacy for Older People: Pat Babbington; Blade Education: Beth Hooper; CAB: Trish Carpenter, Derek Edwards; Chameleon Academy: Dilip Jesudesan; Christian Community: John Anderson, Phil Andrews, Colin Baldwin, John Bastin, John Cheek, Mark Churchward, Ken Crowe, Steve Dalley, Gavin Dixon, Peter Dominey, Stephen Dray, Francis Frost, Geoff Hayman, David Ince, Mark Johnson, Trevor Jones, Stuart Kimber, Jenny Martin, Peter Marett, James McCluskey, Jim Munro, Peter Neal, Dino Rossi, Jackie Rossi, Idy Samuel, Brenda Sims, David Sims, Ruth Verrinder, Andy Vincett, Rick Williams; DIAL: Ron Alexander; Essex Fire and Rescue Service: John Tidbury; Essex Flood Forum: Brian Efde; Essex Police: Tony Adams, Anna Clark, Steve Dewberry, Paul England, John Walker, Gwynneth Williams; EREC: Michelle Ismail, Sangita Mitra; HARP: Peter Reed; Hindu Community: Nirmal Gupta, Chand Sood; Jewish Community: Derek Fisher, Sybil Greenstein, Rona Hart, Ken Phillips; Links: Margaret O’Conner; Malayalee Community: Jolly Barber, Jaison Chackochan; Members of Parliament: David Amess, James Duddridge, Teddy Taylor; MENTER: John Day, Terry Harding, Tony Lindsay; Missing Communities: Ali, Ivan, David, Danny, Gerald, Julie, Pedro, Peter, Rashid, Said, Sally; Muslim Community: Ahsan Iqbal, Fatima, Yusuf Gulamali, Naila Khokar, Mohamed Pasha; Older Peoples Assembly: Simon Morton; Polish Community: Jadzia Haughton, George Malinowski, Nina; St. Lukes Community: Victoria Bax, Ann Brook, Gareth Gault, Frank Gulley, David Haycock, Dennis Kerner, Jackie Jones, Duncan Latham-Green, Norman Shields, Albert Torry, Val Walton, Terry Whitman; SAVS: Celia Clark, Ros Jacks, Tony LeMasurier, Colleen McCarthy, Barry Millar, Alison Semmence, Chris Silvey; SEPT: Jan Hutchinson; SHAN: Jan Gabell, Paul Slennet, Richard Thorn, Ron Wright; South East Essex College: Sue Coole, Jo Taylor; South East Essex NHS PCT: Beryl Furr, Katherine Kirk, Cecilia Metzger; Leisel Park; South Essex Homes: Karen Arnold, Sam Elliot, Minal Joshi, Stuart Long; Southend Adult Community College: Sarah Holmes, Jessica Russell, Sam Whenman; Southend Community-in- Harmony Partnership ; Majzoub Ali, Brenda Smith, Ahmad Khwaja, Sheila Scott, Chris Sternshine, Deborah Swallow, Sandra Wilkes; Southend Borough Council (councillors) : Peter Ashley, Mark Flewitt, Gwen Horrigan, Judith McMahon, Blaine Robin, Mike Royston, Brian Smith, Anna Waite; Southend Borough Council (officers) : Fiona Abbott, Kathy Adamson, Sophie Arthurell, Shane Bartley, Gill Bright, Ade Butteriss, Sally Collins, Alka Damania, Carly Daniel, Karon Grant; Paul Greenhaugh, Adrian Harris, Chris Horsely, Ashley Jarvis, Simon Leftley, Leo Lord, Tim MacGregor, Nora McKenna, Matthew Mint, Alison Nichols, Alima Qureshi, Lyn Scott, Denise Simmonnet, Paul Terry, Jane Theadom, Rob Tinlin, Katherine Toms, Linda Walsh, Sandra Wilson; Southend NHS Hospital: John McLennan, Amit Popat; Southend