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Save the children, Eye to Eye

Eye to Eye is a collaborative venture. Partners bring valuable experience
and expertise to the process of resource creation and awareness-raising.
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The Youth Opportunity Fund is back!
We are looking for keen young people to take charge of a £400,000 budget for 2009.
East End kids get chance to flash the cash

Make It Happen
Tower Hamlets youngsters are being given the chance to make a real difference to their borough, thanks to the Youth Opportunity Fund.

The Youth Opportunity Fund (YOF) allows 11-19 year-olds to apply for funding to help start up new activities or make improvements to the buildings they use in the borough. Local youngsters can receive between £500 and £5,000 to run activities such as after-school sports clubs, or between £5,000 and £10,000 to refurbish buildings like their local community centre.

More information about the Youth Opportunity Fund can be found www.amp.uk.net and application forms will soon be downloadable to access the funds. A second generic email will be sent to all contacts, but this is coming to you because of your particular specialism.

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New faith website launched
Tower Hamlets Interfaith Forum has launched their new website alongside a council plan to ensure residents aren’t discriminated against because of their religion or belief.

The revamped ‘Faith in Tower Hamlets’ site is now more accessible and easier to navigate. It includes an interactive map of places of worship in the borough and allows residents to request updates about local festivals and events.

Speaking at the launch event at Mile End Park Ecology Pavilion last week, Deputy Leader of the Council and Equalities lead Councillor Sirajul Islam said: “Tower Hamlets Interfaith Forum provides a great opportunity to celebrate the significant contribution that faith organisations make to the lives of people in Tower Hamlets."

Visit www.faithintowerhamlets.org.uk to see the website

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Ashiana Network have been grant commissioned by London Councils to provide services in Tower Hamlets, to provide domestic violence education and preventative initiatives to help children and young people to defuse conflict and reduce violence, particularly gender-based violence.

Ashiana Network aims to do this by providing workshops at secondary schools around domestic violence, relationships, forced marriages and related topics. We are also providing training for a range of agencies including child protection services, LSCB, teachers and health professionals.

Please find attached some information about Ashiana Network and the services they provide

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Mela magic

The sun shone as record numbers, nearly one hundred thousand turned out for the Mela on Sunday to celebrate the Bengali New Year at one of the biggest events of its kind outside of Bangladesh.

Organised by Tower Hamlets Council, a Baishakhi Mela in Banglatown Brick Lane roared into action with a spectacular procession through the crowd lined streets of Brick Lane and the surrounding area. More than 250 dancers, musicians, school children and community groups joined the magnificent mechanical Bengali Tiger and the Bangla Queen – a four metre tall peacock structure – in the colourful parade.

Councillor Rofique U Ahmed, Lead Member for Culture at Tower Hamlets Council said: “This year’s Mela was fantastic. It was great to see so many people enjoying the procession, music and food.

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Sustainable Schools

Young people have a large stake in the future. Indeed, some of them may live to see the 22nd century. We don’t know what the future holds only that it will be very different from today.
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Black History Month 2008

Each year, Tower Hamlets Council helps to facilitate and publicise a programme of events in the run up to Black History Month in October. Now a fixed and important part of the annual calendar, it provides a forum to highlight the positive contributions made by the black and ethnic minority community and celebrates black history, experience and culture.

This year there are many anniversaries to commemorate, including 40 years since Dr Martin Luther King's untimely death, 50 years since Claudia Jones 'the Mother of Notting Hill Carnival' founded the first Black newspaper in Britain, 'The West Indian Gazette', and 60 years since the SS Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks.

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For more information visit www.blackhistorymonthuk.co.uk

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This land is our land

Mile End Park

The Big Land Draw event was one of a number of activities organised by Tower Hamlets Council to celebrate national Love Parks Week which ran from June 14-22. The activity highlighted Mile End Park's unique biodiversity, which includes 133 species of spider and 156 species of beetle.
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What a splashing performance

The winning team from Sir John Cass school with the trophy

The Tower Hamlets schools swimming gala took place at St George’s Pool on June 13 with more than 280 pupils representing 26 schools. Many of the fastest swimmers on the day will go on to represent Tower Hamlets in the London Youth Games this weekend. Sir John Cass won the boys overall prize with St Saviours primary taking the girls trophy.

Results
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Olympic spirit shines through

Taking aim for the shot put

Tower Hamlets hosted the London Youth Games disabled athletics final on Thursday, June 19. Mile End Park Stadium saw hundreds of athletes battle it out in track and field events.

Team Tower Hamlets competed against teams from across London and their team of Mike Schaar, Joel Evans, Kirsty Howard and Terri Monford won the 4 x 100 relay for severe learning disabilities.

The borough’s Kenny Mukandi also won the male 200m for visually impaired athletes and Hasfa Begum won the female 200m for physically impaired athletes.
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Enjoying life at the sharp end

Linda Stachan presents medals

School children put down their pens and picked up their foils last week at a fencing competition.
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Youths celebrate achievements

Youth night at a Mile End church took an unusual turn recently when local politicians and charity workers turned up to congratulate young people on their achievements.
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