The Centre and the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH) collaborated to launch the inaugural Ethnicity Research Workshop on 7th February 2019. The aim was to encourage and enable researchers to have effective engagement with BME communities at the outset and provide supportive tools for research in, and with, BME populations. Presentations were Read More
Diabetes UK Conference March 2019
We were part of poster presentations for Healthy Goals Programme and the Cities Changing Diabetes programme in Liverpool, which were both well received. South Asian Health Foundation Annual Diabetes in Ramadan Conference March 2019 Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Director of the Centre attended the 3rd Annual Diabetes in Ramadan Conference at BMA House, London held together Read More
Spring 2019 Newsletter
Since our Autumn edition, we have been busy continuing work on a number of projects, including the Healthy Goals and Walking Cricket programmes, as well as our #PlayDominoTalkProstate campaign. We have also been busy compiling our annual report for 2018 which is now available! Exciting new work will also be commencing shortly on translating the Read More
Health campaigner Pamela promotes #PlayDominoTalkProstate
Our campaign #PlayDominoTalkProstate has once again hit the airwaves of BBC Radio Leicester as we continue to raise vital awareness of prostate cancer. Pamela Campbell-Morris, a Project Assistant and Community Champion at the Centre for BME Health, spoke on the station on Friday, January 11, urging men to get themselves checked out instead of waiting for Read More
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The Runnymede Trust, a race equality think tank is undertaking a UK-wide survey with prize draw around loneliness and social isolation in BME communities. The project has been funded by the British Red Cross and the Co-op. The survey focuses on: Gaining a better understanding of social and community networks Experiences of loneliness Feelings of belonging to local Read More
