Our Members

Influence & Representation

• Ensure BME representation, locally, regionally and nationally on key decision making issues and structures.
• Liaison & strategic Representation – bring together BME VCFS to discuss areas of concern and avoid duplication of effort.
• To consult and co-ordinate on the barriers/issues facing BME Communities to influence change and achieve social inclusion and Community Cohesion.
• To develop and operate effective methods for sharing of information, between members, and other partners, as necessary.

Share Best Practice

To contribute to best practice in the communications, consultation and reviewing activities of all the groups and offer specialist advocacy to address any barriers, discrimination which groups can at time face.

Our Objectives

1. To engage, promote and support the work of Health & Wellbeing agencies at all levels to address issues and/or barriers faced by local BME communities. Particularly focusing on Mental Health and Substance Misuse and Domestic violence.
2. To develop and implement initiatives that overcome barriers faced by BME young people and their families.
3. To support the integration, empowerment and civic engagement of BME communities.
4. To engage and support multi-agency work that improves opportunity in Education, Employment and Housing for BME communities.
5. To assist policy and support implementation of integration strategies effecting BME communities in Lancashire.
6. To act as the strategic representative body to ensure robust communication and civic participation across sectors on behalf of the BME communities in Lancashire.
7. To engage and support BME communities facing exclusion, discrimination or injustice.
8. To work with relevant agencies, in all sector s to address BME under-representation within their workforces.
9. To help and support the work of multi-agencies to address counter-terrorism and the threat imposed from violent extremism.

Project BME Members and affiliated members  List

we have developed a strategic alliance with the Preston BME Forum and these are there Preston BME forum  

Blackburn w Darwen 

• Inter madrassa organization    Affiliated 
• Women voices (informal)
• Di indigo (disabilities    group)
• Lancashire council of Mosque 
• Hamsafr 
• Darwen brotherhood  
• Asian women’s support group 
• Hindu society 
• One Voice   Affiliated 
• All together women group Darwen 

Hyndburn 

• Hyndburn racial equality (racial equality)
• Opal community training  
• Hams afar   (mental health) 
• Empower 
• Burnley 
• The women’s centre Burnley 
• Access   Alpha limited.
• Pendle Building bridges 
• (ELCAP) East Lancashire radio 
• PEEF   (Pendle enterprise)
• SCARF 

Chorley 

• Saleyan 
• Zameena   Young women 
• Dosti South Asian Men forum 
• Mind   affiliated  (informal)

Preston 

• Lancashire Black history Association 
• Sahara  
• Pukar    (disabilities)
• Wind rush initiatives 
• Independent hate crime hub

Blackpool 

• Blackpool Black history group 
• Noor Madina Mosque (religion) 
• Blackpool Women forum association   (women issues)
• Blackpool animal rescue (animal care)
• Rising star   (supporting orphanages)

Lancashire wide 

• Isaak Hitchin LGBT 
• Encompass 
• MA Foundation   

Affiliated   (Universities)

• Lancaster 
• Leeds 
• Lancaster 
• Blackburn W Darwen University 
• Lancashire Constabulary Hutton