AWAZ Cumbria

About AWAZ Cumbria AWAZ Cumbria aims to create strong and vibrant BME communities, fully engaged in the decisions which affect their growth and development. Our vision is to make Cumbria a place where: Everyone is welcome to live, learn, work, visit and conduct business; People respect and celebrate ethnic and cultural diversity and maintain their heritage; All communities work together to tackle discrimination and prejudice, and promote understanding. Who We Help AWAZ Cumbria provides: Advocacy: on public policy and for BME people experiencing racism and discrimination; Community Engagement: Empowering voices and participation in strategic consultations and at local decision making forums; Community Development: Specialist community development projects and help with setting up and maintaining BME community groups; Consultancy and Training: Research and accredited training on community development, tackling hate crime, equality, diversity and human rights. On-line Resources: Model policies, documents, an email newsletter and Website with news, opportunities, events, fact sheets, links, calendar & more… Turning the Spotlight on Hate Crime: As part of the 'Turning the Spotlight on Hate Crime' initiative by the Cumbria Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, this is a holistic programme to help and support individuals who have been perpetrators of hate crime/incidents or are at risk of offending, to move away from prejudice based offending behaviours. For further information please click on: www.awazcumbria.org/TSP For further details please contact: Tel: 01228 511115 Email: information@awaz.info Web: www.awazcumbria.org The following link is a video called “Horse Trading” that is used to show how easy it is for perpetrators to target vulnerable people for the purposes of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-I5EtcewdM