The poor old RASAG blog has been rather neglected of late, but this is not because the group has been inactive – on the contrary, we have been busier than ever!
Back in December RASAG contributed to a wonderful winter celebration in aid of ASSIST – group members cooked a variety of dishes from around the world and a number of us went along to enjoy the music, dancing and performances. We also faciliatated a performance by wonderful, soon to be famous RASAG friend Pallav Roy – a young man destined for great things! The event was organised by Sharrow’s own Creative Action Network and Side by Side drama group and was a successful, enjoyable evening.
Going even further back we contributed to a City of Sanctuary event in Gleadless Valley, which sought to address racial tensions in the area by bringing together long term residents with new arrivals, to share stories, food and music and open a dialogue between the groups. At this event we were pleased to provide some lovely dishes and Yakam Jar Bu got everyone up, holding hands and dancing!
We have decided to hold a weekly session for our members, supporting language needs, signposting volunteering and training opportunities and enabling peer support and advice – we are in the process of applying for funding to support this work. In the meantime, we have been awarded some funding by Humber Learning Consortium to deliver some Communications and Presentation skills for work training in February. Learners will be creating a group blog – so this page will soon have a sister! How exciting! As part of our bid we are to buy some Flip video cameras, so visitors can expect lots of footage of our work in future! The training and our weekly sessions will take place at Sharrow Community Forum, Sheffield.
The HLC funding comes from the European Social Fund and is to benefit hard to reach individuals who face significant barriers to employment.
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