Bangladesh Educational Achievement Project or BEAP Community Partnership is a Bangladeshi community organization in Bradford, UK. Founded in 2004 as a charitable organization, BEAP Community Partnership provides a range of services, either through itself or with partners, to all communities in need, in particular the Bangladeshi community in Bradford.
Vision of BEAP Community Partnership:
To address high levels of deprivation and disadvantage in the Bradford neighborhood, specially among the Bangladeshi Community;
To engage with local people, helping them to form and action their own agendas for positive change (sustainable, and people oriented);
To address issues arising from separation between local communities, including different form of conflict based on cultural diversity;
To tackle isolation through projects which recognize and accept the importance of differences, while finding common ground; etc.
Priorities:
Invest in community resources
Build capacity and empower communities
Promote working partnership
Include older people into well being
Build brighter future for women
Invest in young people
Create culture learning center
Exercise cleaner, greener and safer environment
Advocate for an enterprising communities
Promote community involvement and community cohesion etc.
BEAP Community Partnership organizes sports events for Bangladeshi kids to build healthy attitudes, engage in positive activities, build character and leadership qualities, interact with fellow community members. The organization also has programs for adults: English class, exercise class, immigration advise, health news, childcare, sewing class for women, etc.
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