Management Committee
and Structure
| |
Area of
Contribution |
Associated
Organisation |
Location |
| Richard Cuthbertson |
National / European Heritage
Developments in Wales |
Individual |
Wales |
| Abdul Ghaffar |
Young People and Environmental Awareness |
Local Authority |
Birmingham |
| Sukhbinder Johal |
Regeneration /
Ethnic Arts |
Leicester City
Council / Apna Arts |
E. Midlands /
National |
| Deepak Naik |
Equality |
Minorities of Europe, Secretary General |
W. Midlands /
National |
| Malcolm
Rigler |
Health |
Individual |
Newport /
National |
| Dawn Sanders |
Environmental
Education |
National
Foundation for Education Research |
London /
National |
| Jane Trowell |
Environment,
Community and Democracy / Arts |
Platform |
London /
National |
| Christine Wildhaber |
Parks / Green Spaces |
Chumleigh Gardens. Burgess
Park |
London / National |
BEN Management Committee
- The BEN MC should be BEN Network
members active in the of the
needs and concerns of black,
white and other ethnic groups
- All BEN MC members should have
expertise in relation to enabling
ethnic environmental
participation in relation to
sustainable development
- The BEN MC should embody a wide
range of expertise across fields
of concern relating to
sustainable development
- The BEN MC represents the local
needs and concerns of the
geographical regions served by
BEN
BEN Advisers
Beyond the expertise embodied by the
BEN MC, BEN has a list of individuals who
we can call on in order to have expert
advice on other areas of development. The
present list range from the expertise of
designing grant schemes to working with
television.
The BEN Network
The scope of the work of BEN emerges
from being in touch with our members on
the ground.
The Structure of BEN
BEN is the leader in the field of
ethnic environmental participation which
it has created. BEN works to create a
framework within which full participation
by ethnic communities, in sustainable
development, can take place. We work to
stimulate and support ethnic groups in
environmental participation. In parallel
we work to enable relevant organisations
to reach out and work effectively with
ethnic groups. This is achieved through
awareness raising, training, research,
publications, advice and support.
The
organisation's core staff includes the
Director and the Administrators, working
to a UK-wide Management Committee and
Advisors representing a wide spectrum of
expertise, and in consultation with
members of the BEN Network.
Time-limited
strategic projects are generated to
address ethnic environmental
participation. All the project work of
BEN is formulated to be strategic. Our
positioning is that we believe that the
involvement of ethnic groups should be at
the heart of mainstream activity, so that
all mainstream organisations take up
their remit of 'being for everyone' and
formulate initiatives which enable them
to arrive in that position. We are here
to do ourselves out of a job !Volunteers
are used as appropriate but in the main
projects employ highly qualified
professional staff with proven years of
experience in this demanding field of
work.
Management
Committee + BEN Advisors + BEN
Network
|
BEN UK
Director
Policy Development
Officer
Training and Consultancy
Development Officer
UK Networks Officer
Administrative
Co-ordinator.
Administrators
|
Project
Management and
DirectionNetwork
Services
Publication / Website
|
Strategic
Development Administrative
Services
|
Policy
and Partnership
Training and consultancyEthnic
Minorities
Award Scheme (EMAS)
|
|
England
Development
Workers
and Administrators
Ethnic
Environmental
Particiation Projects
Manchester &
Liverpool
Birmingham
BEN
Historic Environment
Programme for England
|
Scotland
Development Workers
and Administrators
EQUAL
Project
HEAP
(Heritage Education
& Access Project)
|
Wales
Development Workers
and
Administrators
Ethnic
Environmental
Participation Projects
South Wales 1 & 2
Who
We Are Project
Adfywio
Project
(Access to the
countryside)
|
|
Partnership
Projects
Sustainable
Development Qualification (With
Environment Agency/Groundwork) - UK
Mosaic
(With Council for National Parks)
- England and Wales
People
and Historic Plaes Project (in
partnership with the Historic
Houses Association)
|
We
are also working to develop a basis for a
project in Northern Ireland to enable
organisations working in sustainable
development to reach out and work
effectively with ethnic communities.
Our
work is focused on the UK. However our
work has a natural international
dimension as ethnic communities in this
country are linked through the culture of
their country of origin to many parts of
the world. The search for identity by
ethnic groups necessarily involves them
in exploration of inter-cultural
relationships. There is also
international interest in our work as
working across different cultural groups
is an urgent issue of our times in many
countries.
Introduction | Why BEN? | BEN
strategy | MC & Structure | Offices & Staff | Membership | Funders
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