ethnicity and health ethnic minorities race

• Aims & Objectives
• Activities
• Equal Opportunities Policy

Aims & Objectives:

1. To raise health awareness in the public (particularly, the minority ethnic communities) & assist to improve overall access to health care services at local & national levels.

2. To support and promote the Government’s policy on health education, health promotion, and public health, aiming to lighten the NHS burden and help improve the quality of life of ethnic communities.

3. To provide prompt advocacy, ethnicity and health impartial advice and accurate information to help reduce health inequalities in minority ethnic groups of the United Kingdom.

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Activities:

1. To organise multilingual health awareness seminars / meetings for benefit of wider community;
2. To publish bilingual healthcare information books for the benefit of minority ethnic groups;
3. To liase with local councils, health authorities, Primary Care Trusts /groups, relevant charity organisations, G.Ps and the hospital staff;
4. To develop an IT-oriented facility for information, guidance and community support;
5. To develop a topical audiocassette facility for the people who could not read their native language;
6. To establish a free multilingual helpline for general healthcare information, guidance, referral and support;
7. To support advocacy issues, as and when asked for, by the patients, their carers or relatives;
8. To organise fund-raising programmes at local and national level;
9. To exchange information with statutory authorities for records, follow ups and further developments;
10. To publish a quarterly newsletter to highlight the progress and activities of the Trust.

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Equal Opportunities Policy:

British Ethnic Health Awareness Foundation wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities in advice, information, guidance, employment and training and opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, gender, age, disability or any other individual characteristic.

All possible steps will be taken to ensure that every individual is treated fairly throughout their dealing with B.E.H.A.F `s programmes and equality of opportunity promoted. Every member of staff has a responsibility for ensuring that all individuals accessing for advice, information, guidance, training or employment opportunities, are treated fairly and on an equal basis in all aspects of the provision. There will be equality of opportunity regardless of a person's race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, gender, age, or disability. This principle applies to all aspects of provision, including elements such as access to resources, advice, information, advocacy, guidance, and review processes.

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