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Cheetham
Hill Advice Centre
1 Morrowfield
Avenue, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8. Tel: 0161-740 8999.
Whalley
Range Advice & Community Resource Centre
59 Withington
Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16. Tel: 0161-226 7015.
The Manchester
Black Health Forum
This local
organisation promotes health services for black communities,
and provides services that meet different cultural needs, as
well as co-ordinating and training volunteers in community care.
Services offered include, drop in day care, home care support,
counselling, mental health support, racial attacks & harassment
(RAHIM), seminars and conferences, interpreter service as well
as advice and health information. Ask for Nusret, Janet or Bahga.
Black
Arts Alliance
PO Box 86,
Manchester M21 7BA. Tel: 0161-832 7622. Mobile: 07788817978.
Email: baa@blackartists.org.uk. Website: www.blackartists.org.uk.
The BAA was established in 1985, the UK's largest network of
black artists. Their website contains a small listing of Northwest-based
creative artists with links to their websites. Also works across
the arts, hosting community projects, education, exhibitions
and performance events as well as the Acts of Achievement website
at www.actsofachievement.org.uk.
BME Arts
BME Arts
is a gateway to bring together artists and those interested
in the arts with the available resources to aid promote, develop
and publicly present their talents. Specifically targeted at
supporting Black and minority ethnic people, still an under-represented
group in the arts. This site is primarily focused on providing
a directory of opportunities for development and participation
in the arts, both on a community level and on a national scale.
In addition to being a hub of information this is a social network
where work can be shared with a wider audience. Email: admin@bmearts.co.uk.
Website: www.bmearts.co.uk
Manchester
Refugee Support Network
St James
Centre, 95a Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester M14 4TH.
Tel: 0161-226 6134 advice line. Fax: 0161-226 1332.
Target Group: Refugees and asylum seekers, refugee community
groups, agencies working with them. Languages spoken: Arabic,
some Farsi, range of refugee community languages. Access to
interpreters.
Open Monday to Wednesday for advice, Thursdays for home visits,
and Friday by appointment only.
Council
of African and Afro-Caribbean Churches UK [CAACC]
A member
Body of CTBI & CTE and member of the Free Churches Group
for England. United effort for evangelism, mission, theological
training and social responsibility among African and Afro-Caribbean
Churches.
Contact: The Most Rev. Father Olu Abiola, 31 Norton House, Sidney
Road, London SW9 0UJ.
Tel: 020-7274 5589. Fax: 020-7771 8302.
Joint
Council for Anglo-Caribbean Churches
General
Secretary: Rev. Esme Beswick MBE
141 Railton Road, London SW14 0LT. Tel: 020-7737 6542.
Asian-Afro
Caribbean Advisory Centre
39 Green
Avenue, Bolton BL3 2JX.
Tel: 01204-523616 and 01204-521707
Open 7 days a week from 5.00pm-7.00pm. Target Group: Minority
ethnic communities. Languages spoken: Arabic, Gujarati, Hindi,
Punjabi and Urdu. Serving Bolton and the surrounding areas.
Afro-Caribbean
Care Group for the Elderly
Claremont
Resource Centre, Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester M15 5FS.
Tel: 0161-226 6334. Fax: 0161-232 1548.
Email: user@accg.fsnet.co.uk. Website: www.accg.org.uk.
The Afro-Caribbean Care Group aims to provide a caring and supportive
service for elderly people of Afro-Caribbean descent who live
in south and central Manchester, and Trafford.
The Glodwick
West Indian Association
99 Greengate
Street, Oldham. Tel: 0161-624 2055 / 628 7917.
Identity
Writers' Workshop
6 Mount
Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Tel: 0161-832 3777.
Email: enquiries@commonword.org.uk. Website: www.commonword.org.uk.
Meets every Wednesday 6-8pm. For black, Asian, Afro-Caribbean
and Chinese poets, performers and rappers. Workshops for reading
and performing work and constructive criticism and advice will
be given.
Black
Britain Website
Promoted
as "...a Bridge Across Nations"
News, information, jobs, entertainment and everything to do
with being black in Britain today. Website: www.blackbritain.co.uk.
Black
Search
Information
for, about and by black communities. Specialised search engine
for black groups, facilities, contacts, clubs, etc, in your
area. Website: www.blacksearch.co.uk
Black
Mag
('Bright
Learning & Cultural Knowledge').
Links to black websites, books, clubs, entertainments, business,
education, and a while lot more. Website: www.blackmag.co.uk/content/
NIA Cultural
Centre
Chichester
Road, Hulme, M15. Tel: 0161-226 6461.
Black Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse meets monthly. For more
information contact Rajo Saira on 01484-450040.
Afro-Caribbean
Restaurants in Manchester
A-Fe-We
Royce Road, Hulme, Manchester. Tel: 0161-232 0191.
Jowata Licenced African Restaurant
322 Deansgate, Manchester City Centre. Tel: 0161-835 1099.
M & M's Caribbean Spice
127 Stamford Street , Chorlton, Manchester 21. Tel: 0161-226
6067.
Nubian
Links Afro-Caribbean Dating
Contact:
The Administrator, Nubian Links
109 - 111 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3BW. Tel: 0845-644 0682.
Fax: 0845-644 0621
Email: info@nubianlinks.com
An international Afro-Caribbean introductory dating service.
Website: www.nubianlinks.com.
Joana's
Hair Elite
470 Cheetham
Hill Road, Manchester M8 9JW. Tel: 0161-795 4778.
- Specialists in Afro Caribbean & European Hair.
- Hair Extensions & Weavers.
- Lazer Weave & Closure Weaves.
- Training Courses Available.
- Net Weaves For Alopecia.
- Baldness & Trichotilomania.
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