26 September 2024. We say a big thank you to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding two more years of our Food with Friends project on food security and health education for marginalised communities in Portsmouth. WBI will host our next hallmark event Food with Friends next week, thanks to a generous two-year funding …
Community Fund supports two more years of WBI’s Food with Friends Read More »
28 June 2024. As part of WBI’s commitment to support migrant employment, we hosted a LinkedIn workshop to provide guidance to optimise jobseekers’ LinkedIn profiles, including facilitating a session for professional profile photos. This project was made possible by Portsmouth City Council’s Community Inclusion Grant 2024. The workshop was delivered by a QA Engineer, Emre Bektas, …
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24 May 2024. For our May Food with Friends we invited hormone health training provider Sophie Cartledge, from Hormones on the Blink, to deliver an information session on Menopause for women from the Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Hormones on the Blink is an education and advocacy provider, specialised in addressing the often overlooked …
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6 May 2024. WBI hosted another Digital Privacy workshop to raise awareness of how personal, browsing and financial data could be exploited online. To support the new migrants’ tech-literacy WBI runs this workshop twice a year in collaboration with City of Portsmouth College. Participants were surprised to discover that their browsing history and personal information …
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7 May 2024. As part of our upcoming project report on local environmental action, we share a preview of the quotes gathered as part of our qualitative research. In March 2024, we sat down with project participants from various minority backgrounds to hear why they are taking part, what is their experience of community gardening, …
WBI Conducts Interviews on Community Gardening for Local Research Read More »
Friday 26 April 2024. Food with Friends returned this month with a talk by Clare Kavanagh from Diabetes UK. Our signature cooked buffet was served after, opening the room for socialising and sharing a tasty, yet healthy meal! Food with Friends has been running since 2022, initially kick-funded by a Community Inclusion Grant from Portsmouth …
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22 April 2024. Happy Earth Day from the WBI team! We wrapped up the final gardening session for our research project funded by Natural England at the Milton Piece Allotment in Portsmouth, where our migrant volunteers joined in the community gardening. What better way to celebrate our planet than being outdoors, connecting with nature and …
WBI & Migrant Volunteers celebrate Earth Day with Community Gardening in Portsmouth Read More »
15 March 2024. Welcoming the first signs of spring with a special edition of Food with Friends. In partnership with Personal Choice this week, we hosted a socially-engaging lunch with a talk on health and wellbeing facilitated by the Health Inequalities Lead for NHS Portsmouth University, Shipa Ahmed Khan. Personal Choice is a project of …
23 February 2023. We are delighted to announce that we have been granted a second Community Inclusion Grant by Portsmouth City Council to fund a new project targeting digital inequality. It was a pleasure to attend the award ceremony presented at The Guildhall alongside 32 awarded community leaders and organisations. Back in November 2022, Work …
6 February 2024. Driven by the commitment to build a sustainable economy from the ground up, WBI will pilot a new project to research the impact of community gardening on the sense of health and wellbeing and level of climate agency experienced by minority groups. This WBI initiative is supported by Natural England’s Seed Corn …
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