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Stopping social exclusion
New project to help Bangladeshi women set up social enterprises
LANGUAGE barriers and a shortage of skills mean that Bangladeshi women are more likely to be unemployed than any other ethnic group.
Now a new project is underfoot to help tackle the problem.
Free training will be offered to Bangladeshi women helping them to set up social enterprises – businesses where profits are reinvested back into the company or used for the good of the community – such as chef Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen restaurant.
Sabina Khan, director of Policy and Research at Social Enterprise London, who is leading the project with the backing of the Town Hall said: “We are looking for networks that have insight and contacts within Camden’s Bangladeshi female community.
“We want to reach out to Bangladeshi women and get them into social enterprises, because they can serve to get these women out of social exclusion.”
Councillor Faruque Ansari, council spokesman for ethinic minority groups welcomed the project.
He said: “This is a really practical and valuable proposal, much more useful than all the government guff about integration and cohesion.
“This is a great opportunity for the Bangladeshi women.
“All the Muslim community should support it as a way of helping Bangladeshi ladies prove their abilities are as great as anybody else’s, because social enterprise businesses are run for the good of the community and in this way everyone gains.”
Other social enterprises already running in Camden include Ecochip, a computer recycling company providing work experience to the unemployed.
For further information call Sabina Khan on 020 7022 1927. |
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