Many organisations spent weeks and months planning to host the Palestinian Under 19 football team in a 3 week visit to the UK in September. This visit is no longer going to take place as the British Consulate in Jerusalem has refused to grant visas to the entire team and coaches.

The British Government, in a decision apparently taken at a senior level, have refused entry visas to the entire team. Although they will not provide reasons in writing, they say the decision was taken because the economic situation in Gaza, where the majority of the team are based, is so bad that they do not believe that the Palestinians will return home again. They deny taking the decision for any politically motivated reason, although they did say at one point that it was because the Israelis would not allow them to return - and so would create a refugee issue, but they have since denied this.

The team posed no threat and the tour was intended to provide support to a team of boys and young men who would have no other opportunity to play in real football stadiums. Britain is now directly aiding Israel in punishing the Palestinians by denying them freedom of movement on no legitimate grounds.

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The Commission on Integration and Cohesion is wrong to call for a presumption against the awarding of Single Group Funding and the Government should reject the proposal, says Black and Minority Ethnic Third Sector partnership organisation Voice4Change England (V4CE).

The proposal, contained in Annex D of the Commission’s recent report Our Shared Future, is for funding bodies to adopt a policy of ‘Single Group Funding as the exception and not the rule’ and is supported by several recommendations on how it should be implemented.

V4CE is concerned at the likely adverse impact of such a development on the BME Third Sector and has written to the Secretary of State at the Department of Communities & Local Government to urge that it should not be implemented because it is discriminatory to BME groups, doesn’t recognise the specific needs of diverse communities, and would have a negative effect on community cohesion.

In the letter, V4CE has stated its fundamental opposition to the Report’s recommendation of the development of guidance to assist grant making bodies in deciding about the appropriateness of Single Group Funding. It believes such guidance isn’t justified and instead suggests guidance promoting cohesive communities be produced.

The Commission on Integration and Cohesion is wrong to call for a presumption against the awarding of Single Group Funding and the Government should reject the proposal, says Black and Minority Ethnic Third Sector partnership organisation Voice4Change England (V4CE).

The proposal, contained in Annex D of the Commission’s recent report Our Shared Future, is for funding bodies to adopt a policy of ‘Single Group Funding as the exception and not the rule’ and is supported by several recommendations on how it should be implemented.

V4CE is concerned at the likely adverse impact of such a development on the BME Third Sector and has written to the Secretary of State at the Department of Communities & Local Government to urge that it should not be implemented because it is discriminatory to BME groups, doesn’t recognise the specific needs of diverse communities, and would have a negative effect on community cohesion.

In the letter, V4CE has stated its fundamental opposition to the Report’s recommendation of the development of guidance to assist grant making bodies in deciding about the appropriateness of Single Group Funding. It believes such guidance isn’t justified and instead suggests guidance promoting cohesive communities be produced.

Alice Tligui Training

Working with Interpreters

This one day course:
· Helps participants to understand the role of professional interpreters and develop insight into their job.
· Helps participants to refine their verbal communication skills so as to help the interpreting process.
· Looks at the role of non-verbal communication, helping participants to continue using non-verbal clues when working through an interpreter.
· Practices working with interpreters in a series of simulated scenarios.
· Looks at trouble shooting – what to do when it all goes wrong and what to do when there is no interpreter.

Course Date
20 September 2007 Leeds Venue - Voluntary Action Leeds Ref: WI05

If you would like any further information, please email Val Kay at val_virgo1@yahoo.co.uk or telephone 0113 2627467.