Funded through the European Integration Fund and led by Learning Unlimited, this three-year project supported the integration of third country national women to the UK. It was delivered with input and/or match-funding support from Blackfriars Settlement, the British Council, the Institute of Education, Southwark Council and UKBET (the UK Bangladesh Education Trust).
Key project statistics
This project ran ESOL courses and visits for over 160 learners, trained and supported over 50 volunteer befrienders and ran training for 13 British Bangladeshi women to volunteer in Bangladesh. It also provided teacher training and CPD workshops for 173 teachers in the UK. In Bangladesh, it ran training for over 40 teachers and organised over 150 workshops for local women.
Videos
Learners in both Bangladesh and the UK were involved in participatory video projects facilitated by InsightShare. This innovative process provided an opportunity for participants to develop film-making skills, and make their own films describing their feelings and experiences of settling in the UK to a wider audience. A summary of the participatory video process and how it has helped with integration can be downloaded here.
The Most Significant Change process was used in Year 3 of the project to gather participants’ experiences to help evaluate its success and their responses were turned into this video.
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