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Christmas is a globally recognised holiday with many interesting and varied traditions. Some countries seem to stick to more local, religious traditions while others branch out into a more modern and atheistic approach to the holidays.  In Spain Christmas is a thirteen day Event starting on December 24th with Christmas Eve and ending on January …

Christmas may be one of, if not the most well known holiday of the year in the UK because of its commercial front as well as religious ties and, however Christmas wasn’t always what it is today with its origins going back to Neolithic times and pagan festivities of the winter solstice. Christmas isn’t the …

The winter months host many celebrations for many cultures and countries around the world, from Kwanzaa to Three Kings Day, and Hanukkah to St. Lucia Day. Each celebration is unique but also in some ways linked and similar to each other.  Some celebrations are rooted in ancient traditions while others stem from religious texts, and …

With Christmas fast approaching we decided to take a look at the origins of the holiday and how it became what it is today. We’ll look back and see how this holiday evolved from pagan traditions to a Christian holiday and then to the commercial holiday with religious ties that we recognise nearly globally today. …

Belong is a refugee community organization originally for African refugees by African refugees, it has now expanded to support refugees from more backgrounds from South America to East Asia. Their goal is to empower refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to achieve their full potential.  They offer a wide range of services to help refugees, asylum …

Fearless Youth Association was founded in 2016 by 12 young people to support other young people not in education by engaging them in training, skill development, and creative content, as well as keeping them away from things like gang violence and knife crime. FYA offers many training courses from creative media, social media, radio skills, …

International Development Foundation (IDF), facilitates education and training for BAME communities in the UK as well as as across West African countries. They also provide language translation, proofreading services, and social inclusion support among many other services to those who need it. IDF is working with one of the UK’s largest awarding organisations to provide …

A charitable organization that works with Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups, Mojatu Foundation tackles discrimiation and racial inequalities by giving people access to opportunities and skills that enable them to participate in the wider community. Mojatu foundation has a range of media to help spread awareness and empower people and communities, including Mojatu Magazine, …

Covid-19 has caused many issues not just in the UK but globally, shutting down things like small businesses all the way up to countries to try to prevent the spread of the virus. With everything shutting down many other effects have come into play for people, less access to support networks, less time with friends, …

Written by: Meghna Battacharya COVID-19 has disproportionately affected ethnic minority groups in developed countries in the UK, with black communities having the highest diagnosis rates (Netuverli et al,. 2020). Reasons for this can include factors such as ethnic minority groups being more likely to live in urban, overcrowded communities which has increased their exposure to …