A Stronger Communities Steering Group was established in June 2007, to take on the following work:

 

Click here to see a chart detailing work which the group oversees.

42 proposals totalling over £260,000 were received following promotion of a funding opportunity in December 2007 by the Stronger Communities Steering Group. The funding available was £80,000.

 

The Stronger Communities Steering Group have funded 18 groups to undertake their proposed activities. Click here to see a list of the funding allocations.

£6,000 was made available to the Community Cohesion Advisory Group to add to some work that they were commissioning to bring together people from different backgrounds and encourage speakers of other languages to learn English through non-formal, non-accredited activities.

£5,000 has been ring fenced for work to challenge myths and opinions about refugees and asylum seekers. Dudley Primary Care Trust and the Centre for Equality and Diversity have been invited to discuss ways to utilise this drawing on ideas in their proposals which involved raising awareness of issues faced by asylum seekers and refugees.

 

Established to plan and oversee the work around the volunteering stretch target. A post has been created to lead on this work, and will be hosted at Dudley’s Volunteer Centre. Click here to see a list of current members. Meetings are held monthly and a worker is being employed at Dudley's Volounteer Centre to lead on the work. If you want to know more or are interested in joining the group, contact Lorna Prescott on 01384 265363 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

Leading on work using Dosti's Axis of Influence, and engaging groups through networks. Notes from Dosti executive meetings are available on our downloads page. Click here for information about the executive.