BWA
BWA provides an advice and advocacy service to the local community with workers who speak local languages. They also provide training for people to enhance skills and job opportunities, organise activities and outings for families and undertake environmental projects to improve the area.
BWA
Tipton Muslim Community Centre
Wellington Road
Tipton
DY4 8RS
www.bwa-org.co.uk
0121 557 6766
BIC
A voluntary charity organisation which aims to promote the well-being of the local community, and work towards lifelong learning for excellence. BIC offers services ranging from Welfare Rights Advice, Health Advice, to employment and training advice etc.
BIC10-11 Lewisham Road
Smethwick
B66 2BP
Brushstrokes
Welcome the Stranger’, guides our work to help the most vulnerable members of our community as well as newly arrived families and individuals in Sandwell, West Birmingham and Dudley. We deliver a range of services including community learning, health and wellbeing, welfare and immigration advice services and employment support.
Brushstrokes
253 High St
Smethwick
B66 3NJ
www.brushstrokessandwell.org.uk
0121 565 2234
CBO
Confederation of Bangladeshi Organisation overall vision is to improve quality of life for all local residents but primarily Bangladeshi and other BME groups living and working in the Sandwell Borough.
CBOGGRC, Harwood Street
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B70 9JF
www.cbo786.co.uk
0121 500 5441
CCF
Community Connect Foundation (CCF) provides quality services to local residents of North Smethwick. Many have gained qualifications and moved on to find employment in the UK. CCF also provides welfare benefits advice, community learning, employment support, and health and wellbeing services. We promote women’s development and youth development.
CCFNorth Smethwick Resource Centre
Cambridge Road
Smethwick
B66 2HR
www.communityconnectfoundation.org.uk
0121 565 3311
Ideal for All
Ideal for All is a user-led organisation set up in 1996. It provides services to disabled, disadvantaged and elderly residents of Sandwell, to enhance skills, provide a route to employment, reduce social isolation and maintain independence. The Services are designed to provide solutions for Independent Living and are offered from the Independent Living Centre, a fully accessible building, situated at 100 Oldbury Road, Smethwick.
Ideal For All100 Oldbury Road
Smethwick
West Midlands
B66 1JE
www.idealforall.co.uk
0121 558 5555
Ileys Community Association
Ileys Community Association is a dynamic grassroots community organisation working with the local community in Sandwell, the West Midlands and beyond. We provide a range of services for residents and particularly target support at communities from Somalia and other African countries. We support the rights and wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees.
Ileys Community AssociationVictoria Park Skills Centre
Corbett street
Smethwick
B66 3PU
www.ileyscommunity.org
0121 448 3940
SWEDA
Skills Work and Enterprise Development Agency [SWEDA] was established in 1989, as a non-profit making limited company. SWEDA was set up to provide business advice, training and support for residents in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Sandwell. SWEDA’s main target groups are people who are unemployed, lone parents, low income families, people from minority ethnic communities, and those who face social and economic exclusion.
SWEDAThe Business Centre
Church Street
West Bromwich
B70 8RP
www.sweda.org.uk
0121 525 2558
SYCC
The Smethwick Youth & Community Centre (SYCC) is a multi-agency and cross sector resource centre. Established in 2001, the centre’s core values are to help improve the lives of individuals through self-development. We achieve this by engaging with the community through a range of activities and services, including welfare advice, community learning and health and wellbeing. SYCC caters for the needs of all age groups and all local communities.
SYCC1 Trinity Street
Smethwick
B67 7AA
www.sycc.biz
0121 565 8870
YCA
The Yemeni Community Association (YCA) is a small community based organisation that seeks to represent and meet the particular needs of the Yemeni Community in Sandwell. It does this by providing services over and above those available in the mainstream sector, and by acting as an interface between the community and various service providers.
YCAGreets Green Access Centre
Tildasley Street
West Bromwich
B70 9SJ
www.yca-sandwell.org.uk
0121 525 3909