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The Asian Community Centre based in Carnon Downs held an event on the 6th October 2009 which was arranged by Unity Cornwall on behalf of Muslim Community.

The Muslim Council for Great Britain were invited to visit Cornwall to give a talk on the history of Asian people's migration and integration into British society, but was also to support the aims and objectives of the Centre itself. Many other topics were discussed with a perpective of national picture and issues asian people have had to face since their migration in the 1960's and how Muslim people live today in Britain.

A workshop event directly followed this presentation with many public service representation attending the event. The workshop's aim was to give the local Muslim people the chance to raise concerns surrounding the development of the Community Centre and other areas of possible improvement to public services as well as addressing inequality issues. It is for the first time in Cornwall's history that public service representatives have had the opportunity to meet with individuals from the Muslim community which can only be credited to the fact that this event wouldn't have taken place if the Asian Community Centre wasn't built with an open door policy to share its values and an insight to the needs of all asian people living in Cornwall. Unity Cornwall hope this is a start of better things to come.

The Asian community would like to thank the Muslim Council for Great Britain for coming all the way from Leistershire to give their presentations and would like to extend their thanks the many Public Service organisations (Devon & Cornwall Police, Carrick Housing Ltd., NHS Primary Care Trust, the Local Councillor, Cornwall Council, Learning Skills Council) who agreed to attend the event. This gave individuals from the Asian community a chance to their share ideas in how the Asian Community Centre should be developed and a great deal of advice and ideas were given in how to tap into existing resources to help complete the development of the Centre. It was also a great opportunity for public service representatives to gather information directly from this community engagement process to help identify gaps in services in order to help improve the lives of Asian people living and working in Cornwall.

It is clear that the Centre itself still falls short of be completed as the building still requires much time and fund raising opportunities to ensure that the Asian community in Cornwall have at least one venue were they have a cultural focus and which allows them to celebrate family events, such as, weddings and religious practices.

A report will be completed and share with all who participated and will be available on request from those who share in the Centre's aspirations.

For further information, please contact Unity Cornwall via emailing us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or send your request to us by post.

The people of Devon and Cornwall get a chance to grill local Criminal Justice leaders, in a Question Time style debate, chaired by BBC News 24's Philip Hayton.

The event is designed to give the local community direct access to people who work in the criminal justice system, so they can get a greater insight into the way the system works, why and also why certain decisions may have been made on local criminal issues.

The Question Time panel, chaired by top news presenter, BBC News 24's Philip Hayton, will be made up of a mixture of members of the justice community, including Chief Crown Prosecutor - Tracy Easton, Assistant Police Chief Constable - Paul Netherton, Governor of HM Prison - Mark Flinton, Rural Racism Project - Elliot Perkins and leading members of the media including Alan Qualtrough, Editor in Chief of the Western Morning News.

Attendance is free! Anyone interested in attending or asking a question to the panel should submit their request to the Local Criminal Justice Board ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or telephone 01392 452594). The closing date for this event (and for questions to be submitted) is Friday 2 October 2009.

The event will be held at the newly refurbished St. Mellion International Resort and will run from 6.30pm to 8pm. Clips will be run on YouTube, so those who could not attend will still be able to see the event.

Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year

RAMADAN STARTED ON SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST 2009 AND WILL END ON 20TH SEPTEMBER 2009

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UNITY CORNWALL TOOK PART IN AN EVENT TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THE 'SHELTER BOX'. THE FIRST EVENT ITSELF WAS QUITE SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST STREET PARTY TO CELEBRATE MULTI-CULTURALISM IN CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY. THE EVENT WAS OPENNED TO THE PUBLIC WITH MANY ORGANISATIONS BEING REPRESENTED. UNITY LOOKS FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN NEXT YEAR'S CELEBRATION. THE NEXT CULTURAL EVENT TO LOOK FOR WILL BE 'BLACK HISTORY MONTH' WHICH STARTS IN OCTOBER 2009.  Click here for more details

Through liaison and networking with key organisations involved in BME work in Cornwall, to provide support and advice to other organisations to assist in the provision of an effective programme of projects to benefit the BME community. This includes: identification of barriers to be overcome for effective liaison and delivery; project and organisational development; action planning; resolving funding issues; governance and communication and dissemination of information.

What will it be like to live in a Cornish village during the remainder of this century? How will life change for rural dwellers? It now seems certain that the impact of climate change and the gradual decline in global oil supplies will mean that things will change for us all during our own lifetimes and those of our children. It is equally certain, however, that if we act now and act together we can adapt our lifestyles to continue to enjoy the benefits of rural living in genuinely sustainable communities.
A community conference to highlight the challenges of climate change in a fun and interactive way is to be held at the Eden Project on Wednesday 31st October.