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SPEAKERS: CHloe Smith mp Clive Lewis MP Patrick Vernon OBE Franstine Jones

Cllr Vaughan Thomas AND MANY MORE....ARTISTS: CARLEMAN Coll Matsika

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CONFERENCE, AWARDS & FUNDRAISING DINNER

BME YOUTHCONFERENCE

BME young people at crossroads: challenges and opportunities

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co-chairs

One day conference Friday 30 October 20159.30am The Assembly House, Theatre St, Norwich, NR2 1RQ

To book a place, register now at:

www.bmeyouth.org.ukEmail: info@bmeyouth.org.uk

Call us on: 01603 748403

Elvis Beya Conference Co-Chair, Youth Worker and Director of Norfolk Congolese Association

Akosua Gyemfa

Conference co-Chair and Director of African Youth Club

BME Youth is a national infrastructure development and capacity building organisation for BME youth clubs and associations and for young people from Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in the UK. BME Youth was founded on 1 April 2015 and registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee in England and Wales, Company no. 09734835. To find out more about BME Youth aims, objectives and its work and to join membership, please visit the website at www.bmeyouth.org.uk

This informative conference brings together key speakers to provide a comprehensive examination of the many issues affecting young people from minority ethnic communities.

BME YOUTHCONFERENCE

BME young people at crossroads: challenges and opportunities

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The conference will be of particular interest to

• BME young people

• Youth workers and advisers

• Voluntary and community organisations

• Those working in schools, colleges and university

• Representatives from local and central government

• All those interested in BME youth issues

WHY ATTEND?

• Delegates will leave the conference with cross cultural competency and social intelligence skills

• Delegates learning key equality drivers that are shaping the new landscape and how to respond

• Hear views of BME young people about their needs and how workplace should mirror this

• Fantastic networking opportunities

• Visit the exhibition area to gain insight and knowledge about a range of opportunities for your organisation

• Chances to put your questions to our expert speakers

AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE

The BME Youth Conference aims to achieve three aims:

• Awareness of the challenges that BME young people face

• Knowledge of the potential opportunities options for BME young people and the choices available so that they can fulfil their ambitions

• Identify key stakeholders in the minority ethnic youth nexus and actively engage them in further developing the BME youth linkages

THE CONFERENCE WILL DO SO BY

• Introducing BME Youth and sharing its work with BME young people

• Providing a platform for exchange of experiences of BME young people

• Drawing conclusions and chat the way forward for effective engagement with BME youth

• Providing a space to promote and enable new partnerships

Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It gives me great pleasure to extend to you all a very warm welcome on behalf of the BME Youth and our partners for accepting our invitation to attend our conference here at The Assembly House in Norwich, a Fine City. This is our first conference since inception in April 2015.

It is gratifying to note that the agenda of the conference covers a wide range of very interesting items relating to BME young people and the issues they face daily.

We are aware of the tremendous effort being made in young people to tackle youth inequality. However, there are issues that continue to bedevil BME young people such as discrimination and racism. We are only too anxious to hear what our distinguished speakers have today in the field of young development, as pertaining to BME young people.

It has become commonplace to say, and repeat saying, that exclusion of BME young people in economic development in this country is the most severe constraint to the impetus of youth equity development. Yet this fact pervades omnipotently in our minds. The increasingly serious situation relating to the nation-wide inequality of BME youth has been amply focused by our research document, “Our Youth Our Heritage: The state of BME youths in the UK, August 2015.” I hope today’s conference could provide the guidelines for a collective approach for efficient BME youth engagement.

In a spirit of true cooperation, we at BME Youth, proud of nurturing all youths, must join in an action-oriented effort with you to tackle and solve the problems that beset our young people.

If on the national level we can, and must, pursue inclusive youth development as a multi-dimensional concept, encompassing cohesive economic, social and institutional elements of development, in a wider sense, it would be relatively easy to effect the necessary change for a truly effective cooperation on BME youth engagement. This is fully consonant with our official position taken by our Board of Directors during August’s extraordinary meeting.

I wish to take this opportunity to welcome all delegates from across the UK; England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for joining this first conference for the first time.

In concluding, I wish you every success in your deliberations and a very pleasant stay in Norwich.

Graciano Upenyu Masauso MBA, MSc, BSc, MCITP, ACIE, FCMI

Welcome by the Director of BME Youth

THE EXPECTED RESULTS FROM THE CONFERENCE ARE

• Learning and knowledge exchange among Conference participants

• Creation of partnerships in different realms of cooperation on BME youth development

• Develop a series of documented materials for sharing BME youth best practices

• Support evaluations and moving forward with existing and new partnerships

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PROGRAMME 09:00AM – 09:45M Arrival, Registration, tea & coffee & biscuits

9:30AM Entertainment by Afroluso African Traditional Group & The Felix Girls Dancing Group

09:50AM – 10:00AM Welcome by the Co-Chairs and Introduction to BME Youth, Elvis Beya & Akosua Gyemfa

10:00AM – 10:10AM Welcome to Norwich by Cllr Vaughan Thomas (Mile Cross) and Cabinet Member

10:10AM – 10:40AM Keynote Guest Speaker: Chloe Smith MP (Norwich North) & Chair of All party Parliamentary Group on Youth Affairs. Speech followed by Q&A

10:40AM – 11:10AM Tracy Williams, Executive Board Member, Norwich NHS CCG, Commissioning young people service and BME youth engagement. Speech followed by Q&A

11:10 – 11:25AM Stephen Bett, Police & Crime Commissioner for Norfolk followed by Q&A

11:25 – 11:30AM Entertainment by Norwich Irish Dance Group

11:30AM – 12:00AMKeynote Guest Speaker: Clive Lewis MP (Norwich South) My first six months as BME MP and looking at why there are many BME people working in menial employment at Westminster and too few represent us in Parliament. Speech followed by Q&A

12:00AM – 12:30AM Abraham Eshetu, Corporate Equality & Diversity Manager, Norfolk Constabulary STOP & Search and BME Young People. Speech followed by Q&A

12:30PM – 1:30PM LUNCH

1:20 – 1:30PM Entertainment by ALL Acts Together: Afroluso, Fenlon Academy of Irish Dance, The Felix Girls, CarleMan and Coll

1:30 – 1:40PM Launch of Connecting Links Heritage project supported by Heritage Lottery Fund

1:40PM – 2:10PM Franstine Jones, President of National Black Police Association (NBPA) Criminal Justice & BME young people. Speech followed by Q&A

2:10PM – 2:40PM Julia Nix, District Manager, East Anglia, Department for Work & Pensions Benefits and Work Experience for young people, BME young people. Speech followed by Q&A

2:40PM – 3:10PM Patrick Vernon OBE, Founder of Every Generation Media Mental Health & BME young people. Speech followed by Q&A

3:10PM – 3:15PM Entertainment by Bollywood Dance Group

3:15PM – 3:45PM Chloe Donovan, Board Member, Step Up to Serve #IWill Social Action and opportunities for BME young people. Speech followed by Q&A

3:45PM – 4:00PM Michael Rosen, Director of Children’s Services, Norfolk County Council. Speech followed by Q&A

4:00PM FINISH

4:15PM – 6:00PMFundraising Dinner: Guest Speaker: Jenny McKibben, Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner, Norfolk Police, BME Youth Awards, entertainment, raffle, prize draws, and many more

7:30PM – 10:00PM Live Music Gig by SWAY, CarleMan, Coll, DJ and local BME youths

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Clive Lewis MP

Clive is an MP for Norwich South. He was born in London and grew up on a council estate in Northampton. He studied economics at the University of Bradford and was elected student union president; and eventually Vice President of the National Union of Students (NUS).

He is passionate about Norwich’s developing scientific centres of excellence such as Norwich Research Park. For more than a decade he was a BBC TV news reporter in eastern region. He also has been an army reservist infantry officer, serving a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009.

Clive is an associate governor of Thorpe St Andrew School and was one of the last National Black Role Models – working with young people across the UK. He is a proud supporter of Norwich City Football Club with a season ticket.

Tracy Williams - Norwich NHS CCG

Tracy Williams works for Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust’s (NCH&C) City Reach Health Service. She has received The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Award for Outstanding Service award.

She also works as a Nurse Practitioner at Wensum Valley Medical Practice in Norwich and been elected onto the governing body of NHS Norwich Clinical Commissioning Group.

Patrick Vernon OBE

Patrick Vernon OBE is a Clore Fellow, Associate Fellow for the Department of History of Medicine at Warwick University. He is Non-Executive Director of Camden and Islington Mental Health Foundation Trust. He was also member under both Labour and the Coalition government’s Ministerial Advisory for Mental Health. Patrick is the Founder of Every Generation Media and 100 Great Black Britons, which develops education programmes, publications and films on cultural heritage and family history.

Chloe Smith MP

Chloe is an MP for Norwich North. She grew up in Norfolk and lives in Norwich. She went to two comprehensive schools in West Norfolk, followed by York University where she studied English.

She was elected as an MP for Norwich North in 2009. She was one of the youngest MPs in the country, with lots of energy. During her time as MP she has been a Minister in the Cabinet Office with responsibilities for electoral registration including getting more young people to vote.

She leads the All Party Parliamentary Group for Youth. In Norwich North, Chloe is now delivering more for Norwich in her “Six Point Plan for Norwich”.

Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen was appointed in July 2015 as Director of Children’s Services, Norfolk County Council.

The Director of Children’s Services is a key statutory role that leads Children’s Services. The role brings together children’s social care, educational school support and commissioning places for 0 – 19.

A key principle is engaging young people.

Since October 2013 Michael has been the Assistant Director for Early Help. He has developed at pace Norfolk’s Early Help Strategy for children and families with a particular focus on inter-agency working as well as improvements in Early Years settings and Children Centre delivery.

SPEAKERS

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SPEAKERS

Abraham Eshetu

Abraham Eshetu is Head of Diversity for Norfolk Constabulary with portfolio responsibility on Community engagement, Hate Crime and Stop and Search.

Abraham has worked for over 20 years in Policy and Strategy development, Audit and Performance assessment, Discrimination Law and Equality and Diversity Policy.

Abraham has extensive experience in teaching and has written on Equality Law, Hate Crime, Tension assessment, and Community Cohesion.

Cllr Vaughan Thomas

Cllr Vaughan Thomas was elected as Labour councillor for Mile Cross, Norwich in May 2015

Cllr Vaughan Thomas is a Cabinet member for fairness and equality. His corporate plan priority is making Norwich a Fair City. He has responsibilities for Financial and social inclusion, ensuring Living wage, promoting Equality and diversity, Digital inclusion, overseeing Housing Benefits and Council Tax Reduction Scheme, Affordable warmth and Energy efficiency and Sport and Halls.

Stephen Bett - Police And Crime Commisioner For Norfolk

Before standing for election, Stephen had been involved in local government for over 35 years. Stephen’s first taste of local politics was in 1977 as a Parish Councillor on his local village council at Thornham in West Norfolk, on which he remained a member for 30 years.

In 1987, he was elected as a Conservative member of Norfolk County Council and was selected to represent the council on the Norfolk Police Authority in 1996. He was Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Police Authority, during which time he was actively involved in the overhaul of the county’s custody facilities and a major programme of collaboration realising significant cost-savings for Norfolk Police.

Franstine Jones

Franstine Jones is the current President of the National Black Police Association (NBPA). Fran was born in Ipswich is married and still lives in the area, she has worked in the diversity unit at Suffolk police for the past 8 years and has been a member of the NBPA for the last 6 years.

Franstine Jones has been working on the issues of under-representation of black officers and staff in the police service also the numbers in senior ranks and in particular the positions held by black women in the police service and understands the importance of sustainable initiatives on recruitment, retention, development and progression of black officers and staff in the police service that have tangible results.

Julia Nix

Julia has been District Manager for Jobcentre Plus (Department for Work and Pensions) in East Anglia (Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire) since November 2011, having previously been Senior Customer Service Operations Manager for Norfolk.

Julia’s roles within the department have included Director of the East of England Skill and Competitiveness Partnership, working for skills, jobs and business growth across five government departments, she has worked for East of England as Senior External Relations Manager, then from London as the National Risk Manager for Jobcentre Plus, working for Operational Delivery Support across the Chief Operating Officer Directorate.

Chloe Donovan

Chloe Donovan is a 20 year old Trustee for Step Up To Serve who lead the national #iwill campaign. Our Vision is that every young person in the UK is taking part in ‘quality’ social action and we’ll achieve this by inspiring leaders from across society to create fresh opportunities for 10-20 year-olds to take part. If we are successful more than 1 million young people will get the chance to engage in social action for the first time before 2020.

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You can book as an individual or book a table as part of a group for a table of ten diners. For more details

and how to book, please go to www.bmeyouth.org.uk

The awards are for young people, youth workers, individuals and organisations that have delivered positive impact projects to make a difference or raise awareness of BME youth issue in their local communities. The ceremony will take place during Fundraising Dinner. Please see below for more information on each award.

COMMUNITY CHALLENGE AWARDS

• Inspire Award – Most inspirational Project

• Community Impact Awards – Most sustainable project

• Outstanding Achievement Award – Wonderful achievement

• Diversity & Inclusion Awards – Most balanced project

• Engagement Award – Most engaging with BME young people

EXPRESS YOURSELF AWARDS

• Inspirational Lyrics Award – Most inspiring lyrics

• Outstanding Achievement Award – Best achievement through art, music

• Musical Entrepreneur Award – Inspiring others through music

• Breakthrough Awards – Up and coming new artist of the year

• Peer in Music Award – Helping others to express themselves

AWARDS CEREMONY

Visit www.bmeyouth.org.uk to vote for your candidate

Connecting LinksConnecting Links is an oral history project providing opportunities for young Africans aged 11 - 25 living in Norwich to learn about their own heritage and develop skills. Young Africans will talk to the adults, record and learn about their culture and heritage including history, languages and dialects, memories and experiences and migration to UK.

The project is delivered by five partners and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. For more information visit www.connectinglink.org.uk

There are many opportunities for exhibition and sponsorship available to engage with over 300 young people from Black & minority ethnic communities.

For more information, please visit:

www.bmeyouth.org.uk

Email: exhibition@bmeyouth.org.uk

Call us on: 01603 748403

Exhibition opportunities

Fundraising DinnerThe fundraising dinner is expected to host 100 guests and will include tapas, drinks reception, raffle, entertainment and speeches. All money raised will go to Africa Health Organisation (AHO), a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity no. 1136174) to support children and young people in Africa and the UK. See details on www.aho.org.uk

You must buy a ticket to be admitted into the fundraising dinner. Book now to avoid disappointment.

No ticket, no entry.

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FEATURING SWAY

Advance booking only. Hurry, limited tickets available.

No buying or selling of tickets at the door.

The gig is part of the youth conference. If you are not planning to attend the conference during the day, please don’t buy a ticket for the gig as you will be denied entry to the live music in the evening. Tickets will be distributed during the conference.

Keep your ticket safe. No ticket no entry.

Derek Andrews Safo born September 5, 1982 known professionally as Sway (Dasafo) was born and raised in Hornsey, North London by Ghanaian parents Beatrice & Adam.

Currently known as pioneer and Hip-hop trailblazer, Sway took the UK music scene by storm in 2005 with his independently promoted mix tapes “This Is My Promo” Vol. 1 & 2. Their release helped to transform the way the urban UK music-scene operated.

Now one of the most respected names in UK rap, mercury-nominated Sway has been a stalwart of the urban scene since the age of 18. Back in 2005 Sway was one of the first UK rap acts to win a MOBO award prior to any official album release. His debut album, entitled “This Is My Demo” was released in 2006 to critical acclaim. The Independent called it “The best rap album in years”.

Check SWAY music on www.sway.uk.com

Go online for information and ticket prices at

www.bmeyouth.org.uk Email tickets@bmeyouth.org.uk

for informationOr call us on 01603 748403

or 07557479950

LIVE MUSIC

CarleMan

Afroluso

COLL

The Felix Girls Dancing Group

www.bmeyouth.org.ukinfo@bmeyouth.org.uk 01603 748403

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