Black and Minority Ethnic service
The BME team aims to make our information and services accessible to carers and disabled people from minority ethnic communities through the work of multilingual Development Workers and a Welfare Rights Officer. They provide:
- Home visits
- Interpretation and advocacy
- Information in community languages
- Signposting to our services
- Help to access other agencies
- Benefits checks
- Form filling
- 1:1 support
- Monthly groups
- Training and events
The BME team is: Sofia Rizwan (Urdu/Punjabi), Virginia Kerr (Mandarin/Cantonese)