Working for the Community

Educational Support Classes

 Educational support classes for children aged 6 to 14   years are held every Saturday from 9.00am 1.00pm at the Tenants Hall, Navarino Mansions, Dalston Lane, London E8. These classes are open to all children from the local community. They are helped with their school work in Maths, Science and English at key stage levels 1, 2 and 3. They are also taught basic Arabic. For further details contact Fatima Begum at our office on Tel 020 8985 1124.

 Student Work Experience placement 

We work in partnership with Inspire, the Educational Business Partnership for Hackney, by hosting work experience placement for Hackney school students. Ashley Richardson from Stoke Newington School being shown how to log in a repair by Mujibur Rahman, Housing Officer during his work experience programme at Bangla's Office in February  2008 .                                                                                                                                                       

ESOL Classes                                                                                                                                                                                      We are working in partnership with UXL training center and Hackney Homes to provide ESOL classes for Bangladeshi community living in Hackney. These classes are being held at a local community center and are provided free for people who want to improve their English literacy and numeracy skills. This will help them to improve                                                                                their employment prospects. Free crèche facilities

along with any travel cost are reimbursed by the training center. This is a three year program which started in December 2007 and will end in 2010. If you wish to join these classes please contact our office or Tel 020 895 1124 for an application form.

Community health awareness workshops

I partnership with the Stroke Project, last year, we organised a number of workshops for the local community to raise awareness on the causes of heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes and about how to keep healthy .This year we are continuing with organising similar workshops and concentrating on healthy eating and how to keep fit. To attend or to find out more about these workshops please contact Leena Khan at our office or call 020 8985 1124.

Debt Advice

We work with Capitalise who are based in Toynbee Hall and helps local people with

•  One to one confidential debt advice session with triained advisors.
• Help to sort out any debt (no matter how big or small).

To book an appoiment contact Capitalise at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercila Road,London E1 6LS. Tel 020 7392 2953 or Email: capitalise@toynbeehall.org.uk

We also work with SAFE Project who are are also based in Toynbee Hall who can assist people in debt with gas and electricity bills (EDF and British gas customers only).

For futher information contact Leena Khan at our office or Tell 020 8985 1124

Women swimming class

Every Thursday eveing a group of local women attend swimming classes at the Kings Hall Lesuire Center in Hackney. These classes are organised by Bangla staff to encourage women to keep fit and enjoy this lesuire activity. For futher information about how you can join this class please contact Fatima Begum at our office or Telelphone: 020 985 1124.