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Redbridge Life: Asian Roots at Redbridge Museum

Asian Roots at Redbridge Museum

Asian Roots is a new exhibition at Redbridge Museum based on oral history interviews by the Ilford-based group, the Community Development Institute (CDI), supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Ilford Recorder: Asians going back to their roots

A DESIRE to get young Asians in touch with their roots has spawned an exhibition charting how men and women came from overseas to build new lives.

The Asian Roots exhibition uses oral accounts and visual displays to tell the story of 17 Redbridge people of Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani origins.

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About CDI

The Community Development Institute (CDI) provide a wide range of support to individuals and new and small organisations that want to develop their skills and improve the way they operate. Our core services are Information Communication Technology, volunteering, educational, cultural and business activities and training services to all sectors of society. We work on a variety of different levels with individuals and organizations within the community. These include those in or currently seeking employment, students, working parents as well as local community groups and businesses.

Our services are particularly aimed at meeting the changing needs of users within the continuously evolving world of Information Communication Technology.

Our mission is:
to improve education and employment prospects of disadvantaged communities and individuals and thereby improve lifestyles
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Newsflash

Funding and IT Open Day on 6th October 2010 from 10.30 am - 15.30 pm at the Cardinal Heenan Centre.

'Moving your voluntary/community organisation to the next level'

The event will feature

Opportunities to meet the funders and find out how funding cuts may effect you
Presentations on identifying and writing better quality funding applications
Presentation on tendering and winning contracts
Using Social Media and websites to raise awarness and attract more users, funders and partners
Using IT in your organisation to help you to manage your service delivery and improve effeciency