Jerry Crawford  is a Community Worker/Activist, Event Organiser , Audio Engineer , Community Stars Winner, Change maker & Covid 19 Community Champion.

He helped set up Bradford’s 1st community recording studio running music projects for the social disadvantaged.

Over the years he has been involved in many community projects and worked in partnership with numerous organisations.

In 2020 he helped to organise peaceful protest for George Floyd.  

Collective Impact  also helps individuals, families or whole communities to bring about social change and improve the quality of life in our local area. They act as the link between communities and a range of other local authority and voluntary sector providers, such as the police, social workers and teachers.

Jerry Crawford AKA Red Dred who has been very instrumental in many music/media based projects and events. He has over thirty years of experience of Djing and organising events. 

Over the decades Jerry has provided entertainment at many functions weddings ,raves, house parties  christening, birthdays, community events,festivals and carnivals

Jerry is also a radio presenter which he has been doing for over 25 years. 

Jerry Crawford is one of the first pioneers to introduce house music to Bradford.

Jerry worked at Livestock Records Bradford’s 1st dance music record shop. He set up Bradford’s first acid house rave all nighter. In early 90s Jerry set up Reuben Sounds

Bradford’s 1st community recording studio at Bradford Community Arts where he started running music production and dj mixing courses. Over the decades he has worked with many organisations such as

Mapa

Xplosion

Bradford Council 

The Youth Services 

Bradford Festival 

Bradford Trident 

The Princes Trust 

SportsDev

Raise The Roof

BCB Radio 

Windrush Generations

and many more schools, community groups and charity organisations.

He is now working with Collective Impact a community organisation based at Mapa. 

Black History Month Celebration at Hudawi Centre in Huddersfield on Friday 29 October 2021. Doors open at 5pm.

About this event

Come and let’s celebrate diversity in Kirklees.

Be part of an amazing event where you will have an opportunity to network with community groups from the Black African and Caribbean communities in Kirklees doing some fantastic work.

Free food available.

Entry is free but you will need to book your place from here (Eventbrite).

Book soon as there are a limited number of places.

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This event is not only aimed at promoting Black History Month but to showcase what’s happening in Kirklees.

Learn more about the Iroko Project, which has recently been nominated for a European Diversity Award, and meet the Iroko Ambassadors and Iroko Community Change leadership graduates. With the opportunity to ask them questions about their journey.

Performances include:

• The Love Generation Band –
• Nicole Keri – 
• Dance Emporium – 
• Lamin Jassey (African drummer) – 

… other acts still to be confirmed for the night.

The event will also include:

• Keynote addresses from Councillor Pandor, the leader of the council.
• Performances and presentations from the community.
• African and Caribbean food with vegetarian options.
• Stalls of local businesses.

If you have any coronavirus symptoms, please do not attend.

We are a media group based in Yorkshire providing a voice to those in society striving to make meaningful change. 

With a team of experienced film-makers, writers and artists, we believe in bringing together a unique blend of talent to merge creativity with passion to tell unique and powerful stories. 

 Through inspiring and nurturing grass roots talent we hope to allow individuals and communities to tell their own stories. To bring about change through the power of media and creativity.

Specialising in documentaries, short films and smart phone productions.

FOR MORE INFO, VISIT OUR SITE AT www.aelixirmedia.com

OUR STORY

In April 2019, a group of neighbours led by Inayah Sher decided to clean up their street. That clean up soon became a weekly event, and started to include the neighbourhood.

The word spread rapidly and suddenly streets across Bradford were having weekend clean-ups and Bradford 4 Better (B4B) was born.

Over the next few months the group began campaigns to raise awareness of other concerns that the residents of Bradford faced, such as dangerous driving, anti-social behaviour, and the rise in drug related crime.

B4B began evolving into a pressure group and grew exponentially, highlighting the grassroots frustration that many Bradford residents felt. Soon the media, Council, and many public and private organisations took notice and B4B soon gained a reputation for being the go to organisation if you needed something to change.

As the membership of B4B grew, so did the scope of the work the group was involved with and B4B evolved organically into a citizen led community action movement.

Were it all began…
Bradford 4 Better was formed in Spring 2019, initially as a pressure group to highlight the many concerns of the residents of Bradford and inspire positive change. The group has rapidly evolved into a citizen led community action movement to inform, inspire and empower the residents of Bradford to make positive changes for the betterment of Bradford and its communities.

On 17th of September 2020 Bradford 4 Better was formally incorporated at Companies House as a Community Interest Company called Bradford 4 Better CIC.

Our group objectives:
To work within and improve the area known as Bradford (Postal Code BD) for the benefit of the inhabitants of this area.
To engage and encourage the wider community in activities to better Bradford.
To aid and facilitate a safe, law abiding environment throughout Bradford, for citizens, visitors and our members.
To help empower the residents of Bradford by making Bradford’s service providers accountable to the Bradford public.
To help educate and engage the people of Bradford to take ownership of their actions and their responsibility as citizens to make Bradford better for future
To liaise with other voluntary sector bodies, local authorities, UK government departments and agencies, and other bodies, all with a view to furthering the association’s objects.
To pursue our core objectives (as outlined in the document ‘Bradford 4 Better Core Objectives 2020’)
BRADFORD 4 BETTER
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BRADFORD 4 SAFER
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Watch this space for the amazing Tashan Hendricks – Creative brand strategist and writer based in Jamaica

Take 2 secs to subscribe to our channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/etekatoks

TASHAN HENDRICKS – CREATIVE BRAND STRATEGIST AND WRITER FROM JAMAICA

I am a Jamaican marketer and brand strategist whose career started as an artist manager and event producer. With an uncanny balance of left and right brain, I leverage my ability to conceptualize, create and communicate, with the ability to organize, coordinate and execute to guarantee great results every time. 

I have worked as a brand consultant at different levels across all sectors of the Jamaican Creative Industries – music, theatre, advertising, events, media. From crafting communications plans for the Queen of Reggae, Marcia Griffiths and Jamaica’s Songwriting Icon, Bob Andy to producing radio programmes at the RJRGleaner Group, I have gathered a wealth of experience along her career.

For the last 6 years I have focused most of my energies as an advertising creative director and strategist to transform brands like Grace, Digicel, PNP, JPS, and NCB. As a consultant, I have been instrumental to the strategic launch and growth of several businesses and startups including Muse 360, ICPI, Nanook Enterprises, Rose Cottage Farms and The LAB Ltd. 

My years of experience and vast network makes me an ideal leader or addition to any team. I am considered a walking directory and compass for navigating Jamaica’s evolving orange economy by colleagues.

I have a varied professional background with a strong focus on managing market research, social research and stakeholder programmes and projects in both public and voluntary sector. I have experience of developing insight products from data collection and analysis in roles working in the public sector (particularly regulators in the food, justice, health/social services sector).

I have worked in the NHS, local government and the Civil Service. This includes eight years as lead research and community engagement officer within the Chief Executives Department and policy unit in a busy London local authority, four years in the NHS, and four in the voluntary sector, mostly on research projects to improve health care access and patient experience.

My local government experience was focused on leading, advising and supporting the local authority’s market research and customer engagement activities, including complaints analysis, management and customer feedback.

My NHS has experience provided me with formal research skills and experience of reaching, engaging and researching ‘difficult to reach’ social groups.

Specialties: 1. Research management – designing, implementing, managing and commissioning research projects for both internal purposes and external clients.

2. Researching and engaging ‘hard to reach’ groups and customers – designing and implementing research projects to gather insight and intelligence for policy development/service improvement.

3. Data collection, analysis and report writing – including handing data requests and enquiries from customers and service managers.

4. Managing research teams.

YOU ARE INVITED to join us for the virtual presentation of the JEHF Playwriting Competition Awards 2021Time: Sept 26, 2021 @ 4:30 PM (London)To join, click on the link

below:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85003817119…Meeting ID: 850 0381 7119Passcode: 943524

Patience is a spoken word poet and writer who lives in Jos, Plateau state Nigeria. She’s a student of University of Jos, in the department of Mass Communication and hopes to be an excellent TV host someday.

Patience believes that dreams are worth fighting for and if only we try, we can achieve it.

BLACK HISTORY AT THE CITY LIBRARY IN BRADFORD – MONDAY THE 4TH OF OCTOBER AT 5PM – DO NOT MISS IT

We are pleased to inform you that THE AFRIC4U ASSOCIATION will be organizing The Black History Month Celebrations at The City Library, Centenary Square Bradford BD1 1SD on Monday the 4th of October at 5pm on the Dot.

Come and be part of an amazing event where you will have the opportunity to network with great minds.

Come and learn more about BLACK HISTORY as we celebrate our heritage and the success stories that unfold each day

FREE REFRESHMENTS, FREE ENTRY AND LOTS OF FUN

KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE

MR CHARLES DACRES – COHESION AND INCLUSION LEAD

MR JERRY CRAWFORD – ALL NATIONS UK AND COLLECTIVE IMPACT BLM

MR KOFI AMOATENG – CEO FO YAM SPICE AFRICAN RESTAURANT, BRADFORD

NANA HAGAN – TV HOST OF THE INSIDE VIEW

AND MANY MORE

Several organizations and community groups will also be in attendance on the day .

This Event is not only aimed at promoting BLACK HISTORY in West Yorkshire , but also improving the spirit of community cohesion amongst people from different ethnic backgrounds .

LIFE IS ABOUT CELEBRATING DIFFERENT CULTURES

FREE REFRESHMENTS, FREE ENTRY AND LOTS OF FUN

We are also pleased to inform you that copies of our Black History at The UK House of Parliament booklet are still available to order.

The Booklet highlights My Journey of organizing The Black History Month Celebrations at The UK House of Parliament for many years.

GET YOUR COPY TODAY FOR 3 POUNDS. 50 PENCE VIA PAYPAL to afripoet@hotmail.com

T.T.F

http://www.tonyfernandez.co.uk

There will be two walks, one from Baildon and Shipley and one from Allerton leaving at 4pm with Julie Longden. 

The Climate Emergency Walk takes place on Friday the 17th of September 2021

To support The Climate Emergency Walk from Bradford and get involved , contact David Somerville on 07581836275
From 5pm we will have a great time in City Park with music from brillant DJ Jerry Crawford, The Peace Artistes live, fab food, inspriring speakers for 2 mins each and much more.

This is an opportunity to take stock and create a world where we all thrive.