Councillor Favour Ezeifedi will be one of The Key Speakers at The Commonwealth for Africa 2020 taking place at Middlesvbrough.   Information about her can be found below

 Councillor Favour Ezeifedi–A passionate Campaigner for Equality and Fairness.

Favour is a social worker, a councillor and a mother.

Overcoming adversity and challenges in herpersonal and professional life enabled her to understand the needs of the less privileged and inspired her desire to contribute to making a difference.

Before migrating to the UK through the Highly Skilled Work Permit, Favour hada very successful career in telecommunication working across African countries.

Having witnessed first-hand the level of injustice and deprivation within struggling families in a local Watford school where she as a school governor,Favour was determined to change this narrative. This led her to become deeply involved in her local community through various voluntary organisations and faith groups. She quickly became an advocate for other parents and a role model in the community.

Favour has worked as a front line social work in many local authorities including Brent, Hillingdon and Hertfordshire County Council. Favour is the Chief Executive Officer of a social work consultancy group: http://www.destinycreationsgroup.org

ABOUT THE EVENT

This year’s 2020 event is a two (2) day interactive&empowering event as a retreat to explore African Community Prospects in 2020 & Beyond.

About this Event

Theme: African Community Prospects in 2020 and Beyond

Happy prosperous new year to you. As you recall our Big Shout out went to Luke Pottage – Graduate Intern @ Student Recruitment & Marketing, Teesside University for a well-planned and successful Commonwealth for Africa 2019 event held on Friday 15 March 2019.

Here is the link to last year event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2fcqXLDRDs&t=260s

Here we come again, as we are aspiring to keep it fun, more exciting, engaging and inclusive.

If you require assistance for an affordable hotel reservation please contact Number : 07404817935

This year’s event is a two day interactive and empowering event as a retreat for stakeholders and all parties concerned with the journey of rebuilding homes and support of African families within the UK. Our guests will be travelling from Ireland, Scotland, Bradford, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle and Oxford. Would you like to partner or sponsor, please email us at olalekan-odedeyi@save-the-woman.org for further discussion on possible partnership and sponsorship.

Day 1: Friday 6 March 2020

11am – Strategic Meeting with Sue Butcher – Director, Children in Care, Middlesbrough Council

Venue: Meeting Room 1, Student Union Building, Teesside University, TS1 3BA

6pm – Commonwealth Praise Night Unlimited

Venue: RCCG OUR SAVIOURS PARISH, 110-112 Norton Rd, Stockton-on-Tees TS20 2AQ . For directions please contact 07957730151

Guest Minister : Dr Sola Adesola

Day 2 : Saturday 7 March 2020

11.00am – 16.00

Venue : Middlesbrough Citadel Salvation Army, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough TS1 3BZ

Keynote Speaker : Councillor Favour Ezeifedi

Award Presentation, Child Protection Workshop, Showcase of Business, Networking and Signpost on Jobs/ Business Opportunities.

For general enquiries, please call:

Ola: 07404817935

Osiobe: 07440684777

James: 07852986998

Esther: 07597372302

ALL INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS WELCOME!!!

Please note, both days are going to involve a fundraising session, feel free to come with your goodwill donations, raffle draw gifts and items to support the work of Save The Woman

Yam spice foods is a new and vibrant African and continental restaurant coming soon in the beautiful city of Bradford. Get ready to taste authentic dishes from Africa.

WATCH THIS SPACE

Mercia Jensen lives in Birmingham, West Midlands. She is a graduate of The City University, Birmingham where she studies Paediatrics. She also studied sociology at The Open University and Psychology at The University of East London. She is very passionate about making a positive difference in many communities.

Mercia is a Cancer Ambassador.  She is also The Birmingham Representative for our UK Based AFRICA4U ASSOCIATION

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The Soul of any community lives within the heart of its people .
In recent years, we have been blessed to organise AFRICA4U AWARD community initiatives here in the UK, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA, MALTA, SWITZERLAND, THE USA and NIGERIA

On Saturday the 1st of February 2020, my organization – THE AFRICA4U ASSOCIATION organized for the very first time, our first ever Women AWARDS – THE BRADFORD INSPIRATIONAL WOMENS AWARDS at The City Library, Bradford West Yorkshire

ONE OF THE WINNERS AT THE THE BRADFORD INSPIRATIONAL WOMENS AWARDS WAS  BRADFORD BASED SHEENA HUSSAIN

Sheena is a very talented published poet and an advocate for humanity

The Soul of any community lives within the heart of its people .
In recent years, we have been blessed to organise AFRICA4U AWARD community initiatives here in the UK, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA, MALTA, SWITZERLAND, THE USA and NIGERIA

On Saturday the 1st of February 2020, my organization – THE AFRICA4U ASSOCIATION organized for the very first time, our first ever Women AWARDS – THE BRADFORD INSPIRATIONAL WOMENS AWARDS at The City Library, Bradford West Yorkshire

ONE OF THE WINNERS AT THE THE BRADFORD INSPIRATIONAL WOMENS AWARDS WAS  PROFESSOR UDIAK ARCHIBONG (MBE) UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HER CAN BE FOUND BELOW

ABOUT  PROFESSOR UDIAK ARCHIBONG (MBE)

Uduak Archibong PhD MBE is Professor of Diversity at the University of Bradford, UK, where she directs the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity and provides strategic oversight for equality and diversity across the institution. She is Fellow of the West African College of Nursing and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing. Her research, teaching, and knowledge transfer activities broadly cover the areas of workforce diversity, diversity competent leadership development, family-centred health care and cross-cultural negotiation

of community/family access to, and engagement in health and social services. Her research interests have been influenced by many years’ experience of working closely with leaders and senior managers within the healthcare and higher education arenas both in the UK and internationally. She has recently led to completion a major multi-million European Commission funded action research project, GENOVATE, across 7 European Universities and is currently involved in a multi-million Horizon 2020 project, RRING, along with 22 international partners in Europe, China, Africa, India, Japan, North America and South America.  She is also involved in a national research study ‘Cracking the Concrete Ceiling’ which seeks to explore the impact of the ‘Diversifying Leadership’ programme of the Leadership Foundation [now part of Advance HE] on UK Black and Minority Ethnic Academic staff. This study is in collaboration with Royal Holloway, University of London, the University of East London and the Equality Challenge Unit [now part of Advance HE].  She is the Guest Editor of a recently published Special Issue of the Journal of Psychological Issues in Organisational Culture entitled ‘Reframing Diversity Interventions in Austere Times’.

SOURCE OF BIO –  UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD WEBSITE

The Soul of any community lives within the heart of its people .
In recent years, we have been blessed to organise AFRICA4U AWARD community initiatives here in the UK, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA, MALTA, SWITZERLAND, THE USA and NIGERIA

On Saturday the 1st of February 2020, my organization – THE AFRICA4U ASSOCIATION organized for the very first time, our first ever Women AWARDS – THE BRADFORD INSPIRATIONAL WOMENS AWARDS at The City Library, Bradford West Yorkshire

ONE OF THE WINNERS AT THE THE BRADFORD INSPIRATIONAL WOMENS AWARDS WAS  GLYNIS SIBISI FROM SOUTH AFRICA

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HER CAN BE FOUND BELOW

ABOUT GLYNIS SIBISI

My name is Glynis Fletcher /Sibisi

Born and bred in South Africa, one of the 10 children of Mr and Mrs Sibisi. My upbringing was a very challenging one however I worked with diligence to achieve my degree in nursing which was in university of Western Cape.

In 1999 I came to work in this country,  United Kingdom and bringing 3 children on my own was a big challenge but I used my challenges as stepping stones  to accomplish my goals. In 2005 I met Neil Fletcher, now my husband and IMy daddy haven charity was conceived through my mentor Ps Kofi Owusu/ Alive for a purpose masterclass.

Our objectives is to give underprivileged children a chance to achieve their goals in life. At present we are supporting this children where they live with the aim to build an orphanage in South Africa where their needs will be met in an environment that is conductive to their learning, safety and security.

We are in a process of applying for a charity status so that we will be able to reach out for financial assistance.

We believe that the future of this children is brighter than their past and we are willing to go an  extra mile to see it fulfilled. With God on our side, nothing will be impossible.

Mary Mawuwomu Akorli is a young entrepreneur who comes from the volta region of Ghana. She loves social development and more specifically issues relating to the under-privileged in society . She is currently working with the GIBICTS Center for community and youth development as the Director for Women and Youth development.

With her experience as a former womens commissioner amongst other gender and youth related portfolios, she worked in partnership with many national and international organizations notably ; UN women, UN AIDS, Netright and the All Africa Students Union (AASU ).
She is the Ghana representative for The UK based : AFRICA4U ASSOCIATION