A SUCCESFUL BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT IN THE HEART OF WEST YORKSHIRE The soul of any community lives in the heart of its people. On Monday the 4th of October,

We organized The BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS which took place at The City Library in Central Bradford. Many thanks to the amazing Dionne V Hood and team for providing us with the venue.

The theme of this years event was THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN SOCIETY AS BLACK PEOPLE. We were humbled to have THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF BRADFORD – Concillor Bev Mullaney in attendance, it was great to meet her for the first time

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR MEDIA PARTNERS FOR THIS EVENT – Bradford 4 Better managed by Dr Sohail Abraham Ahmed and his amazing team,.

They conducted some amazing interviews and provided professional video footage which will soon be available. Watch this space for more updates on Bradford4Better on my International Blog

SPECIAL THANKS ALSO TO OUR AMAZING KEY SPEAKERS WHO HAVE NOT ONLY MADE PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPIRIT OF BLACK HISTORY, BUT WHO CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF BRADFORD

A BIG THANK YOU TO

MR Charles Dacres – DIRECTOR OF BRADFORD HATE CRIME

MR Jerry Red Dred Crawford– ALL NATIONS UK AND COLLECTIVE IMPACT BLM

MR Kofi Amoateng– CEO FO YAM SPICE AFRICAN RESTAURANT, BRADFORD

Nana Abena Owusuwaa Hagan– TV HOST OF THE INSIDE VIEW

YOU WERE ALL SIMPLY AMAZING

THANK YOU TO SOME AMAZING COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WERE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE

Many thanks to

Mick Chandsoor and team from THE BRADFORD CULTURE BID 2025 TEAM

KATH Kaf Muscrat Canoville OF BRADFORD COMMUNITY RADIO STATION

Matt Henderson – OF Bradford For Everyone

Irene Eribo Ani – THE CEO OF Ebony Ambassadors

AND MANY OTHERS

MANY THANKS ALSO TO OUR LEEDS REPRESENTATIVE OF AFRICA 4 U ASSOCIATION – MR Anzir Boodoo– YOUR COMMITMENT IS PROFOUND.

THIS WAS THE 2ND OF OUR SIX INITIATIVES FOR BLACK HISTORY- CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS SPACE

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The amazing Dr Christopher Johnson , an award- winning journalist, editor, publisher and business management consultant from Guyana will be a guest on THE TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ SHOW as part of BLACK HISTORY MONTH. This is a show you cannot afford to miss.

Dr Johnson’s most recent publications are The Anatomy of British South Asian Enterprise (2016) and British Caribbean British Caribbean Enterprises (2009) for which he received the ‘Obama
Shield’. Currently, he is working on a new book on British African Entrepreneurship. He is a stirring advocate of inclusive policies for the advancement of the ethnic/migrant firm sector in Britain. Past-
President of the Lions Club of London Hornsey (2004-2005), being a recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellowship (M.J.F) for leading the recruitment of female members into the organisation.

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ABOUT DR CHRISTOPHER A JOHNSON

Dr. Christopher A. Johnson was born in Guyana (former British Guiana), South America into a poly-ethnic family. He is an award- winning journalist, editor, publisher and business management consultant since the 1980s. Former Commonwealth/Nuffield Cambridge Press Fellow, Management Science Fellow, holder of a Diploma in Journalism & Professional Writing, a certified
Commonwealth Youth Worker, with an MBA in Marketing Management and a Doctorate in Business Management.

A visiting lecturer/tutor in Marketing, Leadership-Management and Enterprise Research among others. He is a Founder/Director of Global Entrepreneurial Development Services Limited (www.geds.center) and Chair of Community Education Academy of Leadership (www.ceal.org.uk). A highly successful bid writer having contributed over £3 million worth of funding for SMEs and charities in London, the South East and the Midland Counties especially. Keen to support economic and social initiatives in
Africa, Caribbean, MENA Region and South Asia.

Dr Johnson’s most recent publications are The Anatomy of British South Asian Enterprise (2016) and British Caribbean British Caribbean Enterprises (2009) for which he received the ‘Obama
Shield’. Currently, he is working on a new book on British African Entrepreneurship. He is a stirring advocate of inclusive policies for the advancement of the ethnic/migrant firm sector in Britain. Past-
President of the Lions Club of London Hornsey (2004-2005), being a recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellowship (M.J.F) for leading the recruitment of female members into the organisation.
His motto is `Excellence is the Fulfilment of the Human Spirit’.

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

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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