Useful Web Resources
Archives
BE-ME has recorded over 100 audio/video interviews with respondents from Wolverhampton’s African-Caribbean and Asian communities. This website also contains on-line learning packages created in conjunction with local schools and universities.
www.be-me.org/
Moving Here database of photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items from 30 local and national archives, museums and libraries recording migration experiences of the last 200 years.
www.movinghere.org.uk/
SALIDAA - South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive charity set up to create a physical and digital archive of material relating to the literature and arts produced by South Asian writers, artists and performers in Britain.
www.salidaa.org.uk/salidaa/site/Home
Arts & Culture
Cultural Co-operation independent arts charity promoting cross-cultural contact
www.culturalco-operation.org/
Culture East Midlands cultural consortium set up by the DCMS to champion the spectrum of cultural and creative interest within the region.
www.culture-em.org.uk/
inIVA creates exhibitions, publications, multimedia, education and research projects designed to bring the work of artists from culturally-diverse backgrounds to the attention of the widest possible public
www.iniva.org/
International Network for Cultural Diversity worldwide network of artists and cultural groups dedicated to countering the homogenizing effects of globalization on culture.
www.incd.net/
SALIDAA - South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive charity set up to create a physical and digital archive of material relating to the literature and arts produced by South Asian writers, artists and performers in Britain.
www.salidaa.org.uk/salidaa/site/Home
Black & Minority Ethnic Communities
100 Great Black Britons biographies and nominations on 100 Great Black Britons
www.100greatblackbritons.com/list.html
Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail aiming to uncover the relatively unknown relationship between the Sikh and British nations.
www.asht.info/
BASA – Black & Asian Studies Association association to foster research & to disseminate information on the history of Black peoples in Britain.
http://blackandasianstudies.org.uk
Black Britain news and information services to the Black and ethnic minority communities
www.blackbritain.co.uk/
Black Cultural Archives and National Museum and Archives of Black History and Culture
Middlesex University HLF-funded project of outreach and education, cataloguing, research and exhibitions relating to the history of the Black Diaspora presence in Britain.
www.aambh.org.uk
Black History Foundation seeks to capture and animate the Black experience by facilitating the creation of a national strategic agency, alongside meaningful partnerships.
www.blackhistoryfoundation.com/index.htm
Black Presence Asian and Black History in Britain - partnership between The National Archives and the Black and Asian Studies Association covering Black and Asian history in Britain from 1500 to 1850.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/
Britkid NGfL– kids’ website about race, racism and life – includes UK ethnicity stats from 2001 census
www.britkid.org./si-minorityegnumbers.html
CASBAH research resources relating to Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian peoples in the UK.
www.casbah.ac.uk/
Channel 4 Black & Asian History Map Gateway to websites about Black and Asian history across the British Isles.
www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/O/origination/
Every Generation empowering and influencing the black community through history, family genealogy and heritage.
www.everygeneration.co.uk/
Multikulti NOF-funded website with translated information in the following areas of welfare law — debt, employment, health, housing, immigration and welfare benefits - currently translating material in: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujerati, Somali, Spanish and Turkish.
www.multikulti.org.uk/
National Family & Parenting Institute Listening to Ethnic Minority Parents – a summary report of research published October 2001
www.nfpi.org/data/research/docs/ethnicparents.pdf
Northamptonshire Black History Association
www.northants-black-history.org.uk/
Northamptonshire Racial Equality Council Black history resources and links
www.northamptonshirerec.org.uk/blackh/blackh.asp
Real Histories resource tool for teachers, parents, pupils and the wider community to support them in their teaching and learning about cultural diversity in the UK
www.realhistories.org.uk/
Recognition celebration of achievement & success of Black Britain
www.recog-nition.co.uk/
SALIDAA - South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive charity set up to create a physical and digital archive of material relating to the literature and arts produced by South Asian writers, artists and performers in Britain.
www.salidaa.org.uk/salidaa/site/Home
Runnymede Trust bridge-builder between various minority ethnic communities and policy makers
www.runnymedetrust.org/
Voice East Midlands set up to enable the East Midlands Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) Voluntary and Community Sector to influence the regional agenda. Also has links page to other relevant sites.
www.voice-em.org.uk/index.asp
Faith
Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail project aiming to uncover the relatively unknown relationship between the Sikh and British nations.
www.asht.info/
BBC interactive multifaith calendar
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/calendar/
Buddhism - BBC pages
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/
Catholic Church in England and Wales
www.catholic-ew.org.uk/
Chronological guide to major religious festivals
www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/features/faith/festivals/spring.shtml
Church of England
www.cofe.anglican.org/
Guardian Unlimited, Guide to Religions in the UK
www.guardian.co.uk/religion
Hindu Resources Online
www.hindu.org/
Index of Indian festivals
www.geocities.com/bhagwat_s/festival.htm
Interfaith Calendar
www.interfaithcalendar.org/
Islamic Awareness Week Islam Awareness Week – held in Sept 2003 - initiative to help Muslims and non-Muslims to come together in a climate of understanding and appreciation.
www.iaw.org.uk/
Jainism – BBC pages
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/jainism/
MultiFaithNet provides an introduction to a range of religions, including their origins, the central aspects of belief and practice, and diversity within broad religious groupings.
www.multifaithnet.org/index.asp
Muslim Heritage an educational forum to discuss Muslim heritage
www.muslimheritage.com/
The RE Directory ‘first stop’ reference resource for religious education
www.theredirectory.org.uk/