Between Sept 2013 – Feb 2014, ROTA has been working with West London Mental Health Trust to identify some of the support needs of the Tamil population leaving in West London. The information obtained from this work has been used to inform a small mapping report, available here. Meanwhile the findings from the mapping have…
Year 1 During year one of the Healthy, Mobilised and BAME, service users have been involved in English language lessons, ICT sessions and also taking part in aerobics and sewing sessions. Further training and support has been provided focused on holding public authorities to account in Ealing and Hounslow. 65 BAME people have also been…
This is a short video gathered as part of ROTA’s HLF funded project which took a look at some of the mental health issues experienced by the Tamil population.
Race on the Agenda (ROTA) and the Tamil Community Centre, Hounslow are delighted to announce the launch of the Through the generations: Tamil oral history project website. Visit the website here Tamilgenerations.rota.org.uk is a multimedia record of the one-year Tamil oral history project conducted and narrated by different generations of Sri Lankan Tamils in London….
For those who were unable to make it to the Tamil oral history project exhibition at Hounslow Library, we are delighted to announce that the Tamil Community Centre will be hosting the project exhibition between 28 January and 8 February. The exhibition will be open Monday through Friday from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Tamil…
Free Entry Paul Robeson Theatre Cafe, 1st Floor, Treaty Centre, High St, Hounslow TW3 1ES Parking and Access Information 07791730354 / ryan@rota.org.uk Exhibition Opening Hours Wednesday 16 January, 12:00 – 17:00 Thursday 17 January, 11:00 – 15:30 Friday 18 January, 12:00 – 17:00 Saturday 19 January, 12:00 – 17:00 (Film Screening from 13:00) Sunday 20…
Tamil Community Centre/Tamil Oral History Project Refugee Week programme announced In 1958 the Tamil oral history project’s (TOHP) first UK story began with an unlikely journey from Colombo to Notting Hill. In a twist of irony, riots in these two capital cities were the (dis)order of the day, bridging the experiences of minority ethnic communities across continents and oceans. Almost fifty-five years…
On 30 March, a Tamil Community Centre women's group hosted a story hour on women and migration to celebrate International Women's Day. Women in the group came together to share their experiences of life in the UK and reflect on the circumstances for women in their country of origin. Filmed for the Through the…
நீங்கள் லண்டனில் வாழும் ஸ்ரீ லங்கா நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த தமிழ் இனத்தவரா? நீங்கள் அல்லது உங்களது பெற்றோர் இலங்கையில் இருந்து பிரித்தானிய நாட்டிற்குக்குடிபெயர்ந்தவர்களா? அப்படியாயின் உங்களது அனுபவத்தைக் குறிக்கும் கதை பலரது கூறப்படாத அனுபவங்களில் ஒன்றாக இருக்கலாம். உங்களது அனுபவங்கள் தமிழ் மக்களின் சரித்திரத்தில் ஒரு முக்கிய பகுதியாகும். பிரித்தானிய நாட்டில் உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையை அமைத்துக்கொள்வதற்கு நீங்கள் முகம் கொடுத்த போராட்டங்களை இளம் சந்ததியினர் அறிந்துகொள்வதற்காக இவைகள் எழுத்து மூலமாகவும் ஒலிநாடாக்களிலும் பதிந்துகொள்ளப்படும். உங்களது அனுபவத்தைக் குறிக்கும்…