The purpose of Bright Project is to work with Black and other Minority Ethnic (BME) voluntary sector organisations in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire to improve access to legal and benefits advice for their communities
We aim to:
Improve the quantity and quality of advice centres for BME communities in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
Increase the number of BME agencies having the capacity and resources to offer direct advice services to BME communities
Address the community languages advice needs within BME communities and reduce the need for interpreting services
Address the specific advice needs of refugee communities
Ensure effective networking and linkages between BME communities and all other advice providers in Bristol & South Gloucestershire and develop effective referral systems.
As a result of the Projects intervention, it is hoped that the following will be achieved:
Increased provision of Community languages advice services to Black and other Minority Ethnic and refugee communities from BME organisations
Establishment of a supported referral system
Higher standards of provision based on Quality Mark and other baseline standards
Greater awareness by all providers of the advice needs of BME communities
Improved networking and collaboration between all relevant organisations
The setting up of a BME Advice Provider's Forum
Greater numbers of BME individuals able to give professional advice for BME communities
Greater confidence of BME agencies and communities in accessing resources and building capacity
Increased access to social justice for BME communities