Tara

OUR MISSION
TARA's mission is to build confidence of refugees and asylum seekers supporting them in fulfilling their potential.

OUR VISION
TARA's vision is to promote diversity, tolerance and cohesion within Tameside. To develop confidence so that refugees and asylum seekers can fulfill their potential; contributes to local community living as a family.

COMMUNITY COHESION PROJECT
The community Cohesion Project is a project that was set up to bring communities together. To bring awareness of different cultures, backgrounds and communities so that there will be a better understanding between them and bringing cohesin within the communities...

BRITISH RED CROSS
British Red Cross First Aid training which was arranged by William Nonge. The aim of this session was to deliver First-Aid training in the community in their own languages,

NEED TO BECOME A MEMBER
Please contact TARA (Tameside African Refugee Association) on 124 Stamford Street Ashton-Under-Lyne OL6 6AD Tel: 01613397270 Fax: 01613306696 or click on the link below to register

MONEY ADVICE
TARA money advice project is driven by the desire to help people whose lives are being overturned by debt and money problems. Most of the services are African refugees and asylum seekers who are low on income and have got language barriers to overcome, live in isolation. They find it difficult to manage their everyday lifestyle.

Healthy Living Project

The healthy linving project was set up to enable Tara members to understand Healthy Living project and improve individuals, families and community Health and Wellbeing, Tameside African Refugee Association (TARA) organized a workshop on “Healthy Life Style.”in partnership with the NHS.

Dr. Kaleta, Healthy Life Style Advisor and Specialist in Maternal and Child Health and he works with John Newton, the NHS Community Mental Health Development and the Health team in Tameside, Nutrition, diet, food labels and cultural value of food and how eating disorders are result of individual poor mental health.
TARA gave the participants the opportunity to join a gym , where six months was paid by TARA to encourage the members in regular physical activities.
The participant who took part in the sessions and workshop found it to be a great benefit to them, many recall that they have changed their eating habit on their diet.