Ethnic Minorities
access is CDP’s ACross CulturES Service, which provides culturally sensitive advice, information and support.
The access outreach project offers much needed support and information in community centres, in religious and language schools and in the meeting places of befriending groups.
Working with ethnic minorities, creating a safe helpful environment is a challenge on its own. Respecting the different cultural backgrounds and having to put aside Western approaches means the constant assistance and consultation of interpreters, professionals, community leaders and above all, potential service users.
From April 2006 to March 2007, access saw 347 people from the ethnic minority communities in Hull (an increase of 24% over the previous year) and 44% of these were not previously known to the service. In addition, 140 people attended awareness sessions, all of whom were new to the service (up 12%).
A key performance target for this project is to assist with access to and engagement with treatment services, especially for those individuals requiring medical input.
For information about the Drug Awareness Event that we held on 23 October 2007, please go to our Special Events page or click on this link
To view our leaflet on our access Ethnic Minorities Project, please click on this link
To view our weekly timetable for Meetings and Drop In Sessions at various locations, please click on this link.
