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It is always a special time of year when we start the preparations for our volunteer celebration. But this year, the planning was suddenly not going to be as straightforward as usual. However, nothing was going to stop us from celebrating despite COVID-19! Constantly working to break down barriers is one of the key things …

Diversity Matters’ Ruhela Begum is driven in everything she does by a passion for building up those around her. Always going above and beyond expectation, Ruhela is a bit of a superhero to the community – and as a charity that has the wellbeing of local residents at its core, Diversity Matters wouldn’t be the …

The Women Supporting Women project has run since 2013 and continues to help women across Tameside gain new skills, support one another and take positive steps for their future. Initially set up with funding from the Peoples Health Trust and the Department of Health’s Volunteer Fund, this project has stood the test of time for …

It may sound unlikely, that a shared Chief Officers role would work in a small charity, but Gemma Gaskell and Rehana Begum, who jointly take up this role for Diversity Matters North West, have brought more to the role, than one person could. In 2015, when Diversity Matters North West (DMNW), then Hyde Community Action, …

The people on Diversity Matters’ board are a force to be reckoned with. Without them, the charity wouldn’t be the success that it is today. But who are they and what do they do to support? The level of professionalism on Diversity Matters’ Board of Trustees is incredibly high, which is one of the reasons …

New project across Tameside matches volunteer buddies with people who have long-term conditions, are socially isolated or suffer from loneliness. The volunteers join the clients to take those first steps to join a new activity or club, when overcoming their thoughts and anxieties are too big a hurdle for them to jump alone. So, if …

Diversity Matters’ Hasina Khanom is a true success story for the charity. Her achievements are extraordinary and the work she has done over the past nearly 9 years, is incredible. But Hasina didn’t seem to be destined for such success to begin with. Coming across Diversity Matters (DMNW) in the first place was a life-changing …

A wonderful life-affirming event took place on Saturday at Diversity Matters North West, to honour and remember all those affected by hate in all its forms. Hosted by the staff team, who had come in on a Saturday to share thoughts and embraces with their local community, the event brought together young and old, MPs …

Months into a 3-year programme, the Bright Future Volunteering Project is smashing targets and empowering women from ethnic minorities across Tameside. Since June 2018, 80 volunteers have joined the new project which gives teen girls (15+) and women in Tameside the opportunity to take up meaningful volunteering opportunities in places like nurseries, schools, shops, community …

Determined and focussed Sharin has fought her way through trauma and hardship to reach new goals and help herself and others. The 36-year-old mother and wife was brought up the youngest in a family of eight children in a small town in Bangladesh and came to the UK to settle and start a family with …