Below are some of the support agencies available in West Wales for people from an ethnic minority background.

• BAME Mental Health Service

  BMHS is a not-for-profit organisation focused on education and advocacy to inspire a mentally healthy Ethnic Minority community by providing support appropriate to their mental health and wellbeing.

  Address: 230 High Street, Swansea SA1 1NY

  Telephone: 0800 144 8824

  Email: [email protected]

  Website: https://www.bamementalhealth.org/

• BAWSO

  BAWSO provide practical and emotional prevention, protection and support services to Black Minority Ethnic and migrant victims of Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence, Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.

  Based in Swansea, it is best to email them with a request for support so that they can direct the request to the appropriate department.

  Telephone: 01792 642003

  Email: [email protected]

  Website: http://www.bawso.org.uk

• ACE - Change Grow Live

  The ACE project’s is based in Cardiff aimed at enabling migrant individuals living in Wales to gain sustainable employment. Case officers can meet participants at convenient locations within their communities. 

  Telephone: 02920 221936

  Email: [email protected]

  Website: https://www.changegrowlive.org

• Chinese In Wales Association

  Charity based in Swansea providing core services such as language services in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka-Chinese, and English, advocacy.

  Email: [email protected]

  Website: https://chineseinwales.org.uk/

• Hywel Dda - Community Development outreach

  Aim is to provide healthcare information in a variety of languages.

  Telephone: 01554 899055

  Email:[email protected]  or [email protected]
  

   

• PAVS - Community Connectors

  Support for people to access community-level services and activities that will help maintain independent lives.

  Telephone: 01437 723660 – between 9-5pm weekdays only.

  Email: [email protected]

  Website: Community Connectors | Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (pavs.org.uk)

• EYST - Wales

  Support for ethnic minority young people, their families and communities in Wales.

  There is a project to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to extreme and exploitation.  Delivering asylum and refugee support services in Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Powys.  Offering capacity building support to smaller BME community groups via BME skills project.

  Website: www.eyst.org.uk

• EYST- Pembrokeshire Youth Project

  A partnership between EYST Wales and Haverfordwest Mosque providing weekly drop in, sports initiatives and 1:1 mentoring.

  Telephone:  07709086825

  Email Afia: [email protected]

  Website: Haverfordwest Youth Project — EYST

• Llanelli Multicultural Network - Carmarthenshire

  A network that brings the people of Llanelli and Carmarthenshire together through public and private events, social gatherings, volunteering.

  Aims to reduce the social isolation and increase equality of opportunity of people from different cultural backgrounds, particularly from BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) and GRT (Gypsy & Roma Traveller) communities.

  To increase intercultural understanding, tolerance and community cohesion through the celebration and recognition of people from different cultural backgrounds, including the Welsh culture, in the area.

  Address: St Pauls Family Centre Ger Y Llan, Llanelli SA15 1DN

  Telephone: 07952 128108

  Email: [email protected]

• GT Wales

  Support to enable Gypsies and Travellers to achieve a high-quality standard of living. Covers accommodation, challenging discrimination and improving access to public services and education.

  Telephone: 02920214411

  Email: [email protected] 

  Website: Gypsies and Travellers Wales – GT Wales

• The Romani Cultural and Arts Company

  The Romani Cultural Arts Company is the leading Romani and Traveller community-based organisation in Wales, traditionally using the arts and culture as a vehicle for advocacy and empowerment, amongst the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

  Address: Temple Court, 13a Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9HA

  Telephone: 02920 786439

  Email: [email protected]

  Website: http://www.romaniarts.co.uk

If you need more details or would like to add information to this page, please contact our Community Development Team Leader [email protected]