Name: Highfields Community Association
Address: 96 Melbourne Road, Leicester LE20DS
Telephone: 01162531053
Price range: $$

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Organisation description

Highfields Centre is located in the metaphorical and physical heart of a vibrant and diverse community in Leicester. The centre and its co-located partner agencies provide a varied range of community educational and developmental services to an area of inner-city Leicester which has some of the most structurally disadvantaged and financially poorest communities in Britain.

HC has a long and prestigious track record of developing and delivering a wide range of community focused activities, including academic, vocational, and first rung learning courses, cultural events and sports and youth work activities for well over 40 years.

Address

96 Melbourne Road, Leicester LE20DS

Phone number (for public/helpline)

01162531053

Public Email Address

aiyub.zamakda@highfieldscentre.ac.uk

Website address

https://highfieldscentre.ac.uk/

Listing Category

Children and young people, Living well and staying healthy, Long term conditions, illnesses and diseases, Mental health, Other

Specific community covered (if any)

African, Arab, BAME, Bangladeshi, Caribbean, Children and young people, Elderly, Faith Groups, Indian, Men, Pakistani, Polish, Somali, South Asian, Sylheti, Women, Other

Specialist areas covered

Asylum seekers/refugees/vulnerable migrants, Carers (paid and unpaid), Covid related support, Dementia, Disabilities, Domestic abuse/abuse, Drug and alcohol use, Education, Employment, Foodbanks and financial deprivation, Long term conditions, Mental Health, Other, Physical fitness and nutrition, Social deprivation/isolation/loneliness

Area organisation covers

Leicester

Languages covered

Arabic, Bangladeshi, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Sylheti, Urdu

Specific workforce skills

Coaching, Communication, Computer literacy, Conflict management, Creative thinking, Customer service, Digital empowerment, Education, Equalities and human rights, Facilitation, Health & Safety, Influencing, Learning & Development/training, Mentoring, Negotiation and persuasion, Networking, Planning, Project Management, Publishing, Service design/user research, Social media, Sustainability, Training