Ethnic Minority Groups: Wai Yin Society
Wai Yin is committed to serving the wider community and to extending its reach to other ethnic minority groups. We developed partnerships in the past with a number of ethnic minority women’s groups, including the Somali Women’s Forum, the Eritrean Women Society, Women of the Far East (Sudanese) and the Libyan Welfare Association.
Partnership projects continually change and new ones evolve. Our specially trained workers and volunteers provide a luncheon club, exercise classes and social activities and excursions for older Somali women. Our Welcome Centre, Cheetham Hill, is a drop in centre for peoples from all over the world wishing to make a home in Manchester.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Jenny Tsang
- Contact Position
- Senior manager
- Telephone
- 0161 833 0377 0161 833 0377
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jenny_tsang@waiyin.org.uk
- Website
- Yai Yin Society
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Where to go
- Name
- Wai Yin Society
- Address
-
66 - 68
Swan Street
Ancoats
Manchester
- Postcode
-
M4 5JUView M4 5JU on a map
- Notes
We are only five minutes’ walk from Shudehill Public Transport Interchange (Bus, Tram, Centreline)
Costs
- Associated Cost
- Yes
Availability
- Referral required
- Referral Details
We welcome referrals from all ethnic minority individuals and groups in Greater Manchester.
Referrals required for some services. Please call and ask for more information.
Please contact us as soon as possible if you are making referrals!
- Other notes
- We deal with a complex range of issues ranging from abuse, alcohol and drug misuse, crime, deprivation, disability, domestic violence, homelessness, mental health through to poverty and unemployment are all tackled holistically and professionally by the Wai Yin Society. Services are provided across Manchester for BME communities. Staff and volunteers speak many languages, including Cantonese, Mandarin, Somali, Polish, French, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Lithuanian, Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic.
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