Bangladesh Welfare Association - Portsmouth strives to provide a better quality of life for the Bangladeshi community in Portsmouth and the surrounding area. Our aim is to help the community become self-sufficient and successfully integrate into UK society whilst maintaining the integrity of their cultural, religious and linguistic identity.
Our Objectives:
> To relieve and overcome cultural challenges with accessing external support services through provision of advice, information, access and physical development.
> To promote the advancement of culture, education, health & wellbeing, arts, leisure and social welfare within the Bangladeshi community with a strong focus on health and well-being increasing learning for individuals and families in the local community.
> To promote and provide access to resources by providing access to training, awareness and combating social exclusion.
> To provide social inclusion and diversity based activities for the youth (5 -18) and elderly alike through regular group meetings and sporting activates.
Our amazing team of regulars and part-time volunteers are committed to helping others. We take our convictions and turn them into action.
The organisation was formed in 1963 and registered as a charity in 1999 (Registered Charity No: 1074997) to promote the Bangladeshi culture and heritage to the community in Portsmouth and the surrounding area. The charity consistently grown since then through the support of the amazing community!
We focus on making the maximum positive effort for our community. Our committee, members and volunteers provide the momentum that helps us affect change. We aim to provide support to all Bangladeshi's within Portsmouth and its surrounding area without prejudice.
Dear Community,
If the challenges of the past few years have taught us anything, it is the importance of community in challenging times. We must take care of each other the way strong communities do. We strive to grow and change to welcome new members, new ways of delivering help and support and adapting to the ever-changing world.
President – Saliqur Rahman
President: Saliqur Rahman
Vice President: Kazi Abutaher Chowdury
General Secretary: Ameer Ahmed Mizan
Joint Secretary: Mahbub Alom Choudhury
Treasurer: Koyrul Hussain
Associate Treasurer: Mohammed Jakir Hussain
Organising Secretary: M G Farooque
Sports Secretary: Mozib Khan
Development Officer: Layak Muhit
Our community is full of people who want to help. We work to help the people providing services with the people who need them.
We invite you to come and connect with people in new ways. We aim to provide a sense of belonging to a place and community.
Opportunities to learn about getting along with others and where to go to when they need
Our community is full of people who want to help. We work to help the people providing services with the people who need them.
We invite you to come and connect with people in new ways. We aim to provide a sense of belonging to a place and community.
Opportunities to learn about getting along with others and where to go to when they need help. A network they can use to learn about different jobs, skills and so on.
Bangladesh Welfare Association - Portsmouth
Unit 2, 75 Bradford Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 1AA