The purpose of the Community service is to create opportunities for the Chinese people in education and training, help them in overcoming the language barrier and to support members of the Chinese community who feel isolated.
社區協助是提高華人的知識水平，改進教育增取就業機會。協助華人衝破語言的障礙，讓華人能和皆地溶入主流社會。
Drop in Centre 免費信息中心
All are welcome to the drop in centre, was supported by Award for All (see leaflet), here you can ask questions and receive help to adapt to lives in England. We will give you sign post and direction to gain help from our local authority or Central government. Our volunteers could help the new immigrants translate their documentation or mail for those who struggle with the English Language.
Community Activities 社區活動
It aims to provide the Chinese Community a place to meet and learn to improve their communication skill, employment and self-confident, this project was supported by Llody Foundation Fund. Free welfare sign post information and translation service available to help Chinese speakers overcome language barriers and reduce isolation for them and to integrate into local societies. We established a link with Jewish woman group to work with the Chinese community. Women’s Voice and has been helping the new immigrants to settle down in Manchester. Through these programmes there is an increase to understanding and awareness of the needs of Chinese communities locally; also through sharing activities between other communities. See our Open Day.
Dragon Boat Race Festival in Greater Manchester 華人龍舟赛
Salford Dragon Boat Race was held at Greater Manchester, Salford Quay. It was organised by Mr. Kin Cheng. The origin of this Event was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional Chinese folk festival- the Dragon Boat Festival; but Greater Manchester Dragon Boat was held in Mid August during our summer holiday. They promoted this event as Water Sport for charity fund raise. Our Children took part in Chinese Folk dance and Dragon Dance by our Dragon Dance Club.
Promote Chinese Culture 推擴中華文化
The aim of our community section is to raise culture awareness and raise the voice for the Chinese community through representation of the views and interests of the local community. See our Opening Day. We work with Greater Manchester Refugee Art Exodus for our commmunity art and International Women’s Day.
English Language Corner 英語交流角
English Language Corner was established in March 2006. Its aim is provide a place for new immigrants to meet and learn. New immigrants are afraid in a strange land, facing language barriers and unable to communicate with the locals, they long to find true friendship and complete acceptance there. As globalisation blurs national borders, seeking work abroad is becoming increasingly common. It is important for the British to learn to see things from the perspectives of foreign labourers and immigrants. Our volunteers would like to learn and help the new immigrants in their needs
The Language corner was established to help immigrants to cope with their day to day communication English language skill support by Jewish woman group. This program allows volunteers to teach the new immigrants English and build a friendship between them. This will help them to overcome the language barrier and to start new life in England and could make new friends at a new environment.
Community Translation Service 社區中英翻譯服務
Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) provide teachers to teach in Youth Community Interpering Course during summer holiday. This program allows young volunteers to help the Manchester local communities as interpretors. In return they could improve or learn Chinese language and gain working experience.
Please see Community Interpreting Course for more information.
Refugee Week 難民週
We have collaborated with Barnado’s to create workshops for refugee child to enjoy; this can develop their understanding of different cultures and allow them to adapt to their life in England more easily. This includes different types of Chinese arts, crafts, music, martial arts and dance. See Refugee Week. Our volunteers have been involving with Refugee Art Exodus since 2003.
Manchester Chinese Achieve 曼城華人歷史檔案
We collect Archive material from the Chinese community. We aim to help the Chinese community to understand their own cultural and family history, and to keep record of the Chinese development in the United Kingdom. The best way to remember your family or loved ones is by putting their archives together. Please contact us if you would like to help to do this.
To further these aims we
- Collect Chinese Archive materials
- Help the Chinese to keep a family history
- Recording the China town’s development Sharing Chinese Archive materials with the public
We are very excited about the Manchester Chinese Archive. We have collected interviews from Chinese residents, clothes, books, documents, jewellery, photos and much more. The Archive is a living, breathing history of Manchester’s Chinese community and we are very grateful to all those who have gifted the Archive with their memories. We are especially excited about Chinese New Year 2011, when the MOSI will be hosting an exhibition of the Archive for all of Greater Manchester to enjoy! Come and learn about the kung-fu history of the take-aways, come and hear your city’s history as told by those who have lived it!
華人之家設有華人歷史檔案部。回首來時路，往往令人珍惜歷史的片段。每個平凡的人，背後卻藏著一個不平凡的經歷，把它保傳下來就成為我們的檔案。別輕視每一個小小的腳印，腳印連著腳，匯成無盡的歷史長河
- 收集華人歷史檔案
- 協助寫個人歷史
- 記綠唐人街的發展史
- 華人歷史檔案將會供作研究工作
Community Event and Activities 社區活動
Archive photos are available at Manchester Chinese Centre
Chinese
- New Year 中國新年
- Wythenshawe Council - One World 同 一個世界節日
- Manchester City Council 2010 Road show 曼城市政府路邊議程
- Mancat Library Open Day / Mancat 圖書館開幕活動
- Local Authority Event – 曼城市政府節日
- Chorlton Library 圖書館重開活動
- International Women’s Day, Manchester 慶祝國際婦女節
- Salford Women’s Day Salford 慶祝國際婦女節
- Womens’ Voice 婦女之聲
- Grumpy Children Event 兒童關懷日