Equality and Diversity

A Celebration of Bury

The brochure "A Celebration of Bury" is a useful resource for anyone wishing to understand a little more about the various major faiths and cultures within Bury, and also provides a brief history of Bury itself.

It includes:

• an expression of the main faiths, with a focus upon the essence of the faith, key dates and religious practices.
• an investigation into different cultural norms and values, with a focus on tradition, language, recreation and cuisine.
• a brief statistical breakdown of the ethnic groups and religions within Bury.

The brochure can be accessed by following this link.

Supporting Employers Supporting Migrant Workers

Supporting the regions economy and communities is a charity called Migrant Workers North West which aims to:

• To promote 'best practice' in the employment of migrant workers including fair conditions of employment and positive recruitment practices.
• To provide a region wide reference point for support services available to migrant workers and their communities.
• To identify specific training needs amongst migrant workers and skills already within the migrant worker communities.
• To promote 'best practice' amongst policy makers towards legislation affecting migrant workers.

You can contact the charity in the following ways:
Telephone: 0161 877 6331
Web: http://www.migrantworkersnorthwest.org/

Advice on migrant workers rights can be obtained from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in the following ways:
Telephone: 0207 215 5000
Web Site: http://www.berr.gov.uk/employment/migrant-workers/index.html

Jewish Awareness

We are pleased to be able to provide you with information which we have obtained through our training providers. 

This information gives a brief description of communal organisations that can be accessed to support people  of the Jewish faith, there is also a useful glossary of terms and finally the "Judaism as a way of life" document gives an overview of customs, rites and information that occur within Judaism.

Judiasm A Way Of Life

Asian Migration

We are pleased to be able to provide you with information on Asian Migration on a national and local level.  The document below looks at Islam as a faith and provides understanding of tradition, culture family values and a range of issues from birth to death.

Asian Immigration to Britain