Archive for the ‘In The News’ Category

World Cancer Day

February 7th, 2023   |   CEO's Blog   |  

World Cancer Day is a leading international awareness day. Held every 4 February, it’s an initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) aiming to raise worldwide awareness, improving education and catalysing personal, collective and government action. This year’s World Cancer Day’s theme, “Close the Care Gap”, is all about celebrating progress, and enabling more people to seek and obtain care.  Partnership with ‘Answer Cancer’ has funded one of our projects to promote getting screened. One of our Sheung Lok Centre users shares her story of the importance of cancer checks, details below: Our Sheung Lok user shares […]

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Wai Yin Spring 2023 New Courses Timetable

January 12th, 2023   |   Welcome Centre   |  

The Spring 2023 new courses timetable is ready now.   All our courses are for the community, free to access and a mixture of face-to-face and online.   Please do not hesitate to contact us @ 0161 833 0377 if you need further information.   Learners can register by scanning the QR code or following the link   https://waiyin.org.uk/register   Scan the QR code to access the registration form. Spring 2023 Timetable Wai Yin Spring 2023 Course

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Sheung Lok Centre Warm Hub

November 8th, 2022   |   Health & Social Care   |  

Sheung lok centre warm Hub-updated Sheung Lok Centre Warm Hub 常樂愛心送暖 Date: 2022 年 11 月 14 至 2023 年 1 月(逢星期一 Mondays) Time 時間 : 10:30am to 2:00pm · A warm place to be 一個溫暖的地方 · Making new friends 結交新朋友 · Activities 活動 · A free hot lunch 免費午餐一份 To find out more information , please call 0161 2727482 了解更多信息, 請致電 0161 2727482

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The Welcome Centre Warm Hub

November 1st, 2022   |   Welcome Centre   |  

This winter will be very challenging for many individuals, families and communities in Greater Manchester. Rising food and heating costs will cause hardship for many. The Welcome Centre is running a Warm Hub on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, launching on Tuesday 8th November with our Winter Warmer activity.  The Winter Warmer event is an opportunity for people to visit the centre between 11am and 2pm to talk to organisations that can support them with their health, wellbeing and finances to improve their resilience to cope with the difficult winter ahead. We are providing a hot lunch, fun activities such as music, art and Bollywood […]

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Bowel Screening Awareness event

October 11th, 2022   |   Health & Social Care   |  

Bowel Screening Awareness poster 2022 日期 Date :25/10/2022 (星期二 Tueday) 時間: 11am — 12:00 noon 講員 Speaker: Johnson Liu (Cancer Screening Improvement Lead) 地點 location ：常樂中心 Sheung Lok Centre Justin Close, Manchester M13 9UB 有粵語翻譯 請致電 0161 2727482 向翁姑娘或周姑娘報名 Please contact Ms. Yung or Ms Chow on 0161 2727482 to reserve a place.  

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Celebrating International Day of Older Persons

October 4th, 2022   |   CEO's Blog   |  

“Each year, Manchester joins communities around the world in celebrating the United Nations’ International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) on 1 October.  This year we’re celebrating the resilience and contributions of older women, as well as continue to challenge ageism, portraying positive and realistic images of older people.  Women over 65s are the fastest growing female age demographic in Greater Manchester but often feel invisible. Older women’s voices need to be heard so that Manchester is a great place for all women and girls to grow older.  Let’s celebrate the huge economic and social contribution older women make to Manchester, recognising older women as valuable […]

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Wai Yin Autumn 2022 New Courses Timetable

September 17th, 2022   |   Welcome Centre   |  

The Autumn 2022 new courses timetable is ready now. All our courses are for the community, free to access and a mixture of face-to-face and online. Learners can register by scanning the QR code or following the link https://forms.office.com/r/hFeEJrrcpz   Scan the QR code to access the registration form. Courses timetable for your reference. Courses Poster

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BNO Project – New Online Courses

September 16th, 2022   |   Education, Training & Employment   |  

A new set of online courses is available for you to attend until the end of March 2023. 在 2023 年 3 月底之前，持有英國國民(海外)簽証的你，可以參加我們的網上課程。   Parenting & Family Life 育兒和家庭生活 Volunteering & Active Citizenship 志願服務 & 積極公民意識 Employability就業技能 Knowledge for Working in the UK 在英國工作的知識 Everyday skills for Life in the UK 英國生活的日常技能 Introduction to UK Workplace Culture英國職場文化介紹   If you are interested in attending the above courses, please make sure you read the timetable carefully and make sure you can attend these online classes before registering. 如果你有興趣參加上述課程，請務必仔細閱讀時間表，並在註冊之前，確保可以參加這些網上課程。   Below is the link for you to take action. 以下是您採取行動的連結。   https://forms.office.com/r/sC41BuEpLu […]

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022)

September 13th, 2022   |   CEO's Blog   |  

All of us at Wai Yin Society are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We join the nation and the world in sending our thoughts and prayers to the Royal family at this sad time. Wai Yin Society will be closed on Monday 19th September 2022. Appointments will be rescheduled.

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Domestic Violence: Safe Harbour Project

September 6th, 2022   |   Family Unit   |  

The Family Unit has a new project called ‘Safe Harbour’ project that aims to support Chinese women from China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Vietnam whom are living in Greater Manchester and experience domestic abuse.

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BNO Project – Summer sessions – Driving in the UK & Housing in the UK

August 12th, 2022   |   Education, Training & Employment   |  

Two free and exciting summer sessions for BNO visa holders will be held at the Welcome Centre in August.  These sessions are a great introduction to living in the UK and will tell you all about how things work. They are delivered by our tutor David in English and our Cantonese-speaking staff are available if you have any questions. 8 月在歡迎中心為 BNO 簽證持有者舉辦兩場免費且令人興奮的夏季課程。這些活動很好地介紹了在英國的生活，並將告訴你如何運用所學的知識及技能來幫助自己的日常生活。這些課堂由我們的David老師用英語面授。如果你有任何疑問，我們在場的工作人員會隨時為你們提供廣東話翻譯。   On Monday 22nd August, David is delivering a whole day session on Housing in the UK. This session will tell you about renting and buying properties, and how both these systems work in England. 8 月 […]

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On Your Side

August 9th, 2022   |   CEO's Blog   |  

We are proud to be part of a consortium of 15 national and community-based organisations who together are launching this important UK-wide service today! The Covid-19 pandemic and other national and global events led to a dramatic increase in racism and identity-based violence directed towards East and Southeast Asian communities in the UK If you or anyone you know has ever experienced racism and/or any form of hate – reach out. We’re #OnYourSide We’re very proud to be a part of a consortium launching a new support and reporting service offering culturally competent and trauma-informed support for East and Southeast […]

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