International Womens Day : Women of Possibilities

February 28th, 2018   |   CEO's Blog   |  

We are engaging in a number of activities this month to promote International Womens Day 2018. On Saturday, there will be a “walk for women” in the city centre.

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Thank You all Visitors, Volunteers and Staff at our Chinese New Year Stall

February 21st, 2018   |   CEO's Blog   |  

 A very big “thank you” to all the visitors who celebrated with us, and staff and volunteers who turned out on Sunday 18th February in Albert Square to assist with Manchester’s Chinese New Year of the Dog celebrations, which raised awareness of  Wai Yin Society’s services among the general public. This year’s festival was arguably the best ever!

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Wai Yin awarded Matrix Quality Mark

February 14th, 2018   |   CEO's Blog   |  

We are delighted to announce that Wai Yin Society has recently renewed and been re-awarded the Matrix Standard. We have been successful in obtaining the Matrix Quality Mark for another 3 years!

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Free ESOL Course for Mums, Grandmums and Babies

February 7th, 2018   |   Education, Training & Employment   |  

Stepping stones promo Day: Every Wednesday Time: 10:30am to 11:30am Venue: Wai Yin Headquarter (66-68 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5 JU) Remark: Children must be 4 years and below Limited Spaces, Please enrol ASAP！ For more information, please contact Wai Yin Society. Telephone: 0161 833 0377 Email: info@waiyin.

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Chinese New Year Celebration 2018

January 31st, 2018   |   In The News   |  

Banquet menu

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Chinese New Year Office Closed on Friday 16th February

January 31st, 2018   |   In The News   |  

Office Closed Notice Wai Yin Society will be closed on Friday 16th February 2018 for the Chinese New Year. Service will resume on Monday 19th February 2018.

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Health Promotion: Living Well after Cancer

January 17th, 2018   |   Health & Social Care   |  

We have successfully applied for a small grant to run upcoming events in Jan/Feb 2018, to raise awareness of cancer, and to encourage people to join a nationwide cancer screening.  The first is a health promotion talk, presented by Gary Witham of MMU Research Institute for Health and Social Change.

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Manchester Supplementary School Accreditation Award

January 17th, 2018   |   Family Unit   |  

We are delighted to announce that, we are the first organisation to receive the new Manchester Supplementary School Accreditation Award, Foundation Level. Manchester City Council have recently created this award to prioritise safeguarding, and to keep children and young people safe in our city.

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Wai Yin is an Approved SELT Course Provider

January 10th, 2018   |   Education, Training & Employment   |  

We are excited to share the news that Wai Yin Society continues to be involved as a SELT (Secure English Language Tests) approved course provider for Trinity’s UKVI approved English Exams. This means that we help learners prepare for A1, A2 and B1 English tests, which are required for visa applications.

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Revised Jan – Mar 2018 Course schedule

December 22nd, 2017   |   Education, Training & Employment   |  

Both English and Chinese version of revised Jan – Mar 2018 Course Schedule have been uploaded.  Please see attachment.

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Wai Yin Opening Hours at Xmas 2017 & New Year 2018 慧妍社聖誕節和新年開放時間

December 20th, 2017   |   In The News   |  

2oth December 2017 (Wednesday) 星期三   Closed at 1.00pm 開放至下午一時 25th December 2017 (Monday)星期一   Closed 休息 26th December 2017 (Tuesday)星期二   Closed 休息 27th December 2017 (Wednesday)星期三   Closed 休息 1st January 2018 (Monday)星期一   Closed 休息

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Jan – March 2018 Course Schedule

December 13th, 2017   |   Education, Training & Employment   |  

Hello all, our new term is starting in January 2018. Please click below for the new term schedule.

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Writing the Future Project Celebration Event

December 6th, 2017   |   Family Unit   |  

Wai Yin Society is dedicated to provide services to Black Minority Ethnic communities in Greater Manchester,  and our Family Unit delivers projects to address the needs of BME families, including Dealing with Crisis, supporting, family welfare and Youth work. As a part of that, we operate the Writing the Future Project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Vietnamese Academics Visit Wai Yin Society

November 22nd, 2017   |   CEO's Blog   |  

Recently (23rd October) we were delighted to welcome a group of academic visitors from Vietnam to Wai Yin Society. They spent time with us learning about the UK’s system of, and our specific model of health and social care that we apply at our Sheung Lok Wellbeing Centre.

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China Women’s Delegation Visits Wai Yin Society

November 1st, 2017   |   CEO's Blog   |  

We were pleased to welcome a delegation of visitors from Jiangxi Provincial Women’s Federation, People’s Republic of China, to our offices on Friday 27th October. We explained in a series of presentations and discussions the needs and challenges that we, and our service users, faced since our beginnings in Chinatown some 30 years ago to Chinese women and their families in order that they participate fully in British life;  the vastly expanded services (including health and social care, anti-poverty, welfare advice, family support, youth work, ESOL lessons) that we now deliver from our three Centres in Greater Manchester to people […]

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