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CENTRE FOR ARMENIAN INFORMATION AND ADVICE
PEACE ON EARTH IN 2021 AND NO MORE PANDEMIC OR WAR
This Christmas and New Year is a very unusual and sad end to a traumatic year. It feels somehow wrong to be engaging in the usual joyfulness especially as the pandemic continues to cause havoc, be it in the UK or Armenia or around the world.Nevertheless,...
Lockdown
The new national lockdown restrictions came into force from 5th January until mid-February 2021.Some businesses and places are permitted to be open for a small number of exempt activities as long as safety arrangements are in place. A full list of...
Grief and Courage in Nagorno Karabakh | HART Visit Report
Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) release the findings from their November 2020 visit to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. You can download the full report below.On 27 September 2020, Azerbaijan and Turkey launched a joint-military offensive against the...
FREE Training in Job Search Skills
During November 2020 for four consecutive Tuesdays, the CAIA delivered workshops at Hayashen in job search skills in accordance with COVID-19 regulations. 15 people benefited from the training delivered by professional trainer and career coach, Alison...
Increasing your Self-Confidence & learning Assertiveness Skills
Increasing your Self-Confidence & learning Assertiveness Skills Tuesday, 1 December⋅09:45 – 15:15 Daily £10 shopping voucher in lieu of Out of pocket travel expenses for those attending will be paid and Lunch/refreshments provided Course delivered by...
Lockdown
The new national lockdown restrictions came into force from 5th November until 2nd December.To reduce social contact, certain businesses/charities and venues must close or restrict how they provide goods and services.This has impacted CAIA too, therefore...
Go Karting Fun Day
Despite the gloomy rain 36 young people had a great day out at Brentwood Go karting Raceway on 27th October 2020. The day was organised by CAIA's Hayashen Armenian Youth Club thanks to the support of the BBC Children In Need. All the young people excelled...
Thank You Scarlet
After 10 years working with us at CAIA, Scarlet Sarksan, our Health and Support Worker is leaving us to focus on her own private practice. Over the years, Scarlet has combined working and studying to gain her qualifications as a counselling psychologist. ...
Why the Armenian diaspora is rallying as war rages in Nagorno-Karabakh
Article written by Ido Vock for the New Statesman titled Why the Armenian diaspora is rallying as war rages in Nagorno-Karabakh: A long history of genocide and pogroms informs the response to the conflict with Azerbaijan talks about how "Over the past ten...
CAIA Strategic Review
After 30 years of delivering highly-regarded, vital programmes in the Armenian community, we felt it was time to gain more insight into our work. We knew we were making a difference, but we wanted more data on our impact. Was it possible to reach more Armenians than before? Did our programmes meet the needs of recently arriving Armenians as well as second and third generations?
We are deeply grateful to the Lloyds Foundation for funding in 2018/2019 to explore these questions and many more. Over the last year, this funding paid for staff time as well as an external consultant to help us with this work. We carried out a series of focus groups, surveys and interviews with community members and beneficiaries across London. Staff members and Trustees came together in mid-2018 to explore this research and develop strategic priorities for the next three years. As a result, the Trustees were able to produce a new 3 year Strategic Plan that will help us grow and achieve more in the years to come. Our plan is a public document stating our commitment to the community, so we are delighted to share it here in English and Western Armenian.
(The Western Armenian version has been kindly translated by Programme of Armenian Studies | Հայագիտական Ուսմանց Ծրագիր)
Emotional Wellbeing Support
This exciting new project is funded by People’s Health Trust using money raised through The Health Lottery in London West. The project aims to provide a safe, secure and culturally familiar environment for Armenians and those associated with them to share their personal experiences and examine the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviour patterns. There is also the opportunity to benefit from a limited amount of 1:1 sessions.
UK Armenians & WW1
UK Armenians and WW1 is a 2-year project funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. The aim was to create an audio-visual archive of the experiences of the Armenian community in the UK during WW1. A number of interviews were conducted with project contributors who kindly shared their own personal family stories.
Testimonies of War, a short documentary was also produced based on these interviews. Further research was also carried out in relation to Armenian Soldiers, Doctors, Refugees and other community members. These formed the basis of multiple exhibitions.
What is Armenian Food?
Read an excellent blog post talking about Armenian Cuisine, written by Ed Stambollouian - an amateur food writer and passionate home cook, published on his website www.londoncooking.co.uk See the excerpt below and click here to read the blog. Blog...
The Dark Years in Cartoons
See a selection of post-Soviet cartoons from Armenia, picked by our volunteer Jivan Cheterian
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