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CENTRE FOR ARMENIAN INFORMATION AND ADVICE
Coronavirus information in Armenian and other languages
COVID Guidance in Armenian & other language published by Doctors of the World UK, part of the Médecins du Monde network: https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Armenian-Covid19-Guidance-v2-16.03.2020.pdf Full list of Translated...
Public Announcement
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEConcern for the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) is increasing by the day. It is imperative that our community prepares itself for this pandemic on one hand and...
Coronavirus Notice
Our charity is working hard to respond to the changing situation around Coronavirus (COVID-19) related issues. We do our best to continue to provide our services for our members and the Armenian community at large and ask for your patience during this...
Introduction to Armenian History, Culture & Identity – Session 2
On the 23rd February 2020, CAIA welcomed Emilia Ashken Wyszynski to deliver a presentation about ‘Nor Arax’, an Armenian village in Bari, a port city by the Adriatic Sea, Southern Italy. What connects her to this village was her grandfather, Diran...
An Introduction to Armenian History, Culture & Heritage – Session 1
Excellent afternoon with Andre Simonian (FanPage) from The Beautified Project at Hayashen yesterday 16th February 2020. All those present enjoyed, contributed positively and welcomed his ground-breaking documentary "Melody for Harmony". The documentary...
CAIA achieved the Safer Supplementary Schools Award
CAIA was one of handful of organisations who've achieved the Safer Supplementary Schools Award by Ealing Council.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/young_eal…/…/1235158619127238656/photo/1
Introduction to Armenian History, Cultural and Heritage – Session 3
The third in the series took place on Sunday 1 March 2020 and the subject was “The Armenian Diaspora Survey” presented by Dr Hratch Tchillingirian. The intention of the project was to find out the thinking of the people that make up the Armenian diaspora....
London Legal Walk 2020: Support CAIA’s Legal Advice Service
Some CAIA members will be taking part in the London Legal Walk 2020 on Monday the 8th of June to raise funds – Join us!
Introduction to Armenian History, Culture & Identity Course
2020 dates:Sunday 16 February – Melody for Harmony – Documentary film – Andre Simonian (National Award-winning Armenian singer/songwriter, The Beautified Project)Sunday 23 February – "Nor Arax" an Armenian Village in Southern Italy – Emilia Ashken De...
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.
The Dark Years in Cartoons
See a selection of post-Soviet cartoons from Armenia, picked by our volunteer Jivan Cheterian
Ատամհատիկ | Atamhatik
Story of one tooth…
Images of Ottoman Empire from the Pierre de Gigord Collection
See a selection of some fascinating photographs here…