Our Projects

We were delighted to host our annual celebration of International Women’s Day with like-minded sister organisations Stevenage Inner Wheel and Soroptimist International Hertford and District Club. This year’s theme is #embraceequity and the speakers provided an excellent platform for discussing their own stories and accomplishments to overcome gender barriers both personally and professionally.  It was […]

The “12 weeks to wellness” pilot. We were commissioned by HCC Public Health working on the BAME Health Equity to run a 12 Week Wellness Programme. It consisted of healthy eating and exercise in partnership with Shephall Health Centre and two other GP surgeries in Bedwell and King George’s. We scoped and developed the best methods on how to recruit patients to consider […]

Stevenage World Forum held their AGM, celebrating 21 years of diversity of our beautiful town. Stevenage World Forum was established in October 2000 to give ethnic minorities a voice and platform. This year’s AGM these focused on ethnic minorities in democracy and was attended by newly elected councillors: Cllr Patsy Spears; Cllr Michal Siewniak; Cllr […]

Stevenage day is on the largest free events of its kind in Hertfordshire and was held at King George V playing fields. The event saw a wide variety of specialist food vendors and over 200 stalls dedicated to charities, voluntary organisations, local businesses, free fun activities and stage performances. 

This event was organised by Stevenage World Forum in collaboration with Soroptimists International. Tom Pena gave a talk and demo on situational awareness which was very well received by the audience, followed by table discussions on a series of questions. Very insightful discussions on the tables on gender equality and how being a woman in […]

Stevenage World Forum continues to stand in solidarity with Ukraine. It was great to see members of Stevenage Borough Council, various distinguished speakers and community organisations present at the Town Centre Square in tribute to the people of Ukraine. 

Stevenage World Forum hosted a stall at the St Nicholas Centre to celebrate St Nicholas Day. It was a well received event attended by the various different communities in Stevenage. 

This year, Stevenage World Forum celebrated its 20th Anniversary at their AGM, and what better way to do it than celebrating with friends and family who have supported us relentlessly over the last 20 years. We were joined by Denzil and Errol who shared their early stories of arriving in Stevenage and how Cllr Sherma […]

Stevenage World Forum was very proud to be a part of Stevenage International Day this year and to have stall present at the heart of the Stevenage Town Centre. It was great to see the multicultural performances on stage by Warriorz, Ras Demo, Asian Drumming and Filipino Dancers and well as a day of great […]

Stevenage World Forum have had the pleasure to work with Hertfordshire Libraries and Nysa Projects to pull together a programme of events and activities in libraries across Hertfordshire – including digital engagements, arts adminstration and creative content creation. This project allowed opportunities for people (16+) to work alongside professional artists and build a portfolio in […]

We recently featured in The Comet! Our Naz (Community Connector) was featured in their August edition to talk about the work SWF has been involved in with the aim of improving of quality of life, education, social, economic and cultural life of the Borough. 

International Youth Day is a global day to celebrate the social, economic and cultural achievements of women.  This year, the theme for International Women’s Day was “Women in leadership” and we chose to celebrate this by hosting a virtual show on SG1 Radio to talk about  the tremendous efforts being made by women and girls […]

We partnered with local charities and Stevenage Borough Council and were successful with our funding application to Hertfordshire Community Foundation.  This project was developed as the impact of the outbreak of the COVID-19 health pandemic in 2020 clearly demonstrated on the big health inequalities and racism.   On behalf of the ethnic community, we were committed […]

International Youth Day is a brilliant way to promote rational thinking among the youth, who are the future of this town. This is a day to celebrate the youth with their values, principles and beliefs.  This year’s event was held virtually in conjunction with SG1 Radio. A Zoom marathon was conducted and streamed live on […]

International Women’s Day is not simply a day of celebration, but a call for action to continue to press for complete gender equality. Stevenage World Forum joined along with other organisations from countries around the world, marking International Women’s Day as a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. International […]

The Inter Faith event took place on 14th November 2019. This was open to all members of the public for free with no registration required. The beauty of this project allowed participants to get to know one another and learn more about each other’s faiths. 

“Celebrating Diverse Cultures to increase understanding and create community cohesion.” This annual project aims to celebrate, foster and promote community events and community cohesion. Our application for funding included organising  Family & Community Events, including multi-cultural festivals throughout the year with a showcase of cultural talent, food and music.  One of the aims of this project […]

The third annual “Food for Thought” event took place to honour United Nations World Food Day. This took place on Saturday 13th October at the Bedwell Community Centre. The fundraising event brought together 10 ethnic community groups, each of which prepared various traditional dishes for everyone to sample. There were delights from around the world […]

This event took place in May 2011.  A vibrant project, which enabled several different cultures,  all age groups and professions to learn about the community’s heritage, their history about living in Stevenage and their love for food and music. Some learning materials (in the form of DVD) were provided which the primary aged children had […]

A European Union-funded initiative, the IT4U computer training course ran between September and November 2010. The course gave 20 senior citizens of the community the opportunity to develop basic computer skills to enhance their quality of life. Over the 18-week programme, the students attended weekly training sessions (there were two groups of 10 students) during […]

Take Part Hertfordshire is a nationally funded two-year programme that commenced in 2009. As part of the national learning framework, it aims to enable groups and individuals to get more involved in local communities,  decision making processes and have a stronger voice.  Take Part Hertfordshire is all about empowering people who may feel they do […]