ANYiSO

• Membership number 5543
• Charity registered in Scotland SC049959

ANYiSO is established to ensure that African and ethnic minority women, their children and young people from all backgrounds are given the support and services needed to enable them to live better and safer lives free from discrimination, domestic violence and abuse. We ensure that these women,children and young people are confident to raise issues that affect them and empower them through skills development workshops, training and counselling to enable them to be financially independent. In addition, we encourage them and boost their confidence through social and cultural integration.Our objectives are:A) To work with government, mainstream agencies, organisations, and policy makers to enhance the understanding of African and ethnic minority women, children and young people, addressing domestic violence and the barriers that prevents them from accessing services and participating in society.B) To campaign, create awareness, counsel and address violence against women, children and young people such as FGM, domestic violence, forced marriages and human trafficking.C) To empower adults, children and young people by providing skills, training, workshops, seminars, conferences and health and wellbeing opportunities to enable them to be economically independent thereby preventing and relieving poverty.D) To promote diversity and integration in arts, culture and heritage through arranging training and performances to promote dance, arts, science, music, sports, fashion shows and cultural and community activities which in turn promotes community cohesion and encourages confidence building in adults, children and young people.E) To help adults, children and young people to connect to networks, access support and services to prevent and relieve poverty.

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