Submitted by rodrigo on 13 February, 2008 - 11:04.
I am organising an event on 29 March 2008 for migrant workers, and their families, who have come to live and work in East Lothian and are attending our classes. We run 12 english classes across our region for about 70 learners of whom many are young adults. They come from many different countries including Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Bulgaria, China, Hong Kong, Mozambique, Pakistan, India, Thailand.
The event is a celebration of the diversity of cultures now thriving in East Lothian, of participation in local life, and of the English language. It will be a fun event with food, music and dance. The aim is to get people networking with each other and for us to find out how well the current classes are working for everyone, what else we could do that might be helpful in terms of language and learning generally, and putting people in touch with other community services that might be useful (services that can give advice on training, jobs, housing, etc..) We will also have youth workers there giving advice on youth activities in East Lothian. Six young people aged 10-15 years have so far said they would like to come along and
we expect more by the time of the event.
We have read on your website about the Council of Europe’s Campaign All Different - All Equal and feel our event identifies with many of your aims. We would be delighted if we could promote our event under your banner.
We wish you good luck with the continuing campaign and look forward to hearing from you.
Annette
Greenfield
