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Highlights
"A wonderful community hub. Chute House is a beautiful building and the BMF team are incredibly welcoming and helpful."
"The best place in Basingstoke for multicultural events. Their IT suite and meeting rooms are top-notch and very affordable."
"We hosted our training here. The facilities are great, Wi-Fi is fast, and the history of the building adds a lovely touch."
Join Us
BMF wishes to offer a voice and actively engage with culturally diverse hard-to-reach groups, promote better understanding between different religions and cultures.
About Us
The Basingstoke Multicultural Forum (BMF) is an umbrella organisation for community of diverse cultures, ethnicity and religion. Our membership includes 27 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups, plus many individual members mostly from BAME backgrounds
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The forum was established to promote better understanding between different religions and cultures in the borough. It encourages social contact by organising social, religious, cultural and educational activities. It also aims to establish links with the voluntary sector and local authority networks, to provide a way for culturally diverse communities to raise their issues.
Our Vision
To be the catalyst for inclusion, social cohesion and respect for diversity amongst the different communities in Basingstoke.
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Our Mission
Promote better understanding and cohesion between communities of diverse cultures, ethnicities and religious backgrounds.
Provide a platform for BME communities to connect with their heritage and support their socio-economic development-built links with relevant agencies and service providers to ensure that people in hard-to-reach communities get the services they need and participate positively in civic society.
What We Do
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We Build Cohesion
We promote better understanding between different faiths and cultures in Basingstoke and Deane, enabling dialogues and collaboration, as well as supporting each other to be an integral part of local society and its development.
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We Organise Events to Network
Through our numerous social, religious, cultural and educational activities, we encourage social contact amongst different communities.
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We Strengthen
We work to establish links with and offer consultations to the rest of the voluntary sector alliances and local authority networks, and thus provide a main channel through which culturally diverse communities can raise their issues.
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We Educate
We work carefully selected partners to ensure various training opportunities are available throughout the year the help members build capability in a diverse range of disciplines.
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We Provide Care
We offer hot desk facilities for small community based groups. We also offer guidance for a wide range of issues including housing, employment, health, immigration, consumer, debt, community, benefits, equality, family and transport. This service can also be accessed online.
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We Consult
We organise a range of advice surgeries provided by solicitors, police and others.
Impact Stories
Jane’s Been A Migrant Worker Since She Was Just 12
In many of the communities BMF supports, mental health is often a “silent” issue due to cultural stigma. “Jane,” an older member of a minority ethnic group, was struggling with deep isolation and depression but felt that seeking professional help was a sign of weakness or “dishonor” to his family.
Bringing Diversity Together & Social Cohesion
Sarah, a local student, joined a BMF-supported heritage project at Chute House. By working alongside elders from different backgrounds to document the town’s multicultural history, she saw her neighbors in a new light. These interactions replaced “othering” with understanding, fostering a sense of shared belonging in North Hampshire.
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