Coronavirus Information
Due to Covid-19 Sangini office is currently partially open for staff only and all our services are being provided over the internet.
We work with vulnerable BAME adults/women and safety of our clients, artists and staff is paramount for us.
All our staff are working from home. Our artists have been running online workshops and our women’s groups, both Srijoni and SWAG, have been meeting virtually.
Women are experiencing increased pressure during to the pandemic and cases of domestic violence has increased dramatically.
We are here to help women in a number of ways, so please do not hesitate to contact us if be of assistance to anyone.
Our multi-lingual staff will ensure that all information provided remains confidential.
Please follow Government guidance on staying safe and protecting yourself, your family and the NHS.
Thank you
Sangini
Sangini is a Black and minorities women led community arts project that is committed to ending gender based violence. We seek to improve the quality of Black and minoritised and socially excluded women's lives by increasing their physical, mental and spiritual health through artistic, heritage, crafts and social activities that helps women recover from experiences of gender based violence whilst promoting cultural diversity.
We seek to reach BME, disadvantaged and excluded women in innovative and creative ways whilst providing opportunities for tackling inequalities. Our previous projects have had a positive impact in encouraging women from different communities to engage in educational, creative and participatory activities by providing support and encouragement thereby removing the social and cultural barriers.
History of Sangini
Sangini was set up in 2002 by a group of women who identified a gap in the area of health and looked for ways to raise awareness about it. As a multi- cultural organisation, the emphasis was also on promoting arts and cultural activities of diversity. It soon emerged that it can play a crucial role in tackling inequalities in health through artistic/creative interventions while enhancing social cohesion. Today Sangini has evolved into an organisation with credibility, vision and capacity to deliver its work to highest professional standards.
Our Vision
There will be increasing number of empowered BME (Black and minority ethnic) women and other currently excluded women involved in all aspects of civil and civic life, they will be influencing policies and recognised as decision makers in the mainstream.
Our mission
To improve the quality of women’s lives by increasing their physical, mental and spiritual health and well-being, through artistic, educational, cultural and recreational activities that also celebrate cultural diversity’.
Our aims
- Promote health and wellbeing among women through education and development
- Promote inclusion, integration and participation through the arts, culture and social activities
- Challenge inequalities and invisibility of women at grassroots and policy level.
Our values
Our values are centered on the following:
- The well being and health of all women
- Empowering and uplifting minority women and excluded women
- Learning, enjoyment, creativity and development through the arts
- Promoting inclusion, integration and participation through the arts
- Challenging the inequality and invisibility of women
- Making a difference