The Slough ChangeUp Consortium Local Infrastructure Development Plan has now been published. Having been six months in the making, the report presents crucial issues that need to be addressed for the future development of Voluntary and Community Organisations in Slough. The Additional Support Programme (ASP) looks at the needs faced by BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) groups and will be published shortly. View: ChangeUp Report Published!

Over 50 people came together at the latest I > CAN event, on the one hand to celebrate the end of the Connecting Communities project in Slough, and on the other hand to gain an insight into I > CAN's future. The participants (Community Champions, Community Empowerment Trainees and Community Researchers) also evaluated the projects they have been involved in. View: I > CAN Event - March 2006

On the 14th of December 2005 , Slough Race Equality Council hosted the South East regional meeting for the Connecting Communities project. Topics on the agenda included: View: Connecting Communities - South East Network Meeting

Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes. What may inspire one person, need not inspire another. For me inspiring is when the little girl asks her mum if she can carry nana’s shopping, because she’s worried it’ll be too heavy for her. Inspiring is when the young boy offers his seat on the tube, to a pregnant lady. Inspiration is not only found in the rich and famous. Inspiration is found in you and I. We just have to look into ourselves and into one another. View: Food for Thought

We fear the unknown and regrettably in the case of racial groups, those that are different to our own. This can manifest its self as prejudice and discrimination. Previously it was thought that prejudice may be ‘hard-wired’ in the brain, however new research by psychologists from Princeton University suggests this is not the case. View: Prejudice is not Inevitable