Activities & Services

Families & Education

Liverpool Arabic Centre is currently running an Education Project for children and young people aged 4 - 13.

We provide:

- Arabic Language Classes
- Supplementary Classes in English, Maths and Science
- Parent Support Workshops
- Nursery for Pre-School children
- Educational Trips
- Other fun and social activities

Research on the Educational Attainment of Yemeni and Somali Children & Young People

Liverpool Arabic Centre (LAC) recently worked in partnership with Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS), the Black and Other Racial Minorities (BRM) Network, and three local schools to commission research on low educational achievement within the Yemeni and Somali communities.

Full report on the Educational Attainment of Yemeni and Somali Secondary School Pupils 2005/06 (English Version)

Executive Summary of report on the Educational Attainment of Yemeni and Somali Secondary School Pupils 2005/06 (English Version)

Executive Summary of report on the Educational Attainment of Yemeni and Somali Secondary School Pupils 2005/06 (Arabic Version)

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival 2008

Following on from the continuous annual success of the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival, LAC is working alongside the Bluecoat and LAAF partners in preparation for this year's festival which aims to be the largest annual Arabic Arts Festival in the U.K.

www.arabicartsfestival.co.uk

The Arabic Heritage of Liverpool

The Arabic community first came to Liverpool in the 19th century and is one of the oldest ethnic minority communities in the UK. However, there is a lack of awareness, understanding, appreciation and preservation of this rich cultural heritage and it's contribution to Liverpool both amongst the non-Arabic and Arabic communities, particularly the younger generation. It is now vital that this rich aspect of Liverpool’s heritage is captured before it is lost. This project aims to bring older and younger generations of the Arabic community together in reminiscence workshops, facilitated by an oral historian. Visual artists, professional poets & writing facilitators will work on the project with a focus on six cultural themes; home, leisure, learning, family, food and work. The older generation, remembering and recounting their experience, and the younger generation exploring contemporary cultural attitudes and how these have changed over time.

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Information & Advice Services

Information point

Our office is open Monday - Friday between 10am and 4pm. We provide a range of leaflets and information on local activities and services for all members of the community.

Advice

We provide access to Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) drop in sessions every Wednesday morning between 10am - 12pm at the LAC main office. Anyone needing advice or information on issues such as housing and benefits is welcome to attend the drop in. We also provide help with filling in various forms and an Arabic translator is available during the sessions.

Healthy Living

We also facilitate a Roy Castle FagEnds (Smoking Cessation) drop in session which takes place at LAC every Wednesday between 1pm and 3pm. A specialist BME Stop Smoking Advisor is available during these times to offer individual advice and support to members of the community.

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