Somali Women Swimming Session 2009/2010

The Somali women & Girls have been taking advantage of the group leisure card and enjoy the swimming sessions every Tuesdays and other days of the week to keep themselves healthy at the mounts leisure centre Northampton.

The swimming group card allows them to come together and enjoy swimming together and socialise.

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Somali Women Sewing Machine Sessions 2009/2010

Somali women Sewing machine classes and drop sessions only takes place at the current premises every Wednesdays between 1pm- 3pm.

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Somali refugees & new arrivals integration project

Some of the Somali women living in the castle ward areas experienced direct racial harassment regarding wearing the Hijab dress after the 7/7 terrorism incident 2005, However by trying to bring some of the local residents in the castle ward areas, we managed to raise awareness why the women are dressing in as such way and also encouraging the Somali women and neighbours to integrate to build relations in the local community to help breakdown difficult barriers in the future.