Our Projects
We run a wide variety of projects to promote social justice and inclusive intersectionality through cultural awareness, equality assessments, gender analysis and mainstreaming, and ethnic monitoring to empower local communities and organisations.
Boyz-2-Men
Creative Youth Project to Combat The Rise in Criminal Behaviour The Boyz-2-Men project is a crime intervention and prevention program, which is funded by Awards for All, the Lawson trust and Swale Borough Council.
Supporting Women and Girls
Supporting Women and Girls (SWAG) The SWAG project builds on the former SWEW programme and existing work with disadvantaged women in Swale (Please see below). It aims to continue offering in-house support to many
Benin and British Heritage
A brief History of Benin Kingdom (Nigeria) Many centuries ago, at the time when Benin was called Igodomingodo, that geographical area now known as Benin was the hub of a conglomeration of little towns that
Breaking The Myths: First World War & Africa
Diversity House has received £95,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, “Breaking The Myths: First World War and Africa”, in Sittingbourne and Maidstone area. World War One was a global
Swale Women Empowering Women
Our Mission Swale Women Empowering Women (SWEW) is a group of totally committed women of all ages eager to promote a positive image of women in Swale and Kent through information and knowledge sharing,
Community Cohesion in Swale for Kent
This was a year-long project which aimed to identify the issues which might exclude people from the Swale community. These could include issues relating to health, housing, education and other aspects of community care. Ultimately
Diversity House Youth Club
Diversity House Youth Project was initiated in summer 2010. It was initially funded by Kent County council’s ‘Positive Activities for young people’ and is now fully affiliated to Kent Youth Project. Originally set up
East Kent African Health Project (EKAHP)
The project aimed to increase awareness of sexually transmitted infections including HIV among African communities in Swale, Canterbury, Ashford and Shepway. The aspiration for the project was that African and Caribbean people at risk of
From Multiculturalism to Interculturalism
One of the methods deployed by Diversity House to engage its community is organising public lectures on topical issues of the day. In this regard, a public lecture was held at the Isle of Sheppey
Informal ESOL
Diversity House informal ESOL was set up as result of requests from the participants of our Work Club, many who are clients of the local Job Centre Plus. Initially, we were referring our service users