News & Updates
After-School Sports Sessions in Ealing
Suchsimita Majumdar, Research & Policy Officer, ESDEG ESDEG was founded in 2005 by the members of the Somali refugee community to help their children bridge the attainment gap in schools. For the last two decades ESDEG has continued with this programme which has...
School Attendance Event at the Viking Community Centre
Suchismita Majumdar, Research & Policy Officer, ESDEG On 31st January 2024 an informal discussion and workshop on School Attendance was held at the Viking Community Centre in Northolt hosted by ESDEG. Ealing Council’s Ms. Anna Elliott, Supporting Families...
ESDEG representing the ethnic minority voice at the SEND Summit: Policy Reform & Practice Impact 2023
Suchismita Majumdar, Research & Policy Officer, ESDEG ESDEG’s SEND Team was invited to represent the ethnic minority community and present on the topic ‘Supporting Ethnic Minority Families Whose Children Have Special Needs’ at the 3rd annual SEND Summit which took...
Hosting the Challenge Child Poverty Event at Viking Community Centre, Northolt
Suchismita Majumdar, Research & Policy Officer, ESDEG On 23rd of October ESDEG organised a two-part event as a wrap up to the week-long London Challenge Poverty Week (londonchallengepovertyweek.org) campaign at the Viking Community Centre in Northolt. In the first...
Raising a disabled child in the challenging economic times – ESDEG mothers’ testimony at Westminster
Suchismita Majumdar, Research & Policy Officer, ESDEG Organised by 4in10 on the 16th of October which was the first day of London Challenge Poverty Week 2023, two of ESDEG’s mothers whose children have special needs went to Westminster to talk to some of the MPs....
Attending Superhighways Data & Digital Skills Training
Suchismita Majumdar, Research & Policy Officer, ESDEG In a run-up to the London Challenge Poverty Week 2023, I attended 4 online training workshops conducted by Superhighways funded by 4in10 -- data collection at events, 10 ways to make the most of your content,...
Learnings from Neurodiversity in BAME Community Conference
Suchismita Majumdar, Research & Policy Officer, ESDEG I attended the Neurodiversity in BAME Community conference organised by Autism Voice UK at the end of September 2023. As the Policy & Research Officer of ESDEG, a grassroots charity working with ethnic...
Impact of Art Therapy on Mental Health
Suchismita Majumdar, Communications & Policy Officer, ESDEG These days we hear a lot about Arts Therapy, but do you ever wonder like me what exactly is it? Arts Therapy can be defined as a type of expressive therapy that utilises the process of creating arts to...
Making The Most of Summer Holidays
Suchismita Majumdar, Communications & Policy Officer, ESDEG British summer may not appear every year, but the school holidays do from late July to early September when every child in the country is officially on holiday. For most adults and children summer means...