True Story: Forced Marriages and Honour Based
Violence
This group, all from different cultures and
backgrounds, had little self-esteem and their expectations for the
future were low. They were all unemployed and decided that they
should pull together to do something positive in their
community.
In Leicester the issues of forced marriages and domestic
violence are important. All the young people involved wanted to
raise awareness of these issues to educate others.
With the help of a Community Cash Award, they decided to
organise a national conference on forced marriages and honour based
violence.
The conference was attended by many different people. It was a
great success and the group were able to inform the public of why
these issues occur and how everyone can work together to prevent
them happening.
Afterwards, the group decided to produce a DVD which is now used
to further educate the local community. They gained many new skills
during this process and were proud of the outcome. They are now all
applying to go onto further education.
Celebrate Success
The group won the Mark Group Community Impact
Award at the East Midlands Celebrate Success awards in
2009.