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Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Bollywood show to raise money for YWCA Doncaster

Fundraising event for Black and Minority Ethnic women’s progra

Girls and women from YWCA Doncaster's programme for Black and Minority Ethnic women will get together for dance, food, beauty treatments and the screening of a Bollywood film to raise money for the centre.

The women will pay a £1 entrance fee and a further 50p for drinks and refreshments. They will also get the opportunity to have hand painting, threading and other beauty therapies before and after the screening of the film.

The money raised will go towards YWCA's programme for Black and Minority Ethnic women, which includes counselling, the Saheli group for young women and the Voice group, which encourages women to influence in the community, and accessible education in ESOL English, money management, health and computing.

Ninda Randhawa, YWCA Black and Minority Ethnic women programme manager said: "The women accessing our programme have moved miles forward through education, confidence-building and interaction with others at the centre.

"It's fantastic that they want to give back and help us maintain the  services and provide women from diverse communities the opportunities to develop communication skills, personal development, confidence and self esteem which support them to overcome barriers of language, discrimination or isolation and fulfill their potential."