The Arab Advice Bureau is a registered charity and lead community group working mainly but not exclusively with members of the Arab, Berber and North African community in North London and especially in the Finsbury Park area where it has been based and carried out most of its activities since its founding in 1998; it has gained a good reputation and respect from various institutions as well as from the community who unanimously accepts as its representative.
The Arab, Berber and North African Community is a dominant group in the Finsbury Park area of North London both in terms of demographics and in the proportion of issues that it faces; because of this the Arab Advice Bureau has been carrying out tremendous amounts of work trying to solve the various problems that the community faces and subsequently contributing a great deal to the improvement of the area; also its services have been sought on innumerable occasions by other organisations and it felt obliged to assist them to the best of its capacity and always with outstanding results; finally the Arab Advice Bureau participated very actively to various activities and forums and gave its voice and active support to numerous plans to regenerate the area.
Regardless of this the activities of the Arab Advice Bureau have not always been appreciated and rewarded and it has sometimes been bypassed when decisions regarding the community that it represents were made; it also has been awarded only a tiny fraction of the funds available for the areas regeneration and thus could not fully help one of the main elements of the area: the Arab, Berber and North African community.
The best examples of initiatives from the Arab Advice Bureau are the Blackstock Road festival and the CCTV installation project, both of which were initiated by it Also the Arab Advice Bureau has been heavily involved in work with the Police, Local Authorities and the Local MP with the sole purpose of helping the community and improving the area; it finally dealt unaided with the consequences of the controversial police raid that shocked the community and brought increased media pressure which it also dealt on its own; unfortunately however it was never credited for this tremendous work.
The Arab Advice Bureau considers itself as one of the main players in the area as it is the legitimate representative of one of its main components; it would like to be treated as such and it would like its work to be recognised; also it is necessary for it to access more funding in order to achieve its difficult and essential task.
The Arab Advice Bureau would like to suggest a change in attitude in those who may have mistakenly failed to appreciate its efforts and credit it with its achievements; this is paramount knowing the extent to which it is relied upon by other organisations and the importance of the community that it represents and works with.
Yours sincerely
M. NACER
308 Seven Sisters Road
London N4 2DW
020 8800 3374
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Arab Advice Bureau
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