About Us

INTRODUCTION
The Bangladeshi Islamic Centre (BIC) is a formally constituted, community led, independent charitable organization, committed to the alleviation of disadvantage, inequality and deprivation through a targeted range of services to the communities of Sandwell and with a particular focus upon the Bangladeshi community. Among the wide range of services we provide, information, advice & guidance is amongst the most important to our communities with an average well in excess of 1,000 clients per anum coming to us for support.

Our Strategy

Our Strategic Programmes include the following:

1. Organisation and Centre Development

2. Health and Wellbeing
We view the issue of health as being inextricably linked to almost all areas of our wider work and recognise that health risks can arise from a whole array of issues which impact upon an individual’s sense of wellbeing, e.g. joblessness, benefit dependence, poor education, social isolation, inactivity etc. Consequently we have ensured that our officers are skilled at recognising signals of ill health when working with clients and able to sign post them to the appropriate sources of support.

Our Vision

The overriding vision of the Bangladeshi Islamic Centre is to be the most inclusive and successful community and voluntary sector organisation in Sandwell. Underpinning this high level aspirational vision is our total commitment to improving the quality of life for all local residents and with a particular focus upon the Bangladeshi and other BME groups living and working in the Sandwell Borough. Our mission statement:

To promote the wellbeing of the local community and support the achievement of lifelong learning for excellence.