‘The Center of Excellence’ is a non-profit community organisation based on the Grahame Park Estate. They are committed to building
bridges and strengthening connections between young people and parents, focusing first on the Somali community and reaching out to others as they develop. Their intention is to create a safe space for people to share experiences and embrace, enrich and elevate each other to achieve excellence.
The Barnet Group recently funded Center of Excellence to help them stage their Black History Month event on Grahame Park, through our Covid 19 Recovery Community Fund.
Hawa from the Center of Excellence said, “The aim of the event was to celebrate Black History Month and the funding helped us share our Somali culture and tradition with the community. The event was very successful, we had our own stand decorated with our traditional clothing and displaying cultural artifacts and samples of our most popular Somali snacks. This was the first
time a Somali community organisation exhibited, attracting over 40 Somali family residents visiting our stand with pride, but also over 200 non- Somali visitors were able to experience our food and learn more about Somali culture on the day.
Thank you for the funding, we appreciate all the help from The Barnet Group and its contractor partners.”