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In order to access Enterprise Team Projects, you are required to provide personal data during the enquiry, application and registration process.

Whilst the majority of information you provide to us is required to ensure that you meet the required eligibility criteria in order to access the support in our funded projects, some of it, for example; equalities information and next of kin details, are provided to us on a voluntary basis.

Data controller and purpose

The information you have provided and continue to provide whilst accessing Enterprise Team projects and support will be processed by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to ensure that you receive the relevant support as required under the specific projects that you are accessing.

We process your data in accordance with the GDPR regulations and if you have any concerns, the council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted on DPO@towerhamlets.gov.uk. 

Condition for processing personal data

The appendix also identifies why it is necessary for us to process your personal data and the section of the GDPR under which the data is lawfully processed.

How long do we keep your information?

We will only hold your information for as long as is required by law and to provide you with the necessary services. This will vary according to the information supplied.

For further details, you can view our Retention schedule.

We may also anonymise some personal data you provide to us to ensure that you cannot be identified and use this for statistical analysis of data to allow the council to effectively target and plan the provision of services and future projects. 

Information sharing

Your personal information may be shared with internal departments or with external partners and agencies involved and contracted in delivering services on our behalf. For example the information you supply to the council in order to access our Start Up Ready Project will be processed by NWES, who are the appointed contract delivery partner appointed by the council to deliver the Start Up Ready Project. The appendix gives details of the organisations we may share your data with and the circumstances where it may be shared.

The council has a duty to protect public funds and may use personal information and data-matching techniques to detect and prevent fraud, and ensure public money is targeted and spent in the most appropriate and cost-effective way. Certain information may be shared with internal services and external bodies like the Audit Commission, The Great London Authority, other local authorities, HM Revenue and Customs, and the Police.

Data profiling

We may also use the data to build a profile of the council workforce, to ensure equalities of opportunity and to investigate service delivery improvements. This data would normally be anonymised and never used to make decisions on a specific individual or business.

Third Party links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Navigating those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

Requesting access to your personal data

Under data protection legislation, you have the right to request access to information about you that we hold. To make a request for your personal information, contact the council’s data protection officer at DPO@towerhamlets.gov.uk.

You have other rights in respect of your data, for example the right to:

  1. object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress
  2. object to decisions being taken by automated means
  3. in certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed.

If you have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, we ask that you raise your concern with council’s data protection officer at DPO@towerhamlets.gov.uk in the first instance. Alternatively, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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Algarra, B, Jerome, L, Ullah, A A, Iqbal, J & Shahid, A et al (2006) ‘Teachers notes: 3 generations of Bengalis in Britain’, London, Nirmul Committee

Ahmed, Faruque (2016) Shaptahik Janomot: Muktijudder Ononno Dalil in Bengali, Dhaka, Ittadi Grantho Prokash Ahmed, Faruque (2016) Shaptahik Janomot: Muktijudder Ononno Dalil in Bengali, Dhaka, Ittadi Grantho Prokash

Ahmed, Faruque (2010) Bengal Politics in Britain: Logic, Dynamics and Disharmony, North Carolina, Lulu Publications

Ahmed, Faruque (2020) Bengali Settlement in Britain, Dhaka, The University Press Limited

  1. Bangladesh High Commission, London 
  2. Bangladesh government
  3. Banglapedia - the National Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (2015) Asiatic Society of Bangladesh accessed on 19 February 2021 

Bangladesher Swadhinatar Rajat Jayanti Udjapon Committee (1997) Bangladesher Swadhinatar Rajat Jayanti Swarakgranta, London, The Committee to Celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Bangladesh Independence

Bass, Garry (2013) THE BLOOD TELEGRAM: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide A riveting history - the first full account--of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1971 atrocities in Bangladesh that led to war between India and Pakistan 

Caroline Adams went to Calcutta, India, where she became a volunteer in the Cathedral Relief Service, and got involved with the care of refugees during the Bangladesh War in 1971 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jun/23/guardianobituaries1

Chowdhury, Yousuf (1998) Akattore Bilet Probashi in Bengali, Dhaka, Ishan Prokashani

Chowdhury, Abu Sayeed (2012) Probashe Muktijudder Dinguli in Bengali, Dhaka, The University Press Ltd

Eade, J., Ullah A. A., Iqbal, J. and Hey, M. (2006) First chapter of Tales of Three Generations of Bengalis in Britain, London, Nirmul Committee.

Matin, Abdul (1989) Swadhinata Sangrame Prabashi Bangali, London, Radical Asia Publications

Mannan, Sheikh Abdul (1998), Muktijudde Juktorajyer Bangalir Obodan, Dhaka, Jotsna Publisher

Mookherjee, Nayanika (2015) Spectral Wound: Sexual Violence, Public Memories, and the Bangladesh War of 1971 Investigation of the lives of violated women of the 1971 war

Moiz Abdul Majid (2020) Ecologies of Emancipation: The Mukti Bahini, Rivers and the Unravelling of Pakistan.

Rauf, Mahmoud A (2016) Tritio Bangali Muktijuddo in Bengali, Dhaka, Bud Publications

Rahman, Ferdous (2009) Probashe Mahila Muktijoddha in Bengali, Dhaka, Shapla Prakashani

Swadhinata Trust link to interviews of 1971 Bengali activists in the UK   and link to Bangladesh history

Tower Hamlets MP Peter Shore and the Warden of Toynbee Hall Donald Chesworth supported Bangladesh’s struggle for independence. Bangladesh Government formally recognised their contribution by honouring them in 2012.

Toki, R, Jahanshahi, R, Khanom, H & Rahman, A (2012) The Legacy of Women’s Contribution in 1971, London, Central London Youth Development Trust

UNESCO archives 7 March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

7 March Foundation https://www.7thmarch.com/

Links to some films/footage

Language movement

  1. On 21 March 1948, Pakistan’s Governor Md Ali Jinnah addressed a public rally at the Ramna Racecourse Maidan (currently Suhrawardy Uddyan) where he declared that Pakistan's state language is going to be Urdu and no other language. 

  2. Language movement by DFP
    Part 1 and Part 2 
    (© Courtesy to DFP, received through the Press Wing of Bangladesh High Commission, London) https://youtu.be/SznsX6ZA_zw (sourced from Public Diplomacy Wing of Ministry of Foreign Affairs received through the Press Wing of Bangladesh High Commission, London)

  3. Concert for Bangladesh – first-ever world aid concert organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian Bengali sitar player Ravi Shankar. The concert was held on 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide. The concerts were followed by a bestselling live album, which opened in cinemas in the spring of 1972.

7 March speech

  1. 7 March 1971 speech by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

  2. A song based on the historic 7 March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Singer Carlyle Laurent, Lyric Abu Maruf, Concept Kamal Ahmed, Record Label: Imparting Ideas, Released 2021)

  3. The 7 March Foundation and SOAS South Asia Institute, University of London jointly inaugurated Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Annual Lecture in 2018. The talk was delivered by Professor James Manor titled ‘Understanding Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’

Genocide

  • NBC footage of Dhaka University killings 

  • Stop Genocide (1971) - Shot and released during the 1971 war, Zahir Raihan’s 20-minute documentary features newsreel footage and photographs that draw parallels between the Pakistani army’s atrocities in Bangladesh, Nazi violence in the Third Reich, and the bombing of Vietnam by American forces.

War

  1. (Nine Months to Freedom - This film shows the impact of the war of nine months. Director S. Sukhdev)

  2. Matir Moina – The Clay Bird (2002) Tareque Masud’s autobiographical debut is a poignant look at a rural Muslim family grappling with both religious fundamentalism and the nationalist movement. The film is set a few years before the Liberation War. In one scene, the independent-minded Ayesha Bibi observes, “Earlier there was a heaven-and-hell difference between home and what was outside of it, now it feels the same”
  3. Moushumi Bhowmik’s Jessore song and Jessore Road highlighting the plight of refugees. 
      
  4. Muktir Gaan film documents a cultural troupe inspiring Bengali resistance fighter across the region in 1971. Interview and audio recording from Swadhinata Trust Music project of Mahmudur Rahman Benu who features in Muktir Gaan.

  5. The second film, Muktir Kotha, looks at the wartime experiences, including the role of women in the war.

  6. Guerrilla (2011) Bengali star Jaya Ahsan plays a freedom fighter taking on Pakistani forces while also searching for her missing journalist husband. The highlights include Ahmed Rubel playing Altaf Mahmud, the Bangladeshi freedom fighter and songwriter who popularised the revolutionary song Amar Bhaiyer Rokte Rangano.

  7. Following Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s release on 8 January 1972 from Pakistan, he addresses a press conference in London.
Answer:

Where are you required to wear a face covering?

  • Public transport, including taxis
  • Transport hubs e.g., airports, rail stations, bus stations
  • Most indoor public places e.g., shops, shopping centres, community centres, places of worship, libraries.

Where are face coverings not required?

  • Hospitality venues where food and drink are consumed (e.g., pubs, cafes, restaurants)
  • During exercise (e.g., gyms) or dancing (e.g., in nightclubs).

Why are face coverings important?

  • The rapid rise in number of cases of COVID-19 we are seeing means the chances of spreading the virus is increasing fast
  • Face coverings protect other people by blocking the infectious droplets that transmit the virus
  • These can be transmitted even when a person is not displaying symptoms
  • This means that an infected person will pass the virus onto fewer people and slow spread.

For more information check GOV.UK face covering guidance. 

Answer:

What events does this apply to?

  • Nightclubs, dancehalls, discotheques and other late night dance venues 
  • Indoor events with 500 or more where people are standing 
  • Outdoor events with 4,000 or more people standing 
  • Events with 10,000 or more attendees. 

Read more on GOV.UK 

What do you need to do to enter? 

If you are aged 18 or over, you must have proof of one of the following: 

  • You are vaccinated with two doses of an approved vaccine 
  • You have proof of a negative PCR test or negative lateral flow test within the past 48 hours 
  • You are exempt on the basis of medical exemption or clinical trial participation. 

How do you show proof? 

Why is this important? 

  • We know that Omicron is spreading fast and is highly contagious 
  • It is estimated that one person can pass the Omicron variant on to 3 to 5 people 
  • In a crowded spaces just a small number of people carrying the virus can pass it onto many people who could then pass on into the wider community 
  • The COVID status-check reduces the chance of ‘super spreader’ events in the venues where it is required
Answer:

Why?

  • Having now given millions of people Pfizer or Moderna vaccination in the UK the risk of serious allergic vaccinations has been found to be low (1 per 100,000 vaccine doses) 
  • Temporarily suspending the wait increases the number of people who can be vaccinated over a short period of time to tackle the rapid increase in cases of COVID-19. 

What now happens?

Instead of waiting for 15 minutes after their vaccine, anyone coming forward for the jab is now asked to adhere to the following guidance. 

  • avoid leaving the centre if you feel unwell 
  • let the centre know if you have a history of allergies 
  • do not drive for 15 minutes after receiving the vaccine 
  • if you are vaccinated at home, you may need to arrange to have someone with you 
  • make sure the person you are with has a phone available 
  • if you get tingling or throat tightness, get the person you are with to dial 999 or call for help if you are near the vaccine centre. 

Find out more on GOV UK. 

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Why?

  • The high levels of Omicron and rapid spread have increased the chances of getting COVID-19
  • Getting your vaccination will reduce your risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19 
  • 80 per cent of people with COVID-19 who are seriously ill in the Royal London Hospital are not fully vaccinated.
  • The sooner you get your vaccination, the sooner you will be protected.

How

  • Every vaccine clinic offers first or second doses as well as boosters  
  • Book online through the national system or our COVID vaccine page
  • You can walk into many of our local clinics without an appointment - walk ins are listed on the COVID vaccine page.
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Commitment

Data

  1. Use NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard data where available or employee data to understand the proportions of BAME employees in RLH/ME at different levels, and in line with our inclusion strategy, we will take positive steps to remove bias and establish inclusive practice
  2. Set KPIs and metrics for our recently established Gender Pay Gap working group
  3. Analyse patient data and work with our public health team to understand the proportion of BAME patients and establish what barriers they are facing, ensuring equity of access.

Targeted interventions

We recognise that Tower Hamlets has the highest number of people with Bangladeshi heritage of any borough in the country and that the fastest growing minority in the Borough are the 14% white non-British residents.

Also, Tower Hamlets has the highest proportion of older residents in poor households in England, and ranks 14th for children living in poverty.
Based on this, we will:

  1. Engage with Borough partners and community organisations to understand the needs of our local population
  2. Work with partners to tailor sustainable interventions

Targets

We have listened to our staff to redesign our recruitment processes and will continue to:

  1. Monitor WRES data to review change at senior levels
  2. Ensure all recruitment at Bands 8A and above involves an Inclusion Ambassador
  3. Ensure the redesigned senior recruitment process is adhered to, including:
    1. Having a diverse shortlist of candidates and a diverse interview panel
    2. Requiring hiring managers to feedback to unsuccessful candidates and those internal to the group will be offered follow-up support.

Influence

  1. We will use our scale to benefit the health of local people. By working together with east London partners, we will maximise our socio-economic impact by creating employment opportunities for local people; through our Community Works for Health Programme
  2. Ensure our current and new contractors understand our Barts Health values and share our WeBelong vision
  3. Applying Community Connectivity Shared development framework to deliver equity in healthcare, reduce health inequalities and uphold our anchor role within the ICS

Awareness and communication

The Inclusion Board and Hospital Executive Board is committed to the WeBelong strategy and will deliver the commitments of this pledge alongside the strategy by:

  1. Hospital Executive Boards will continue to promote the WeBelong strategy and ensure all staff have an inclusion objective in their PDP
  2. Ensure attendance of Inclusion Centre Inclusive leadership curriculum for managers once developed.

Additional commitments

  1. Through our community engagement groups we will listen to the experience of ethnic minorities and their families. This will enable us to be sensitive to the needs of our local communities, and act on their insights about what matters to local people accessing healthcare.
  2. As part of the wider programme to transform the NHS in London as outlined in the London Workforce Race Strategy, we will take part in the NHS White Allies Programme.

Signed pledge

By signing this pledge on behalf of my organisation, I pledge that we will address the issues identified, monitor our progress on an annual basis, and agree to be held accountable for the
delivery of our actions.

Organisation: Barts Health NHS Trust (The Royal London and Mile End Hospitals)

Name and role: Jackie Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer

Signed Jackie Sullivan's signature

Answer:

Commitment

Data

  1. Data collection from staff and trustees October/November 2021
  2. Publish ethnic profile of staff body, leadership team and Board via ELBA website in December 2021
  3. Calculate and publish ethnic pay gap in December 2021
  4. Update data and ethnic pay gap on annual basis – ongoing
  5. Explore extending current data collection on service users to all direct beneficiary work
  6. Through implementation of ELBA Volunteering Interface begin ask business volunteers to give their ethnicity data – from April 2022
  7. To better identify which community organisations are Black, Asian or minority ethnic led.

Targeted interventions

  1. Target Increase the number of Black, Asian and minority ethnic led organisations we are supporting by 20 per cent by March 2022 and a further 20 per cent by March 2023
  2. Maintain/ Create programmes to support the employment and life chances of young Black men
  3. Further develop programmes to support young people at risk of, of already engaged in, serious youth violence and knife crime
  4. Further develop education and mentoring programmes to support young people from specific groups
  5. Act as a leader in the east London business and community sectors promoting anti-racism and community cohesion.

Targets

  1. To maintain the Black, Asian and minority ethnic proportion of the ELBA staff team at 50 per cent or over
  2. To maintain the proportion of Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the ELBA leadership team and management team at 40 per cent or above
  3. To increase the proportion of Black, Asian and minority ethnic directors on the ELBA Board to 40 per cent of above by 2023.
  4. To use the BTEG/GLA toolkits to explore how we can help people progress in our organisation.

Influence

  1. To promote increased diversity and inclusion to our corporate partners
  2. Support Black, Asian and minority ethnic professionals so they can influence change in their organisations
  3. Develop programmes to interest Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in taking up decision-making positions in civic life – the NHS, as magistrates, school governors and charity trustees. Support them once in post to become leaders of those organisations
  4. To create a list of all our suppliers and engage them in promotion of positive diversity and inclusion policies

Awareness and communication

  1. To maintain the ELBA Inclusion Group to engage all staff in driving forward inclusion in ELBA
  2. To make public our commitment to the Pledge via the ELBA website and social media channels
  3. I have a public declaration of commitment in the ELBA offices for staff and external visitors to see.

Additional commitments

  1. Support and promote Race Equality Week each February
  2. Maintain our support for the SHIFT25 campaign for social justice
  3. Maintain our support for the BOABAB Foundation to seek a fairer share of charitable donations for Black led charities and community groups.

Signed pledge

By signing this pledge on behalf of my organisation, I pledge that we will address the issues identified, monitor our progress on an annual basis, and agree to be held accountable for the
delivery of our actions.

Organisation: ELBA

Name and role: Ian Parkes, Chief Executive

Signed: Ian Parkes' signature

Answer:
What has changed?

From 11January in England, people who receive positive lateral flow device (LFD) tests for coronavirus (COVID-19) will be required to self-isolate immediately and won’t be required to take a PCR test to confirm they are positive.

Why has this changed?

When there are a very high numbers of cases of COVID-19 in the population a, a positive lateral flow test is close to the reliability of a PCR test in telling you if you are infected.

Find out more on the .GOV website.

What does this mean for you?

Under this new approach, anyone who receives a positive LFD test result should report their result on GOV.UK and must self-isolate immediately but will not need to take a follow-up PCR test.

After reporting a positive LFD test result, they will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace so that their contacts can be traced and must continue to self-isolate.

Find out more on the .GOV website.

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  • From 4am on Friday 7 January, people who are fully vaccinated and those under-18 years old will no longer need to take a test two days before travelling to England from countries outside the UK. On arrival, they will have to take a PCR test but they will no longer have to self-isolate while awaiting the result

  • Then from 4am on Sunday 9 January people who are fully vaccinated will only have to take a lateral flow test instead of a PCR test on day two. But this test must be bought from a private test provider - free NHS tests are not allowed.

  • Unvaccinated passengers will need to continue to take a pre-departure test, PCR tests on day two and day eight, and self-isolate for 10 days.
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