Women in traditional Asian dress, absorbed in donning medieval helmets at a Tudor stately home. This image illustrates the success of a scheme to help people from ethnic communities feel at home in the UK.
Anthea Row, director of the Well-Being Workshop, a community enterprise that works with Sure Start Balsall Heath, Birmingham, recalls the enthusiasm of participants for the 'Journeys' project, devised to develop a sense of belonging among women with babies and small children.
The project, in partnership with English Heritage, won a Daycare Trust Sure Start award for 2005 in the 'Achieving with partners' category.
Ms Row runs well-being and fitness projects for ante- and postnatal women, particularly in disadvantaged areas. In this capacity, she has became increasingly aware of feelings of isolation among women from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
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