Communities in Rochdale Borough Council

With funding from Rochdale Borough Council, Europia has facilitated a number of workshops for EU nationals in and around Rochdale. This includes women’s workshops, emotional therapy sessions, mental wellbeing workshops for young people and upcoming community cooking sessions. You can read more about these workshops below.

Women’s Workshops in Rochdale

As part of our Women’s workshops in Rochdale, Europia has successfully completed a 3-part Healthy Relationships Women’s workshops with 15 women throughout January 2021, in partnership with Unchained Phoenix, and funded by Rochdale Borough Council. 

Europia has also held free Women’s workshops in partnership with Be Super You that happened throughout February 2021, focussing on experiences of hate crime and discrimination specifically for the Polish community. 

Most recently Europia has worked in partnership with VESTA, an organisation that aims to empower Polish families in England and Wales. This workshop was in Polish and provided support for those in controlling and abusive relationships. 

Emotional Therapy One to One Sessions – FREE for EU nationals

Europia One to One Emotional Therapy Sessions are available for any EU nationals who live or work in Rochdale Borough Council who have experienced hate crime, discrimination and human trafficking. These are personal sessions and are available now in English and a range of EU languages. For more information and to apply (places are limited) please email: rochdale@europia.org.uk or sign up through our confidential form http://bit.ly/supportsurvey21

Community Cooking Sessions 

Europia launched community cooking sessions over zoom, teaching Rochdale residents how to make food from across the world in three different cooking sessions with professional chefs. Participants were able to learn how to make some of their favourite dishes whilst making some new friends in the designated cooking Facebook group. Cuisines included Chinese, Indian and Polish.

iheart Mental Wellbeing and Resilience with Falinge Park High School

In partnership with wellbeing organisation “iheart” and Falinge Park High school in Rochdale, Europia facilitated 11 weeks of mental resilience and wellbeing workshops for young EU nationals in Rochdale. These sessions were based on the iheart curriculum and were aimed to prepare young people for life so that they can manage stress, anxiety and feeling down at times and also those that just want to be the best versions of themselves too. 

Anna Woodhead, the teacher that assisted in running the sessions, has spoken to us about the impact the programme has had on students: