http://www.seca.org.uk Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 17 May 2011 20:53:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.seca.org.uk/2011/05/17/diwali-festival/ Dane Coyle completed his work-placement at the SECA office. We interviewed him on his experience. What was your expectation before you helped out in SECA? " I honestly didn't know what to expect at first, I was pleasantly surprised when I found out how much varied and interesting work SECA carried out. ... http://www.seca.org.uk/2009/11/17/dane-coyle-interview/ What were your expectations of india before you went there? I went out with an open mind despite what I seen was there it was very warm and also very crowded, especially in chennai. Very different to what we are used to ireland. Everyone could communicate in english so this made ... http://www.seca.org.uk/2009/11/11/phil-eagleston-interview/ Kieran McGuire, SDC Chairman, sampling Polish food on offer during SECA's Polish night in St Pat's Hall, with Bobby Rao, Damien and secretary Agnieszka. Bartosz Thiede and Piotr Wisniewski playing piano and guitar repecitively. A group of Polish children getting their faces painted by Rosie during the Polish night at St Pat's ... http://www.seca.org.uk/2009/06/23/polish-night-in-strabane/ Bobby Rao prepares some Indian food for Year eight and nine pupils at Knockavoe School and Resource Centre, Strabane, with Sonya McGill, Jennifer Maybin, Louise Crawford and Wendy Scullion, RC2034  As part of learning about local and global citizenship, Key Stage 3 and 4 pupils of Knockavoe School are learning about ... http://www.seca.org.uk/2009/06/23/knockavoe-pupils-learn-of-indian-culture/ This year Strabane Ethnic Community Association took part in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade for the very first time. Pictured below are members of SECA on their own float. http://www.seca.org.uk/2009/05/21/seca-joins-st-pats-parade/ Strabane's Fire and Rescue community team recently visited up to 300 homes in Strabane and the Glebe, in a bid to raise awareness about fire hazards in the home. Local officers worked closely with SECA as they visited occupants from the community's ethnic minorities, advising them on potential fire hazards ... http://www.seca.org.uk/2009/05/18/seca-and-strabane-fire-and-rescue-team-up/ Chairman Jarlath McNulty has united with SECA to support the 2009 Interfaith Calendar. The calendar represents fourteen religious communities; American Indian, Anglican, Bahai, Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Mormonism, Orthodox Christianity, Protestantism, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism. Diya Guram and other SECA members presenting Jarlath McNulty with an Interfaith Calendar. Speaking after being ... http://www.seca.org.uk/2009/05/18/seca-presents-interfaith-calendar-to-strabane-council-chairman/ Strabane was the weekend venue for the North West's first celebration of the Diwali Festival. Two hundred people gathered in St Pat's Hall to celebrate the holiday, which brings together the one billion plus population in India and others around the world. Diwali is a five day festival of enthusiasm ... http://www.seca.org.uk/2008/10/30/strabane-celebrates-its-first-diwali-festival/ Chefs from the Masala restaurant taking English classes at the SECA offices.  Pictured are Rukmagat Aryal, Hukum Bahadhurkc, Reskham Laisubedi and Parusuran Poudel. These chefs from local Indian restaurant Masala are being prepared for the IELTS by SECA, with new legislation coming in shortly requiring all Asian immigrants to have a ... http://www.seca.org.uk/2008/07/11/seca-gives-indian-chefs-english-lessons/