Daytop Multicultural Centre (DMC)
A Multi-culture, Minority Ethnic group, Daytop Multicultural Centre based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, channels its energy and resources to help add positive value to the community through brilliant community integration, cohesion and commitment to great service delivery, enabling equal opportunities for all regardless of sex, race, ethnic origin, disability, religion or belief.
Working more strategically and colaborating with smaller Ethnic groups, building stronger relationships, making more positive impact both within and outside the Buckinghamshire county
A HUGE CONGRATULATION to our Founder Dayo Olowosale for receiving His Majesty The King's British Empire Medal BEM Award
Congratulations to our Founder and Director - Dayo Olowosale BEM on his recent award of a British Empire Medal BEM from Her Majesty The Queen presented by The Countess Howe, His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
Annual Reception 2022
Many thanks to all our volunteers both within and outside the Buckinghamshire County. We understand that Volunteers do not necessarily have the time but you have a Heart of Gold
Your commitment to the community is evident in everything yo do and you have taken the concept of giving back to the highest level.
On behalf of the Directors of Daytop Multicultural Centre, thank you so much for your attitude of gratitude and commitment to serve
Projects
Seniors Community Meetup
Addressing the issue surrounding Health Inequalities, Isolation, Depression, Mental Illness – Alzheimer’s, Breast, Prostate Cancer
Engaging the Seniors in the Community
Fashion Design and Sewing
Provision of Fashion Design and Sewing skills to NEET from the Black minority ethnic descent
Empowering Women with Fashion Design Skills
Fashion Design and Sewing Skills Acquisition
In 2022, we successfully empowered 50 ladies with Fashion Design and Sewing skills making them more economically active. We were highly honored to have Her Majesty's Lord -Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, The Countess Howe present certificate of completion to our participants. Others present were Mayor of Aylesbury Cllr Tim Dixon, Deputy Mayor of Milton Keynes Cllr Mick Legg and Deputy Mayoress of Milton keynes Cllr Mandy Legg
Provision of Computer Skills Enhancement (CSE)
Register @ http://tiny.cc/daytop-photoshop-training
In 2022, we delivered Photoshop training to 25 participants Not In Employment, Education or Training, low income earners and economically inactive within Milton Keynes and Northampton. Before the project ended 5 of the participants secure a job while others were in the process of starting a job
Register here 👉🏾 http://tinyurl.com/daytop-netballtraining
Netball Training for Children between 9-16 years for
12 weeks.
With weekly Netball activity the grant has helped 30 children within the BAME community in Aylesbury to be healthier and as mentioned by their parents, none of them has had any cause to go the GP or hospital for any form of illness.
Secondly, the Netball game has eliminated Anti social behaviour among the children by engaging them with the rules and regulations guiding the Netball game. Verbal reports from parents show that the children have improved and better attitude compared with before the Netball game started. The children made friends from different schools within the community, while the parents’ network and make friends as well. This brought together true diversity especially amongst the under-represented groups and has helped to reduce isolation by the parents engaging more in the sustainability of the project when the fund ends
Women Empowerment with Fashion Design and Sewing Skills Acquisition
Celebrating the Successful completion of Fashion Design and Sewing Skills Acquisition Project
Success Story
One of our participants in 2021 - Ann competed in the quilt competition and won 1st prize in the Novice category at Festival of Quilts 2022
Congratulations Ann, we are really proud of you
Provision of Hot-meals within the Aylesbury Community
Register here 👉🏾 https://tinyurl.com/daytop-hotmeals
In 2021, we delivered hotmeals to over 118 beneficiaries (38 adults and 80 children) within Aylesbury. Within the 18 months of the COVID19 pandemic, we collected more than 49,505kg food donations from Faresharego and local stores. This is equivalent to 109,050 meals (Statistics provided by Fareshare-go) and redistribute to people vulnerable to COVID19 within the community especially with the Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group. Some of these are Elderly people, people with underlining medical conditions, single Mums and economically inactive people within the community. This has greatly and undoubtedly helped the vulnerable people mainly from BAME community to stay at home and obey the Government social distancing rule during the pandemic lock down
Fashion Design and Sewing Acquisition Skills Project3 Aylesbury
Fashion Design and Sewing Acquisition Skills Project Milton Keynes
Feed The Community
Food Videos
Since inception, fuelled by a sense of mission and total commitment to the cause, Daytop Multicultural Centre launched the “Feed the Community Project,” which is geared towards helping to cushion the adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financially inactive and vulnerable people within the community. We have collected over 132,8380kg food donations from Tesco, Waitrose and ASDA in addition to Fareshare and redistributed the equivalent of 331,2682 meals and saved 424,755 kg of Co2 emission to homeless people, temporary accommodated people, low income earners, single parents and other vulnerable within the community. We also collect unsold food items daily from Aldi, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, and Greggs and redistribute within the communities as a way of supporting and helping the communities and also to avoid waste. Currently we help over 260 beneficiaries weekly and the number is increasing day by day
30/01/2023
It is estimated that over two million, two hundred and sixty nine thousand, three hundred and eleven pounds was saved from the food collection and redistribution in the year 2022 showing the great impact of the project and positive values it adds to the community
Start - up Business Workshop
This project helped coached NEET people within the community including single Mums, low income earners, young adults and also the seniors (over 55s) on starting a new business as a self employed.
Thank you Heart of Bucks for your support
Mentoring
