Research & Needs Assessment
Somali Community Needs Assessment in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 2022
Introduction
For the last couple of months, ASVO has been conducting a series of workshops/engagements with its users and member organizations to produce a Needs Assessment report that will be published. The report will detail key areas/ services operated by Somali organizations in the borough and make policy recommendations from a capacity level to strengthen these services long term. The objective of this report is to highlight key areas of support for member organizations and for ASVO to have the structural capacity to grow as an organization whilst increasing its service capacity through support from its local authority. The London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham incorporates large, sizable Somali residents that not only make the borough more inclusive but make the borough more diverse and richer through Somali culture and contribute enormously daily such as local business, transport, voluntary sector, teachers, carers, cleaners, service staff and it’s our wish that this report does itself justice and H&F Council engage with us in implementing these recommendations. The report will set more in-depth the following key areas:
- Funding
- Crime
- Education
- Young People
- Health
- Housing