Contact Details: Multicultural Carlisle

4-5 Paternoster Row, Carlisle,

Cumbria, CA3 8TT

Web: www.multiculturalcarlisle.org.uk

Email: info@multiculturalcarlisle.org.uk

Tel: 07925 05 44 24

Tel: 07925 05 44 39

Registered Charity Number:1176060

“Crafts were great. We loved the harp playing workshop. Kids enjoyed the surprise when they got to perform on stage”. “I liked the man who made the

balloons” - Blake Age 3. “I enjoyed the crafts and shadow puppet show” - Faith Age 13. “I liked the crafts, the harp and the balloons” - Tristan Age 8. “I loved the harp and making the a drum” - Lottie Age 6. “I liked trying the Thai and Indian food but would have liked food from other cultures to try” - Clark Age 11. “Thank you we all had a good day and pleased it was a free event so it could include EVERYONE!” Louise Baxter, Carlisle

Funders Sponsors In Kind Partners

Many Thanks to all that made Culture

Bazaar 2018 Possible.

Multicultural

Carlisle Funders

2018/19

Organised by Multicultural Carlisle

Sharing our Similarities & Celebrating our Differences

Culture Bazaar 2018

Evaluation

“Carlisle’s Culture Bazaar was one of the most engaging events I’ve

attended in recent years! All participants were eager and keen to stay for

the duration, and even happy to give an impromptu performance at the end,

which is a huge credit to the feel of the day - there was nothing scary about

performing something learnt in just half an hour in front of a good-sized

audience! Overall, the space was a safe environment to both be yourself

and to try new things, and everywhere you looked there were smiling faces.

Absolutely super!” Mary Dunsford, Harps North West

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Page Content

3 Introduction

4 CB2018 Photos & Comments

5 CB2018 Photos & Comments

6, 7 Activities & Volunteers

8,9,10 Monitoring & Evaluation

11 CB2018 Team

12 Funders, Sponsors & Partners

12 Contact us

The information in this report can be shared but must be

attached with reference to Multicultural Carlisle as the data

provider in any documentation, verbal, print or online

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“Wonderful exhibition. We spent most of the day in the atrium, excellent variation. We hope there will be another next year. Lovely - it was a great day “. Sarah Rutherford - British

“Wonderful celebration. Thank you. Thank you. ” Sarah Wilson - British

“Was a wonderful and hands on experience. Loved the Indian dancers: Bhangra, Belly and Bol-lywood. More more more please”. Mr & Mrs Shenoy - Indian

Saj Ghafoor Joanna Coleman Catherine Coulthard Lynne Gauntlett

Tina Borgia Mike Borgia Zoe Gadd Sophie Kohl

Last, but not least, the people that are to blame for the

success of Culture Bazaar. All have volunteered their time, ex-

perience, skills, contacts and passion to make Carlisle a happy

and friendly city to live and work in for everyone, no matter what

their faith, race, culture or background.

Our Trustees

A special thank you to Sally Abdalla

from Egypt for her commitment and

enthusiasm to engage, volunteer and

support the management team & the

Syrian community.

CB2018 Management Team

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Different methods of evaluation were used to collate data to

assist in developing a map of communities on an international

and local level.

Mapping activity:

We asked visitors to mark the:

The country/(ies) on world map that they are

from and their heritage/s;

The town or city they live in the UK;

The town they come from in Cumbria;

The area in Carlisle & District they live in;

Social media: Our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and

Snapchat

CB Passport: We asked visitors to record their

visits to activities and stalls by adding a sticker

or stamp to the passport for each activity. This

allowed for comments by visitors and questions

on our marketing brand promotion routes.

Some of the comments have been included in

this report.

Graffiti Wall: A large graffiti material wall was

placed near the performance area to encourage

visitors to draw, write, & express themselves

however they wanted in relation to CB2018.

Visitors were keen to talk to the Management

Team, with an OVERWHELMING positive response to Culture

Bazaar and the tangible sense of community and a unique

friendly and happy atmosphere unlike any other.

Monitoring & Evaluation

Introduction

After five years away, Culture Bazaar

2018 came back with a bang!

The thirst to experience world cultures is

more in demand than ever!

Culture Bazaar is a simple community

idea. Sharing our similarities and

celebrating our differences TOGETHER!

No matter where in the world you are from, Culture Bazaar

embraces everyone through food, music, dance, arts and

sports. We do not charge an entry fee as we want the whole

community to share, engage and experience the international

diaspora on our doorstep, to breakdown barriers and promote

community cohesion, tolerance and understanding.

Thank you to our funders, sponsors and in-kind support.

Volunteers are the reason Culture Bazaar happens and the

tangible atmosphere of respect, acceptance, excitement and

unity is evident at Culture Bazaar. We are committed to

celebrating the talent, culture and communities we have living

and working in Cumbria. All our performers except two came

from within Cumbria demonstrating the richness of skills and

talent in Cumbria. The spirit of Cumbria is warm and infectious!

Next year CB2019 is on 16 and 17 February 2019 at Richard

Rose Central Academy, Carlisle! Not one but two full days of

culture to kick start the half term with a bang! Please contact us

if you would like to get involved in any way. WE CAN’T WAIT!

Saj Ghafoor (CEO)

Multicultural Carlisle

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“I just loved this event - a true example of ordinary people of all cultures coming together, each just being themselves. It shows how deep down there is definitely a lot of love among all peoples of the world. Thanks to Multicultural Carlisle - everybody did such a good job - an amazing group!” Belinda Rodgers - Irish

Scotland: Inverness Oban Glasgow Hawick ( Beatock, Moffat, Tweedsmuir, Walmockhead) Galashiels Prestwick Dumfries Thornhill Newcastleton Dalbeattie) Newton Stewart Castle Douglas Langholm Gretna Annan Northumberland: Rochester Wallsend South Shields Gateshead

Newcastle Up-on Tyne Stockton-on-Tees Walsingham North West: Lancaster Burnley Bolton St Helens Manchester Rochdale Stockport Widnes Yorkshire: Huddersfield Sheffield Wales: Flint Anglesey Montgomery East & West Midlands:

Leek Newcastle-under-Lyme Rugeley Birmingham Nuneaton East Anglia: Norfolk Suffolk Buckinghamshire: Buckingham Bletchley Essex: Southend-on-Sea Surrey: Epsom Dorking Hampshire: Aldershot Winchester Somerset: Weston-Super-Mare

UK CB 2018 Visitors

Printed family tickets were used to collect information on

nationalities, ages of visitors and heritage information. 164 fam-

ily ticket requests were made to be added to our newsletter; 38

new volunteers recruited, with a further 36 who would be inter-

ested in volunteering depending on activity and personal avail-

ability. Babies through to 90’s were present, with up to four

generations coming together as a family day out.

Online tickets: 603 Data tickets: 743 Other: 500+ (Estimate)

Visitors Numbers

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Nationality and Heritage CB 2018 visitors

Australia Bangladesh Brazil Canada China Egypt England France

Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Hungary India Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Libya Lithuania

Malaysia Mexico Morocco Nepal New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Seychelles

Singapore South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Syria Thailand Turkey Tunisia Turkmenistan USA Wales Yemen

Belah

Belle Vue

Botcherby

Brampton

Caldewgate

Castle Carrock

Crosby on Eden

Cummersdale

Cumwhinton

Currock

Dalston

Denton Holme

Harraby

Kirkandrews Upon

Eden

Houghton

Kingstown

Longtown

Longsowerby

Monkhill

Morton

Newtown

Raffles

Scotby

St Aidans

Stanwix

Upperby

Yewdale

Wetheral

Carlisle and District CB 2018 Visitors

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Bassenthwaite

Caldbeck

Cleator Moor

Cockermouth

Keswick

Kirkoswald

Maryport

Penrith

Whitehaven

Wigton

Cumbria CB 2018 Visitors

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“Amazing - so many different cultures in Carlisle! It is heartwarming”. Eileen Norman - English/Scottish

“A brilliant day. Thank you. Can't wait for next one”. Anne Foster, Armathwaite

“Most impressive - very good to promote under-standing and multiculture in the area.”. Anon

“Cumbria Police friendly - learned more about the Direct Entry Inspector Programme. AWAZ Cumbria - informative group. BBC Cumbria - much love. Having tents manages the event better, more eye catching it looks neat and tidy. The event brings in a diverse background”. Iftikar Hussan - Bengali

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“Syrian Cookery- Loved it. Our group decided they are gonna do it at home. Girl was really nice. We got seconds too. We bought some spice. The one we bought was really nice. He helped us with anything we needed. Thai cooking - She was so good. She explained every product and the history behind it. She was awesome. Loved the food” Diana Vlad - Romanian

Chinese Lion Dance

Traditional Indian Dance

Egyptian Belly Dance

Dabka Syrian Dance

Bollywood Dance

Bhangra Dance

Indonesian

Gamelan

Youth Jazz

Baroque Music

Harp Workshops

Dhol Drumming

Cypriot Cooking

Thai Cooking

Egyptian Cooking

Roncametrics

Indian Rangoli

Japanese

Origami

Ethnic Crafts

Caromboard

Pittu

Refugee Experience

Rebound Trampettes

Activities

Yoga

Kabbadi

Laughter Yoga

Balloon Twister

Golak Puppets

Sari Demo

Heritage Poetry

Radio Cumbria

Shadowlands

Puppet Theatre

Finale Parade

Performances:

Fire-eating,

Kung Fu

Music and dance

Not forgetting the

Pink Famingo!!

Thank you to the

100+ volunteers

& participants

who contributed

time and skills

for CB2018

Activities

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“An interesting project with U of C Photography Students. Taste of Sey-chelles - no holds barred on the hot chilli. Bought a jar. Best belly dancing we've ever seen including Morocco!” Fiona Prior - German

Rotary Carlisle

Stewarding

The Heathlands Project

International Womens Group

Tullie House

One World Centre

North Cumbria Pride

Mike March

Pilgrim Photography

Andrew Coleman

Photography

Shri Nimmagadda

Jenny Jay

Sonia Parmar

Keith Adams

Eli Alderton

Jah Powell

Richard Milburn

Sylvia Baker

Emily Warwick

Wefareez (Under 16’s)

Rowan Borgia

Tilly Carruthers

Katrina Struthers

Madison Warwick

Alex Warwick

Aser Mohamed

Lara Mohamed

Volunteer Thanks

Young People at CB2018

MCC value and actively encourage the contribution of young

people for Culture Bazaar. We introduced the Welfareez, a

team of young people led by Rowan Borgia, aged 11, who

attended Culture Bazaar in CB2008! Their job was to look out

for the welfare of the Participants/Volunteers who couldn't leave

their posts. They also offered help when needed and guided

the visitors to different activities and stamped their passports!

They also helped with setting up the venue prior to the event

itself.