The Centre for Human Development (CHD) is a Hounslow non-profit organisation working for BAME women whose education, or employment have been disrupted by conflict/migration, long-term unemployment, life-changing events etc can increase their skills, knowledge, and information We also aim to help the local community come together in a safe, caring environment.
We were established in 2018. We work in the London Borough of Hounslow where people face big challenges in their lives.
Hounslow is fraught with social and economic disadvantage. In fact, using measures of income, employment, health, education, crime, barriers to housing and services, plus assessments of the living environment, the neighbourhood in which the CHD operates is ranked within the 20% most deprived wards in the country, according to the Communities and Local Government Indices of Deprivation 2015.
25.3% of Hounslow’s working residents do not earn the Living Wage, compared to 21% of working Londoners. The unemployment rate in Hounslow is 4.4% compared to 3.6% of Londoners (Trust for London)
51% of residents in Hounslow are from BAME background (GLA). 41% were born outside the United Kingdom (Census, 2011)
CHD’s vision is to open new doors for the women showing them possibilities that they otherwise might not have imagined.
That’s why the organisation works very closely with individuals, other organisations and agencies to develop projects that support people.
