Celebrate South Asian Heritage Month with TOG Mind

The South Asian Heritage Month theme for 2023 is ‘Stories to Tell’, and Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind will be celebrating throughout the month with a range of activities and opportunities for the public to get involved in

South Asian Heritage Month runs from Tuesday (July 18) to August 17 and seeks to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures and histories, particularly the intertwined histories of the UK and South Asian communities and how South Asian cultures are present throughout the UK.

The theme for 2023 is ‘Stories to Tell’, and Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind will be celebrating throughout the month with a range of activities and opportunities for the public to get involved in.

At both their Oldham and Ashton offices, TOG Mind will have a pop up gallery exhibition of South Asian hand painted artwork - ‘A Journey Through the Story of Asian Cinema’ - with members of the public encouraged to visit the exhibition and contribute by telling their story.

Abdul Shakoor, who works with TOG Mind and sits on their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion panel, said: "Celebrating South Asian stories and lives is so very important.

"Our diversity here at TOG Mind is very similar to the wonderful diversity we see within our local communities and through story telling and connecting we can better support these communities around all aspects of health and wellbeing."

Interviews with TOG Mind staff around South Asian culture, mental health, wellbeing and stigma will also be shared throughout the month across social media channels, along with celebrating people’s stories from across the world.

There’s even South Asian ‘lunch and learn’ sessions planned for staff and volunteers that will be filmed and made available to the public.

For anyone wishing to find out more about TOG Mind’s celebrations or get involved, you can contact Jason at their office on 0161 330 9223 or email: marketing@togmind.org

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