🔹 Foundations of Community Engagement (Pre-2010)
- 🧘 Supported Buddhist monks, led by Mr. P. Lau, to learn English
- 🧒 Worked with Core Skills Initiative to help parents support their children’s learning
- 🏫 Formed a longstanding partnership with Joseph Chamberlain College to deliver accredited ESOL in community settings
- 💻 Delivered Intro to IT & Computing at Apna Ghar Asian Day Centre, visited by Lord Mayor Mahmood Hussain
- 🎉 21st anniversary: Received Investors in People; honoured by Lord Mayor Councillor John Hood
- 🏛️ 2009: Selected as the Lord Mayor’s official charity
🔹 2016: Official Accreditation & Syrian Resettlement Begins
- 📜 Achieved Matrix Accreditation for education and training advice
- 🏁 Began delivery for the SVPRS (Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme)
🔹 2020–2021: Covid Adaptation & Remote Delivery
- 🧑💻 Transitioned to Zoom-based ESOL delivery during lockdowns
- 📚 Supported learners through RARPA and ESOL Extra programmes
- 🧠 Partnered with Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust to deliver ESOL-friendly Mental Health workshops
🔹 2022–Present: New Communities & Celebration
- 🇦🇫 2022: Started supporting resettled Afghan families through ARAP and ACRS
- 🎉 2024: 40th Anniversary celebrated — four decades of community-led education and empowerment
🔹 Ongoing Recognition
- Visit from three Assistant High Commissioners from Bangladesh, who praised BEEAS’s impact and engagement
✔️ Investors in People award since 2006
✔️ Matrix Accreditation for Information, Advice & Guidance services since 2016
BEEAS celebrates its 25th Birthday in 2009.
