Like many charitable organisations who provide face-to-face services to the community, the Maya Centre has had to make significant changes to the way we operate amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Following guidance from central government last year, we closed our central office to reduce social contact and transferred all of our one-to-one counselling services to the […]
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This World Health Day, it’s time to put health inequalities in the spotlight
Over the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges both for people and society. At the same time, it has thrust pre-existing health inequalities into sharp relief. Research over the past year has consistently shown that minority ethnic communities are disproportionately bearing the brunt of the pandemic. During the first wave of the […]
In the wake of Sarah Everard’s death, ending violence against women must become a priority
Over the past two weeks, the death of Londoner Sarah Everard has sparked an outpouring of grief and anger over the issue of violence by men against women, and frustration at the lack of progress by the state to ensure the safety of women both on the streets and in their homes. Statistics not only […]
