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Welcome

Community Development Services Alliance (CODESA) combines the strengths of business and community development to increase its social impacts for the public. We are a company limited by guarantee, with only charitable objects.

Our mission, vision and goals are reflected in our objects of relieving poverty and unemployment, and promoting social inclusion, racial harmony and good citizenship.

We contribute to an understanding of the UK's landscapes and heritage, thereby preparing young people for careers in the arts, culture, land and environmental sectors, in line with our objective of relieving unemployment.

Business: Social Enterprises

CODESA believes in supporting the UK's economic development and growth. We are establishing a number of public-private partnerships in health and social care, training and capacity building, research and consultancies to generate income to supplement funds for our operations and provision of community services.

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Apart from the financial values, our social enterprises provide work opportunities, and contribute to reducing the number of unemployed people in the UK, estimated at about  2.7 million. We are particularly keen to work with minority ethnic communities, young  and older people to support them to find work appropriate to their skills. Check our Social Enterprise pages for details.

Community Services

We provide a range of community services, targeting deprived and underprivileged groups, especially the African Diaspora and other minority communities. Over the past two years, we have created platforms for cross-cultural  dialogue and have  institutionalised the African Diaspora Leaders Forum (ADLF), The ADLF's role and influence has been expanded across the Yorkshire region, with the view of intending it to a national platform.

We have also supported African regional community groupings to oragnise their regional days which involve cultural gatherings. We are using the regional platforms to increase interaction among people from different regions of African, thereby strengthening bonds of the African Diaspora.

CODESA facilitates events to link African communities to mainstream British social gatherings to increase cultural diversity and engagement.  We are organising local, regional and national events to bring all people of the UK together to share diverse cultural values. For more information, check the community services page.