Key Dates:
1998 | BSC Established by local volunteers |
1998 | Organised FIRST Annual Community Day in Suffolk |
2001 | Becomes a registered Charity |
2004 | Successfully delivered 3-year BME Training Project funded by LSC |
2004 | Becomes a Company Limited by Guarantee |
2005 | Received ALL-INCLUSIVE FINALIST AWARD from LSC in 2005 |
2007 | Awarded MATRIX accreditation |
2010 | Recognised by NHS as 1 of 3 OUTSTANDING PROJECTS in the country |
2010 | MATRIX accreditation renewed |
2011 | Received Channel S award as ‘BEST COMMUNITY ORGANISATION’ in UK |
2012 | Invited to Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee garden party, Sandringham House |
2013 | Bronze Award – National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education |
2014 | Silver Award – National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education |
2016 | Working Together Award – VCS Suffolk Congress & Suffolk County Council |
2016 | Initiated Suffolk BME Business Awards 2016 in partnership with University of Suffolk |
2017 | Successful delivery of the Sporting Citizenship Programme in partnership with Inspire Suffolk |
2017 | Brought communities together through Sport (One Community Sporting Citizenship Cup) with Inspire Suffolk, in partnership with Suffolk Constabulary, B.I.F.A. & ISCRE |
2018 | Working Together Award – VCS Suffolk Congress & Suffolk County Council |
2018 | High Sheriff’s Certificate of Recognition |
2018 | Invited to meet the Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex on his visit to Ipswich in May |