Who We Are

Community Active Support (CAS) is a community-based voluntary organisation, established in March 2001, and registered as a charity in England and Wales in December 2002, to promote health, socio-economic and cultural development among the resident African communities in the United Kingdom, particularly those from a Francophone background, including refugees and asylum seekers. It was founded after a wide consultation amongst the African communities of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the surrounding areas highlighted particular difficulties faced by African communities, particularly French speakers, in accessing mainstream services due to language and cultural barriers.

CAS aims to fight against knowledge gaps, disease, poverty and social exclusion among Africans and French speaking communities, and the community as whole through a common effort to relieve poverty, advance education and improve access, and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare, recreational, leisure, and support with the object of improving the conditions of life for these people.

Mission statement:
CAS’s IAG Project’s mission statement is “to ensure that service users regardless of their ethnic background, age, religion or sexual orientation access all range of activities and services in caring, loving and supportive environment”

Our Values:
Team work, cooperation and continuous renewal are CAS values.