Bangla Research Advisory Group meets for first time

The inaugural meeting of the Bangla Research Advisory Group (BRAG) met on 13 July 2022 to co-design with local community participants the approach to engage with the probin community from the outset of the Amar Bari Amar Jibon project.

‘Amar bari, amar jibon’ (My home, my life): developing living environments for Bangladeshi elders, is a pioneering 36-month long research project that will focus on the entrenched housing and health inequalities of Bangladeshi elders (‘probin’ in Bangla) in East London boroughs of Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets.

This study will explore values, perceptions and aspirations regarding current and future housing and question how age, housing and living arrangements interact and affect health and quality of life of the Bangladeshi ‘probin’ community in Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets in East London.

The Housing LIN is pleased to partner with the Open University and Bangla Housing Association in this Dunhill Medical Trust funded social action research project.