Wapping Bangladesh Association

About this provider

Wapping Bangladesh Association (WBA) is a grass root led registered charitable organisation based in the Wapping area of London Borough of Tower Hamlets. WBA is the only specifically Bangladeshi led organisation in the Wapping area and forms the main point of contact for the Bangladeshi community here.

The Association was set up in 1980 to tackle poverty, deprivation and isolation being experienced in the Bangladeshi community in terms of service provision – addressing the social, cultural, welfare and economic needs of the Bangladeshi community in Wapping. WBA actively promotes equal opportunities for all.

Our mission is to encourage, develop, strengthen and maintain a real sense of community, reducing social exclusion and division through working with the residents to achieve maximum access to welfare benefits, improved health through health education programmes, improved housing conditions and a more integrated community which embraces activity for all ages and sections of the community. Also, we work with local people, statutory bodies, charities and other agencies to increase access to services which will empower and enable people to make informed choices.