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CHINESE NATIONAL HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4513

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CHINESE NATIONAL HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

Date(s): 2004-2008

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.03 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Chinese National Healthy Living Centre

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Chinese National Healthy Living Centre was founded in 1987 to promote healthy living, and provide access to health services, for the Chinese community in the UK. The Centre, based close to London's Chinatown, aims to reduce the health inequality between the Chinese community and the general population by providing a range of services designed to tackle both the physical and psychological aspects of health.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Chinese National Healthy Living Centre, including promotional leaflets; recordings made under the oral history project 'Whispers of Time: Memories of Migration and Settlement'; and promotional material from the 'Footprints of the Dragon' project.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Chinese and English.

System of arrangement:

LMA/4513/01: Administration; LMA/4513/02: Projects.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

This collection was acquired as part of 'Footprints of the Dragon' Heritage Lottery Fund project led by Chinese National Healthy Living Centre, in 2008.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

The following Chinese community collections were acquired as part of 'Footprints of the Dragon' Heritage Lottery Fund project led by Chinese National Healthy Living Centre: LMA/4497-4515, 4518, 4520.

Publication note:

http://www.cnhlc.org.uk/english.html- accessed at: 14:11 12/01/2009

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Chinese (cultural identity) | National identity | Cultural nationalism | Cultural identity
Emigration | Migration
Health advice | Health
Immigrants | Migrants
Immigration | Migration
Medical charities | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Oral history | Historical methods | History
Social inequality | Social stratification
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Chinese National Healthy Living Centre

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe