Refugees speaking up by and for themselves to influence policy and practice for the good of all refugees and asylum seekers in the North East region

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HEALTH:  Presentation made by our members to the Annual Regional Migrant Health Conference 2010: “How does the cultural competency of health care workers impact on the health needs of refugees and asylum seekers?”

      Conference Programme June 14th 2010: ‘World Class Commissioning and Migrant Health’ 

National Campaign to restore the Right to Work for Asylum Seekers

Skilled Project: your evidence on finding a job that matchs your past skills and qualifications

Tell the LSC what problems your members have in accessing Childcare for training and learning courses

Your experience on accessing support, information or training from your Job Centre

• make your voice heard and help change policy and practice
• get more information for your community on roles, systems, structures and your rights in the UK

 

Diagram of Forum Sub-Groups structure and process

Click on any of these subjects below for more information of the current work of our Sub-groups, how to join in, details of meetings and events, and ways you can contribute your evidence...

• Learning and training programmes for 16+ year olds, routes into employment
• Policing 
• Health 
• The unique contribution made by RCOs, and partnership working with other agencies 
• Asylum Policy
• National Independent Refugee-Led Forums Network

The experience and evidence of your RCO can make a difference... any RCO can get involved in our Sub-Groups and help bring the Collective Voice of the regions Refugee community to the attention of key policy makers and service providers. 

You can also help establish the priorities for the Sub-Groups – let us know what policy area your RCO considers a priority for he RRF to work on.

Each Sub-Group is chaired by a member of the Forum's Executive Committee. You can contact them on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or please contact Georgina on 0191 423 6255 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

For information about past research and policy work click here. 

The Expert Groups Programme is supported by a grant from the Millfield House Foundation,a North East regional charity whose grants policy is “to promote social change by funding projects that inform discussion and influence public policy and attitudes, with the aim of diminishing social deprivation and empowering communities”