VOICE
Hearing the Voice of the region’s refugee and asylum seeker community
VOICE
Hearing the Voice of the region’s refugee and asylum seeker community
Our members speak up
Our members’ voice can be heard in the reports and films shown below. Also included are some reports to which they have directly contributed evidence through interviews, focus groups and survey forms.
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Videos co-produced by the Regional Refugee Forum North East, its Members and the Local Maternity Systems in the North East in:
Q&A script and translations for text cards
On restoring the right to work for asylum seekers
- Let us work campaign: Voices of our members (video)
- BBC Politics Show report
- Testimonies from Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the North East Region on the impact of not being allowed to work (pdf)
- Our campaign in the North East (video)
- Lift the Ban (pdf 2018) by Refugee Action & Asylum Matters
On finding routes for Refugees to use their prior skills and experience and contribute to the North East economy
- Testimony from our members on barriers to using their prior skills (2010 pdf)
- Skilled project Final Report (2011 pdf)
- Big conversation 1 (2011 video)
- Big conversation 2 (2011 video)
- Big Conversation 1 findings and recommendations (2011 pdf)
- Big conversation 2 findings and recommendations (2001 pdf)
- The ideal journey into employment (pdf)
- The challenges on the journey (pdf)
On unemployment and underemployment amongst refugees
- New migrants in North East workforce (pdf 2016) with Nottingham Trent University, Northumbria University and ICOS
- Summary report (pdf 2016)
On realising the entrepreneurial potential of women refugees
- Missing Link project: A business woman is…..participant perspectives (pdf 2013)
On Child Poverty in refugee families
- Written out of the picture? The role of local services in tackling child poverty amongst asylum seekers and refugees (pdf 2010) co-produced with the North East Child Poverty Commission
- Summary report (2010 pdf)
 On the contribution of RCOs to settlement and integration
- The North East. Our new home (2008 video)
- Celebrating the role of RCOs in the Tees Valley (2009 video)
- Celebrating the role of RCOs in Tyne & Wear (2009 video)
- A bridge to life in the UK: refugee-led community organisations and their role in integration (pdf 2018) with Refugee Council
- Bridge to Life Report
On Detention
- North East Submission: Response to Parliamentary Inquiry into the use of immigration detention in the UK, hosted by the APPG on Refugees and the APPG on Migration (pdf 2014) with Detention Action
On hearing the voice of refugees in policy and practice
- ‘A Trans-national Network: Hearing the voices of Refugees in Policy and Practice in the European Union’ (pdf 2001) for the European Commission. North of England Refugee Service
- Executive Summary (pdf 2001)
Funders
Our members speak up
Our members’ voice can be heard in the reports and films shown below. Also included are some reports to which they have directly contributed evidence through interviews, focus groups and survey forms.
On restoring the right to work for asylum seekers
- Let us work campaign: Voices of our members (video)
- BBC Politics Show report
- Testimonies from Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the North East Region on the impact of not being allowed to work (pdf)
- Our campaign in the North East (video)
- Lift the Ban (pdf 2018) by Refugee Action & Asylum Matters
On finding routes for Refugees to use their prior skills and experience and contribute to the North East economy
- Testimony from our members on barriers to using their prior skills (2010 pdf)
- Skilled project Final Report (2011 pdf)
- Big conversation 1 (2011 video)
- Big conversation 2 (2011 video)
- Big Conversation 1 findings and recommendations (2011 pdf)
- Big conversation 2 findings and recommendations (2001 pdf)
- The ideal journey into employment (pdf)
- The challenges on the journey (pdf)
On unemployment and underemployment amongst refugees
- New migrants in North East workforce (pdf 2016) with Nottingham Trent University, Northumbria University and ICOS
- Summary report (pdf 2016)
On realising the entrepreneurial potential of women refugees
- Missing Link project: A business woman is…..participant perspectives (pdf 2013)
On Child Poverty in refugee families
- Written out of the picture? The role of local services in tackling child poverty amongst asylum seekers and refugees (pdf 2010) co-produced with the North East Child Poverty Commission
- Summary report (2010 pdf)
 On the contribution of RCOs to settlement and integration
- The North East. Our new home (2008 video)
- Celebrating the role of RCOs in the Tees Valley (2009 video)
- Celebrating the role of RCOs in Tyne & Wear (2009 video)
- A bridge to life in the UK: refugee-led community organisations and their role in integration (pdf 2018) with Refugee Council
- Bridge to Life Report
On Detention
- North East Submission: Response to Parliamentary Inquiry into the use of immigration detention in the UK, hosted by the APPG on Refugees and the APPG on Migration (pdf 2014) with Detention Action
On hearing the voice of refugees in policy and practice
- ‘A Trans-national Network: Hearing the voices of Refugees in Policy and Practice in the European Union’ (pdf 2001) for the European Commission. North of England Refugee Service
- Executive Summary (pdf 2001)
CONTACTS
If you have an idea to improve lives in your community, and want to join action for change, then get in touch with us today.
CONTACTS
If you have an idea to improve lives in your community, and want to join action for change, then get in touch with us today.