Welcome to Northern Refugee Centre (NRC)
NRC is an independent charity for Yorkshire & the Humber working with refugees, asylum seekers and new migrants to provide services and influence policy.
"Who is your neighbour?" - Workshop
Who is your neighbour (WIYN) is a inter-faith partnership working with communities in South Yorkshire (ie Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster) by providing safe spaces for dialogue around racism and faith-based prejudice, supporting and encouraging interaction between groups and communities that do not ordinarily mix, and supporting voluntary, community and faith groups to promote positive stories of relations between different communities.
Two FREE half day workshops are being held in Sheffield (Tues 24 January 2012) and Rotherham (Thurs 26 January 2012)
If you are interested download the Sheffield or Rotherham workshop information. Interested in attending - Email: kamal@riseuk.org.uk
ASP Move-On and Integration Advice following cuts to RIES and OSS Services
ASP Move-on and Intergration Advice following funding Cuts 2011
8 December 11
ASP Move-On and Integration Advice following cuts to RIES and OSS Services
This statement has been agreed by the Asylum Support Partnership, which brings together key national and regional charitable providers of asylum support services to refugees and asylum seekers, (from arrival to decision) to ensure, through collaborative working, that asylum seekers get the support they need.
NRC AGM
Northern Refugee Centre's Annual General Meeting
The Northern Refugee Centre's Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 24th January 2012 at the Circle, in Sheffield.
*Our guest speaker is Prof. Danny Dorling whose research interests include "trying to understand and map the changing social, political and medical geographies of Britain and further afield, concentrating on social and spatial inequalities to life chances and how these may be narrowed". He is also a columnist for the Guardian and has recently written the article: Border Controls? Here is a Long Line of Reasons to Relax
Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - ACTS OF MEMORY
To clebrate International Human Rights Day and the 63rd anniversary of the UDHR, NRC took part in a performance of the UN Convention of Human Rights as part of a touring creative and participative production. See Acts of Memory for more details.
The event was on 10th December (International Human Rights Day) in Sheffield at the Town Hall
Mental Health First Aid - Empowering You to Help
The Northern Refugee Centre has organised an MHFA certified course on Mental Health First Aid - Empowering You to Help. It is targeted at people working with asylum-seekers and refugees.
Megan Ohri, from Organisation and Social Development Consultants (OSDC) Ltd will be delivering the course.
RCO News
Read the latest RCO Connect Newsletter. Up-to-date news from Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs)
Beatrice Botomani awarded Refugee of the year 2011
Northern Refugee Centre's Voluntary Development Co-ordinator in Bradford has been awarded 2011's Refugee of the Year. The award which is co-ordinated by Migration Yorkshire recognises the contribution of refugees to the Yorkshire and Humber region, focusing on the extraordinary individuals who embody this in their daily lives. NRC CEO, Jim Steinke and Regional Development Co-ordinator Jeni Vine attended the event. In his congratulatory message to Beatrice, Jim Steinke also highlighted the following:
