Human Rights & International Issues

The next LRA meeting is on Wednesday, 20th March 2019 at 7:30 pm

Darwin Room, Wade Street Church: 34 Wade St, Lichfield WS13 6HL

Please use the Frog Lane side entrance.

The Agenda will include:

• Feedback from City of Sanctuary meeting (2nd March)
• Feedback from Stafford SWR meeting (25th February)
• Plan events for Refugee week – end of June
• Syrian family support/mentoring activities e.g. conversation practice, shopping trips

They welcome new members and hope to see you there!

In the last few days the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights published the findings of a fortnight-long  investigation across the UK.  

To mark Refugee Week 2018  Oxfam will be hosting an event on Thursday 21 June in the Market Square in Stafford. One of their main campaigns for the last couple of years has been 'Stand As One' . It calls for changes in policy around refugee rights -  to help them have safe passage to the UK, be reunited with family members left behind etc. They also work towards creating positive sentiment among the UK public towards refugees.

Staffordshire North and Stoke Citizens Advice Bureau (SNSCAB) and Refugee Action are working in partnership to roll out a number of free training sessions to raise awareness of refugee issues and the Syrian Resettlement Programme. Sessions will be running from June until the end of September.

This invitation is open to all voluntary sector, community organisations and statutory agencies who come into contact with refugees during the course of their work or for anyone who wishes to broaden their knowledge on the rights and entitlements of refugees in the UK.

Grants are available from the Allen Lane Foundation. The Foundation funds groups working with asylum-seekers and refugees (but not groups working with a single nationality), gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender people, gypsies and travellers, migrant workers, offenders and ex-offenders, older people, people experiencing mental health problems and people experiencing violence or abuse.

Spaces are available for the following June & July 2016 SSCB Training:-

Multi Agency Level 2, Working Together to Safeguard Children Training, 09:30 – 16:30

This event is for NEW members of the workforce (not to update) who work predominantly with children, young people and/or their parents/carers and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning, intervening and evaluating the needs of a child and parenting capacity where there are safeguarding concerns.

Staffordshire North and Stoke Citizens Advice Bureau (SNSCAB) and Refugee Action are working in partnership to roll out a number of free training sessions to raise awareness of refugee issues and the Syrian Resettlement Programme. Sessions will be running from June until the end of September.

This invitation is open to all voluntary sector, community organisations and statutory agencies who come into contact with refugees during the course of their work or for anyone who wishes to broaden their knowledge on the rights and entitlements of refugees in the UK.

Announcement from Staffordshire North and Stoke-on-Trent Citizens Advice Bureaux (SNSCAB)

Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in Staffordshire