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conference 2014
Refugee photo: Evan Bench
Radar photo: FrantzDale
Under the Radar - What Room for Refugees?
Saturday 5th April 2014
11.00am to 3.30pm (Registration from 10.30am)
Central United Reformed Church, Sheffield
60 Norfolk Street, S1 2JB
(5 minutes walk from Sheffield Station; NCP across the road)
Chair: Zrinka Bralo, Executive Director, Migrants and Refugee Communities Forum, London; served as commissioner on Independent Asylum Commission; winner of 2011 Voices of Courage Award, New York.
Main speakers
- Richard Vautrey, NHS Leeds North, Deputy Chair BMA GP Committee, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference 2009.
- Ruth Grove-White, Policy Director, Migrants' Rights Network.
Theological reflection
Fleur Houston, minister of the United Reformed Church, currently writing a book for Acumen Press on: The Bible, Refugees and Asylum.
Workshops
- Destitution
Dave Smith (Boaz Trust Manchester) with input from ASSIST Sheffield (Asylum Seeker Support Initiative Short Term).
- Housing
Julian Prior, Chief Executive Officer, Action Foundation, Newcastle upon Tyne; chair of the working group which produced the report: Asylum Matters, Centre for Social Justice 2008.
- Health
Joan Macfarlane, a volunteer with ASSIST Sheffield; former manager of the Mulberry Practice which offers primary care services to asylum seekers living in Sheffield.
- Campaigning
David Price, South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) with Greg Challis, Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers, Sheffield (CDAS).
- Legal Matters
Gina Clayton: visiting lecturer in law, Middlesex University; author of the definitive textbook on Immigration and Asylum Law; chair of ASSIST, Sheffield.
Music
provided by the choir of the Christ Abiding Ministries International (Hope of Glory Church) Sheffield.
Who should attend?
The Conference is for Refugees and Asylum Seekers as well as for those who work on their behalf.
Costs
£10; £5 unwaged, free for asylum seekers
Information and booking form
CRN Conference Programme 2014 (PDF)
CRN Conference 2014 - Information and booking (Word)
CRN Conference 2014 - Information and booking (PDF)
