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churches' refugee network
conference 2015
Providing Sanctuary in an Age of Austerity - A Christian Response
CRN Annual Conference in partnership with the London CRN
Saturday 21st March 2015
11.00am - 3.30 pm
Islington Centre for Refugees
& Migrants
Cross St, London, N1
CRN Conference 2015 - Programme and Booking (PDF)
Conference's Programme
10.30am Registration and Hot Drinks
11.00am Welcome by The Rt Revd Joathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon
11.10am Dr Alexander Betts, Director, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University
11.40 am Don Flynn, Director, Migrants' Rights Network
12.10pm Dr Angus Ritchie, Director, Centre for Theology & Community
12.30pm Lunch
1.00pm Let me detain you... Kizza talks from personal experience and beyond
1.30pm Workshops - to be announced ahead of the conference
2.20 pm Churches' Refugee Network - update from the Chair
2.30pm Plenary Panel and Release of Conference Statement
3.20pm Closure and Depart (3.30pm)
Refreshments: hot drinks will be provided.
Lunch: Food prepared by the Refugee Community will be available(cost is not included in the conference fee - donations invited on the day). Alternatively, please bring your own sandwiches.
Cost: £10, unwaged £5, free to refugees & asylum seekers.
Workshops: options will be notified ahead of the Conference.
Bookings: Please contact Wendy Cooper, Church and Society, United Reformed Church, 86 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RT. Phone: 020 7916 8632, or email.