Meetings
Please join us for
Restore’s next Open Meeting
to be held at St Georges Community Hub
Great Hampton Row
Newtown
Birmingham
B19 3JG
Tuesday 27 April 2010
from 7.30pm to 9.30pm
The meeting will focus on:
‘What to do if you receive Indefinite Leave to Remain’
(through the Case Resolution process)
Dr Elizabeth Corrie, Legal Caseworker with The Rights Partnership, will help clarify people’s entitlements and answer questions. We will also look at other issues including benefits and accommodation.
The meeting is open to befrienders, refugees, those seeking sanctuary and supporters.
Open Meetings
We encourage all our befrienders and supporters to join us and benefit from our Open Meetings:
- A valuable opportunity to meet other volunteers, to share experiences and network;
- A great chance to hear about developments in the asylum field from our keynote speakers, RESTORE staff and other volunteers.
We hold about 5 meetings each year usually at RESTORE in the evenings
Previous speakers have included:
Rev Bob Wilkes, Dean of St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham who spoke about his involvement with Asylum Link Merseyside before he moved to Birmingham;
Sue Conlan, Asylum and Immigration Lawyer
Dr Laura Pugh, GP, an expert in asylum health issues
Nick Scott-Flynn to present the findings of research into the destitution of asylum seekers in Birmingham.
These Open Meetings are also a time for sharing details of local events and activities and information about national campaigns or changes in legislation, etc.
Next Open Meeting:
Annual Report 2008
Annual Meeting and 10th Birthday Party — Tuesday 16th June 2009 — Sixty five people joined us for our annual meeting where part of the focus was celebrating 10 years of Restore’s work. We were grateful to Mira Yugai, one of the first people to be befriended who shared of her own experience and the impact a befriender had made. It was also an opportunity to thank Jill Hall, one of our founding members, for her service to Restore in many ways at the point where she was stepping down from the role of Secretary and the Management Committee after so many years of dedicated and inspirational service. It was also a delight to welcome back Revd Dr Susie Snyder, a former Restore befriender, who spoke on ‘Visions of Restoration’.
Additional meetings
More info coming soon
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