Meetings
Restore Open Meeting
on Tuesday 9th September 2008
Venue All Saints Church, Herbert Road, Small Heath
from 7.30pm — 9.00pm
Speaker: Annie Hughes
Chaplain at the Karis Medical Centre)
Through her work as a chaplain Annie has contact with many refugees and asylum seekers.
Befrienders, supporters, refugees and asylum seekers are all welcome.
We hope to see you then.
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:
Extraordinary
Restore Open Meeting
on Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Venue All Saints Church, Herbert Road, Small Heath
from 7.00pm — 9.00pm
Jonathan Cox, Co-ordinator for the Independent Asylum Commission (IAC), has offered to come to Birmingham to motivate us to take up the recommendations raised by the Independent Asylum Commission and lobby for change.
Please note the earlier start time, as Jonathan has to catch a train back to London)
Please help us to publicise this event.
All Welcome.
Jonathan Cox, the Independent Asylum Commission Co-ordinator, is coming to Birmingham to facilitate a discussion between a broad range of individuals and organisations in the West Midlands who are committed to using the IAC's work to make positive change to the UK and regional asylum system.
During the evening we will be talking about the IAC's recommendations, further training opportunities that the IAC could provide, what our priorities would be in the West Midlands, and how we would take things forward and make sure the IAC reports do not gather dust.
Annual Report 2007
Restore’s Annual Meeting 2008 and 9th Birthday Celebration was held on Tuesday 17th June 2008 at Selly Oak Methodist Church. The 2007 Annual Report was prepared ready for that event. The keynote speaker at the 2008 Annual Meeting was Revd Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey who spoke about his work as a Commissioner of the Independent Asylum Commission. Afterwards there was a great opportunity to meet friends and network over coffee and cakes.
RESTORE’s Annual Conference
Since 2002, RESTORE has organised a conference each year for befrienders, supporters, refugees and asylum seekers. The event is an opportunity for sharing experiences, for listening to experts speak on asylum issues, for participating in creative activities like lino printing, poster making or drama, for a party on Saturday celebrating the cultures of those present and for worship together.
Additional meetings
More info coming soon
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