Training
Training Courses for people who volunteer.
Courses 2011 : information sessions on asylum issues and training for befriending refugees and asylum seekers.
Please join us for information sessions on ASYLUM ISSUES and training for BEFRIENDING asylum seekers and refugees.
Who is fleeing persecution and seeking sanctuary?
Please join Restore, a project of Birmingham Churches Together supporting refugees and asylum seekers, for 3 information and training sessions for those interested in asylum issues or in training to become befrienders ofrefugees and those seeking sanctuary
EVENING COURSE
on Thursdays 26th January and 2 & 9 February 2012
from 7.30pm - 9.30pm
at the
Faithful Neighbourhoods Centre
10/12 Court Road
Sparkhill
Birmingham
B11 4LX
(Court Road is one-way and accessed from Stratford Road. There is a car park 50metres past the Centre on the left which is open until 10pm)
Restore’s training is offered to all those who are interested in becoming volunteer befrienders of asylum seekers and refugees. Anyone wishing to gather further information on asylum and refugee issues is also welcome. (NB There is no obligation to volunteer with Restore at the end of the course!)
Week one:
introduction to Restore and an overview of asylum issues, exposing some of the media myths about asylum, introduction to befriending and hearing the personal experience of a befriender
Week two:
introduction to the asylum application process and hearing the first-hand experience of a refugee or asylum seeker
Week three:
the practicalities of befriending including guidelines, qualities, boundaries, cross cultural issues and the support offered to volunteers
All sessions include interactive elements
“Befrienders are excellent at providing the invisible things like just showing you around, being a friend, providing company, giving you a feeling of normal life.” - Quote from an asylum seeker
Further details are available from Jeremy Thompson (Befriending Co-ordinator of RESTORE) — 0121 236 0069 or befriend@restore-uk.org
Training in January / February 2012
| date / time | name | venue (address below) |
|---|---|---|
| date / time | name | venue (address below) |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 26th January 7.30-9.30pm |
Who is fleeing persecution and seeking sanctuary? | Faithful Neighbourhoods Centre |
| Thursday 2nd February 7.30-9.30pm |
Who is fleeing persecution and seeking sanctuary? | Faithful Neighbourhoods Centre |
| Thursday 9th February 7.30-9.30pm |
Who is fleeing persecution and seeking sanctuary? | Faithful Neighbourhoods Centre |
| International Mission Centre 24 Weoley Park Road Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6QX |
St John’s Church High Street Harborne B17 9PT |
Faithful Neighbourhoods Centre 10/12 Court Road Sparkhill Birmingham B11 4LX |
See contact page for more details
The training is offered to all those interested in becoming 'befrienders' of asylum seekers and refugees or anyone wishing to gather further information on asylum and refugee issues is also welcome.
Sessions will focus on:
- the current situation and needs relating to asylum seekers and refugees
- the asylum application process
- how individuals and churches across the city are responding to the needs of asylum seekers and refugees
- befriending matters including motivation behind our action, boundaries, and cultural and religious sensitivity.
Befrienders and asylum seekers will share their stories.
“Befrienders are excellent at providing the invisible things like just showing you around, being a friend, providing company, giving you a feeling of normal life.”
An asylum seeker
We are looking for volunteers who are compassionate, volunteers with good listening skills, volunteers who can stand alongside others, volunteers who can develop trust, volunteers who will be friends and volunteers who will, when necessary, take initiative and action. Please consider volunteering as a befriender, so that together, we can continue to make a difference in the lives of asylum seekers and refugees.
If you are planning to attend could you please contact the RESTORE office so we have an idea of numbers.
Further details are available from:
Jeremy Thompson(Befriending Coordinator of RESTORE)
0121 236 0069

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