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Updated July 04th 2008
To view the addresses of our Newcastle (Bigg Market office; Sunderland office and Tees Valley (Middlesbrough) office please click here (this will open a pop-up).
NERS Housing plus leaflet number 1 March 2007
Dec 30th 2006 - Evening Chronicle "An asylum and refugee organisation that operates across the North East has been awarded a national accolade.
The North of England Refugee Service, which is based in Newcastle, has become the first of its kind in the country to receive the Investing in Volunteers standard."
"Amilee
needs you"
Dec 12 2006 – bbc.co.uk
"The mentoring refugee scheme Time Together comes to Sunderland where
volunteers give about five hours a month, but meeting up is flexible. You
could be helping a refugee to assimilate in Sunderland"
Great North Run 2007
Zimbabwean Panganai Svotwa 36 now settled in The North East faced the challenge of a lifetime when he ran the BUPA Great North Run for the "Toy Café"
Toy
Café "provides family support in one of the most socially deprived areas of
the country. All the money raised for The Toy café as a result of BUPA
Great North Run sponsorships will be spent directly on providing creative
play facilities for children in
Click Toy Cafe for the full press release and details
Local News Update
Last updated: 21/04/08
All stories
are displayed as they appear in the original
publication.
Welcome to The North of England Refugee Service (NERS) website
Thinking about starting a business?
There are free Business Startup workshops being run. For further details Click Here (for a pdf version) or Click Here (Microsoft Publisher version).
Opportunities
The NERS website is updated regularly to include new job vacancies. Please revisit this page and Contacts and Jobs for the latest opportunities.
There are currently no job vacancies at the North of England Refugee Service.
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Volunteering
NERS also relies upon, and values the contribution of volunteers, please email volunteering@refugee.org.uk if you are interested in volunteering.
Statistics (issued July 2008)
Our latest statistics, produced in partnership with the "North East Strategic Partnership for Asylum and Refugee Support" (NESPARS) are now available, please click here to go to the download page.
About us
The North of England Refugee Service was established in 1989. We are an independent and charitable organisation which exists to meet the needs and promote the interests of asylum seekers and refugees who have arrived or have settled in the North of England.
NERS acts as an agent of positive change in order to
improve the everyday life conditions of asylum seekers and refugees, and
to promote social inclusion by facilitating their integration and equal
participation within British society.
Since April 2000 NERS has been operating the One Stop Service contract
in the North east. This service is available to all asylum seekers who
are entitled to support from the Home Office "National Asylum Support Service"
(NASS) which was established under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
As well as working directly with asylum seekers, NERS is also involved
in a host of other refugee related work. This site allows you to see our
work in full as well as view opinions on issues related to our work.
Training
NERS provides training in a variety of areas including awareness raising, diversity, capacity building for small organisations, using interpreters, working with volunteers and the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) . Please click here for further information.
Disability Discrimination Act
If you have a problem with mobility or any other form of disability (e.g. sight or hearing) please let our staff know so that we can make arrangements for you.
Whenever possible please help our offices by telephoning them in advance
so that they can make proper arrangements to serve you.
For those with sight or hearing impairments, we will, if necessary, bring
in expert support or ensure you are referred to the appropriate agency
that can help you.
Website updated 04th July
