Back to
Volunteering and
Asylum Project -
introductory page

Volunteering, asylum and EDUCATION seminar
The education seminar on 26 January had more than 60 participants. It was an opportunity to discuss the involvement of refugees and asylum seekers in all sorts of educational settings - voluntary and public sector, including pre-school, primary, secondary and adult education.

Comments from participants

"It was very useful meeting and hearing so many different and interesting people and all the information gained and stimulation for new and exiting ideas."

"The speakers were very informative. I have done very little work with refugees and so the whole day was useful to me."

"I gained a better understanding about issues involving volunteers in schools."

Find out more about the day - download these documents

Agenda (34 KB Word document)

Speakers biographies (32 KB Word document)

Powerpoint presentations

• Nora McKenna, Children's Education Policy Adviser, Refugee Council (146 KB power point file)
• Lynne Knight, Trainer and Development Worker, Salusbury World, Salusbury Primary School (767 KB power point file)
• Sue Waddington, European Development Officer, NIACE (281 KB power point file)
• Angela Ellis, Senior Research Officer, Institute for Volunteering Research (207 KB power point file)

Summary of workshops (60 KB Word document)

The way forward (32 KB Word document)

Links to key websites

British Red Cross Refugee Services
www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=40496

Criminal Records Bureau
www.crb.gov.uk

Institute for Volunteering Research
www.ivr.org.uk

NIACE
www.niace.org.uk

Princes Trust
www.princes-trust.org.uk

Refugee Council
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Salusbury World
www.salusburyworld.org.uk

Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office
www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk

Volunteering England
www.volunteering.org.uk

Information on the Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration (ABNI), chaired by Sir Bernard Crick
www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/
news/press_releases/driving_forward_integration.html

Download 'The New and the Old' -
the report of the Life in the United Kingdom Advisory Group www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/
home/0/reports/life_in_the_uk.html

Back to the introductory Volunteering and Asylum Project page.