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Volunteering, asylum and ENVIRONMENT seminar
On Wednesday 8 December 2004, around 60 people gathered for a lively and wide-ranging seminar looking at issues around encouraging and enabling refugees and asylum seekers to volunteer in the environment.

Comments from participants:
"I met individuals and organisations who I would not have come into contact with in any other way."

"It's been good to talk and raise issues, learn new ideas and promote best practice."

"I enjoyed the speakers' contributions. Some creative and inspirational ideas came out."

"Hearing about the wide range of projects and activities that are going on all around the country."

"It was good to find out about case studies of other projects and how they overcame barriers they met."

"Thank you for the opportunity to meet and talk to other people trying to do similar work-sharing problems, obstacles and solutions."

Find out more about the day – download these documents:

Agenda (21 KB Word doc file)

Speakers' biographies (31 KB Word doc file)

Powerpoint presentations:

• Maeve Sherlock, Chief Executive, Refugee Council (58 KB power point file)
• Tom Flood, Chief Executive, BTCV (235 KB power point file)
• Judy Ling Wong, Director, Black Environment Network (2012 KB power point file)
• Richard Williams, Group Development Director, BTCV (354 KB power point file)

Summary of workshops (53 KB Word doc file)

Summary of presentation:
Christine Ugborogho, Policy Adviser, Refugee Community Development Fund, Home Office (51 KB Word doc file)

The way forward (61 KB Word doc file)

Link to key websites:

Black Environment Network
www.realworld.org.uk/ben.html

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
www.btcv.org

Countryside Agency
www.countryside.gov.uk

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

Refugee Council
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Institute for Volunteering Research
www.ivr.org.uk

Volunteering England
www.volunteering.org.uk

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