New Start Announce Refugee Celebration Day
Our SSHG partners at New Start have announced they are arranging a special day to celebrate the refugee families they support as part of Refugee Week.
The event will take place on Friday July 7th, 12pm to 4pm, at New Start’s office, The Job Bank, 4 Tunnel Road, Liverpool, L7 6QD.
Refugee Week takes place in June each year. It is regularly used as a platform for holding hundreds of arts, cultural and educational events.
Refugee Week events are used to to celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK and encourage a better understanding between communities.
The New Roots project was set up in 2013, as a homelessness prevention and resettlement project for refugees and refugee families ready to access mainstream services once their assistance from the UK Borders Agency has lapsed. The project is staffed by dedicated workers with the expertise needed to deal with multi-cultural refugee matters and help promote human rights at all levels.
New Start boss, Neil Baynes, said: “The transition from asylum seeker to refugee can be very challenging and problematic, causing a high risk of homelessness for this group. Therefore, we developed a responsive service that aims to support refugees towards independence and integration into UK society. The project recognises refugees as valued members of the community and respects the cultural identity of all those who access the service showing empathy towards each unique experience of migration.”
“We offer good quality housing and support services within Liverpool’s most culturally beneficial areas of the city, and the project works with refugees to identify their immediate support requirements, enabling those needs to be addressed initially, said Neil. “Service users who access this scheme arrive with the need to feel safe and secure as the majority have fled their home country due to violence and persecution. Therefore, stability of accommodation and a supportive environment are crucial at this stage. Once this component is in place, intensive work around integration and education on UK life can commence.”
For more details of the New Start New Roots day, phone 0151 708 7103 or go to the website www.newstarthomes.org.uk
