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SpanishVolunteering Our Community continues to thrive and more people, individuals and families, join us all the time. Some speak good English but there is a growing need for volunteers able to teach English and/or do conversation sessions with new migrants as a regular commitment. It is very rewarding to see the communication improve and to […]
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Jonathan Seath, former Principal of Colchester English Study Centre provides some tips. Sometimes we have requests from clients to help improve their English. Clearly a good use of English is important for being able to become a full member of the community, communicating with local services, finding employment and of course keeping up with your […]
This is a call to all mums to come with their children to join Refugee Action -Colchester celebrating Women’s Health Day.There will be drinks and food and the chance to talk to like-minded women. An important appointment Join us on Saturday 3rd July from 12am to 3pm at the Youth Enquiry Service venue, 9 Trinity […]
The Very Definition of “Not Glamorous” Here is a collection of recent stories we found in the news. We want to share them with you, as they reflect the experience and barriers our clients and case workers face each day, and we’d like them to be more prominent in the news. UK asylum seekers at […]
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May
May
Gerald is an elderly Somalian client. He has been in the UK for 13 years and became appeal rights exhausted after he failed to attend his appeal hearing, because he was so scared of the intrusive questions – they wanted to ask him about his family and what he witnessed when they were killed. He […]
This has been an active few months even though it has been punctuated by unseasonal weather and ongoing uncertainty about Covid regulations. However RA-C , aided by Community 360 has helped to to get many of our clients and volunteers vaccinated and we all feel a bit more safe. Work at the Big Garden has […]
We have welcomed new residents to Colchester in the last week as it is now a dispersal location from the Home Office for Asylum Seekers who are in the National Asylum Support Service (NASS), and are waiting for an Asylum claim to be decided. There are currently 5 houses occupied in Colchester, each one housing […]
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May
May
Panorama is the world’s longest running TV current affairs programme. First broadcast in 1953, it still has a prime-time slot and is shown throughout the world. There have been a number of notable programmes over the years exposing corruption in football, contaminated blood in the NHS, abuse in care homes and, most famously of all, […]
Although the circumstances this year have made it difficult for many of Friends Not Foes’ typical activities to take place, the group has fortunately still been able to help out in a variety of ways. For example, the homework club has been taking place weekly at the college and has been enjoyed by volunteers and […]
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Apr
Apr
The term ‘modern day slave trade’ provokes strong and emotional responses and yet we tend to see it as something that only happens in big cities, far away from us. Sadly, that is not the case as our caseworkers know how this is happening today on our doorstep. Modern slavery is comprised of human trafficking […]
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