Organisations rally against destitution at our AGM

The Scottish Refugee Council’s Annual General Meeting was hailed a success on Friday as supporters, refugees and refugee organisations packed in to City Halls to call on the UK government offer real protection to asylum seekers most in need and end the destitution they face.

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Source: Scottish Refugee Council

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Refugees (AGM)

Julian Huppert MP, Chair of the APPG on Refugees invites attendance at the AGM of the APPG on Refugees, 6 September 2011, 4-5pm, Committee Room 16, House of Commons, London.  In addition to the AGM business, this meeting will focus on the following two topical issues of concern:

· The current state of legal support to asylum seekers · The campaign against the indefinite detention of asylum seekers  Speakers are Alison Harvey, General Secretary, ILPA and Jerome Phelps, Director, Detention Action with the meeting chaired by Julian Huppert MP.  To book a place please contact Rafi Fazil e:[email protected] or t: 020 7346 1286.

Acknowledgements to the East of England Newsflash.  For further information please visit their website: http:/www.eelga.gov.uk

The Race Equality Centre AGM

The Race Equality Centre are set to hold their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 24 September 2009 at Highfields Centre, 96 Melbourne Road, Leicester, LE2 0DS.

The meeting will commence at 6pm. Linda Bellos, campaigner, political activist and Director of Diversity Solutions Consultancy Ltd will be the Keynote Speaker.

For all enquiries contact:

3rd Floor
Epic House
Lower Hill Street
Leicester
LE1 3SH

Tel 0116 2999800
Fax 0116 2999801

E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.theraceequalitycentre.org.uk
The Race Equality Centre in Leicester and Leicestershire (TREC) – is a voluntary organisation that was established under the name of the Leicester Racial Equality Council in 1991 to challenge discrimination as defined by the Race Relations Act 1976; and further strengthened by the Race Relations Act (Amendment) Act and the Human Rights Act 1998.

TREC areas of work include:

1. Generic race equality development
2. Community empowerment through targeted work with infrastructure organisations
3. To ameliorate the impact of extreme and violent racist activity
4. Integration support to new and emerging communities
5. Racial harassment monitoring and intervention
6. Promotion of independent living to racial minority disabled people

Leicester City of Sanctuary AGM

Leicester City of Sanctuary invites you  to celebrate the first full year of  their growth and development, talking and listening, meetings and events, projects and paperwork! The Annual General Meeting will be held at Friends Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester, LE2 1WP on the 07th of July 2009.

This year we are pleased to have as our Guest Speaker Dr. Les Ashton from Assist, the Leicester primary care service solely for asylum seekers, who has a special interest in primary care mental health and who will be talking about his work at Assist and the specific health needs of asylum seekers.

The formal business of the AGM will include the election of the Officers – Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Vice-Treasurer, and the ‘members’ of our new Committee – the roles of Vice-Chair and Vice-Treasurer being specifically aimed at those with personal experience of the asylum system, to provide the experience and build the confidence needed to stand for Chair and Treasurer in the future.

To reserve your place please complete the ‘place reservation and committee nomination’ form and return it as soon as possible – if you are interested in standing as an ‘officer’ or ‘member’ of our Committee we welcome your nomination, the deadline for Committee nominations is Friday 26th June 2009.

AGM reservation and nomination form – 12 June 09

For more information please contact:
Gill Buttery
Development Worker
07716 073403
[email protected]