Refugee Week – Celebrating the contribution and resilience of people from refugee backgrounds
Posted June 17, 2019
The team at The Refugee and Migrant Centre (Black Country and Birmingham) will be supporting a number of Refugee Week events throughout this week. Refugee Week is an annual festival in the UK each June celebrating the contribution, creativity and resilience of people from refugee backgrounds to the UK. Taking place this week – 17th[…]
Volunteers Week: A look at our Volunteer Team and their impact
Posted June 7, 2019
A Summary of the RMC Impact Report 2018/19 The Refugee & Migrant centre aims to break down the barriers for newly arrived communities and our volunteers make this happen each and every day. We would like to thank them all for the time they give and the hard work they put in to support those[…]
Volunteers Week: “Every day I volunteer at RMC, I learn something new. It’s a wonderful place.”
Posted June 6, 2019
Sue Taxson: Sharing her vast experience has been a real benefit RMC Health Team volunteer and former psychologist Sue Traxson continues our Volunteers Week celebrations, by sharing her experiences of volunteering at the centre, supporting communities in Wolverhampton and talking about how it has benefited her. I have been volunteering with the Health Team at[…]
Volunteers Week: “Volunteering helped me see that I can make a difference to the world around me.”
Posted June 5, 2019
Amreet: One visit to RMC that changed a lot Former volunteer at RMC and now a full-time staff member, 22 year old Amreet from Wolverhampton shares why she first decided to contact the centre and what the experience has been like. I first heard about RMC three years ago when I was working on a[…]
Volunteers Week: “Volunteering at RMC helped me to be part of a community and make new friends.”
Posted June 4, 2019
“Learning is two sides – I was learning from and they were learning from me”: Former RMC volunteer and now British Red Cross employee Dalia, came to the UK from Sudan in December 2016 in search of safety and claimed asylum. As part of our Volunteers Week celebrations, she has shared her thoughts with RMC[…]
Volunteers Week: Volunteering at RMC to secure my ‘dream job’
Posted June 3, 2019
“I Just can’t believe how far I’ve come”: “I always dreamed of becoming a support worker but thought I would always be working in a factory. When I came to RMC, my options opened.” Former RMC reception and admin team volunteer Suky Sidhu, who now works as a support worker at a women’s refuge in[…]
Volunteers Week: Teaching English for a brighter future
Posted June 2, 2019
Breaking down the barriers to a new life: Judy Bell, a retired teacher – and now RMC English and Maths class tutor – on the impact that volunteering at the charity has had on her life since joining. “I feel humbled by the strength and courage of those who have been forced to leave everything,[…]
Volunteers Week: Celebrating our fantastic volunteers for all their support
Posted June 1, 2019
A huge thank you to our amazing volunteers at RMC: By Craig Hands, Volunteers Manager at Refugee and Migrant Centre (Black Country and Birmingham) (RMC) RMC was founded by volunteers almost two decades ago and to this day continues to run on the power of people dedicating their time to help others. Volunteers are the[…]
Our response to the Windrush Compensation Scheme announcement
Posted April 5, 2019
For the dozens of Windrush clients we support, the significant delay and subsequent lack of clarity in announcing how those affected will be rightly compensated, has only served to heighten the trauma caused by the Home Office’s enduring ‘hostile environment’ policies. While we welcome the creation of a compensation scheme, it remains to be seen[…]
2019 GSK IMPACT Award Winners !
Posted March 12, 2019
The GSK IMPACT Awards are a national programme that recognise and reward small and medium sized charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing in communities across the UK. Winners will receive £30,000 in unrestricted funding as well as expert support and leadership development provided by The King’s Fund. The Refugee[…]
