No Accommodation: National Conference 2012

The Nio Accommodation Network is organising a National Conferenceon the topic of housing, destitution and asylum process.

PROGRAMME

10.15          Registration & Refreshments
10.45          Welcome                                       Robert Spooner, ASSIST Sheffield
10.55          NACCOM progress report       Dave Smith , Boaz Trust Manchester
11.05          National Policy Review            Mike Kaye, Still Human Still Here
11.35          Comfort Break
11.45          Workshop 1

12.45          Lunch, Stalls, Networking – Regional marketplace

1.45            Working with Green Pastures
2.00            NACCOM website overview
2.10            Workshop 2
3.10            Refreshment Break (and Feedback Forms!)
3.30            Q & A Panel Session
4.00            Close

Workshops:
Workshops will be run simultaneously - you choose which is most relevant for you

1. IN-DEPTH HOUSING Workshop John Hebden, Abigail Housing, Leeds / Paul Catterall, Open Door North East, Middlesborough / Mark Rodgers, MR Associates
How can you make housing pay? Housing policy, practice and pitfalls: running Refugee Housing projects                    
                                                                         
2. PREVENTING BLOCKAGES IN ACCOMMODATION SCHEMES    Will Sutcliffe, BEACON Hosting, Bradford  
Who should you choose to accommodate, when and how? How do you move people on?                                            
A facilitated interactive knowledge and expertise sharing session
                                                                           
3. GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT  Lucy Smith, Communications and Fundraising Officer, Boaz Trust, Manchester          
How can you raise awareness of destitution and generate support and sustainability for your project?
                            
4. ADVOCATING WITHIN THE ASYLUM PROCESS  Judy Midgeley, Mc.Kenzie’s Friends, Bradford    
How can we get alongside our clients to make a difference? Being a friend at court and interceding with UKBA    
                                                                                                   
Please note, this conference is for activists  – those registering must be interested in becoming part of the practical solution to destitution amongst asylum seekers, preferably -

• already actively involved with a NACCOM project or
• interested in becoming involved with an existing project or
• interested in starting a new project.

HOW TO REGISTER
1. Download and fill out registration form. Click here to download the registration form
2. Return with cheque made payable to Boaz Trust - Address : The Boaz Trust, First Floor, 110 Oldham Road, Manchester M4 6AG.
3. Registrations close Friday January 27th