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Overview Of The Year As always there has been a huge is a refugee from Eritrea who
came to Newcastle 20
amount of development, progress
by Julian Prior, CEO and challenges to report on this years ago. He leads the
year. The enclosed is a very brief Eritrean Community
The need for and difference that our Enabling our beneficiaries to have summary that will hopefully give you Organisation and is
services make is summarised well by some very basic needs met, makes something of a flavour. However, if involved in numerous
the following quote from one of our such a difference to their ability to you would like monthly updates you refugee community
guests on our Hosting project. overcome their challenges and take can contact us to receive our email initiatives promoting
more control of their future. None news and/or become a friend on integration and
of this would be possible without facebook. employment. He is a social
the support of our dedicated staff, entrepreneur and owns several
Before I was hosted I was volunteers, funders, landlords and Over the last year we have houses in the west of Newcastle. Sirak
is also a former Board member of The
anxious about the future, I other supporters for which we are all helped more people across a British Refugee Council.
didn’t sleep, I was feeling very extremely grateful. I would also like to wider geographic area with the
depressed. I wasn’t feeling pay tribute to the many people we support of more volunteers than We were thrilled to partner with
happy and I didn’t know what support. Their bravery and resilience is ever before (see page 3). Westgate Baptist Church in opening
to do. I was unsure about who truly inspiring and many have had a a new house for asylum seekers with
could help me. But since going profound impact on shaping the way no recourse to public funds. This
to the host I sleep very well, our services are provided. In July we launched our pilot project will provide three more vulnerable
straight from the first night. LET (Learn English Together) that people with some much needed
supports other organisations to stability with the added benefit of
Please note, some of the images used in this report do
not directly relate to the beneficiary stories or quotes. deliver English classes to migrants. We support from the church community.
found that many groups would like to
offer language support but needed We are also very pleased to have
some help to get started. Through been chosen by The Lord Mayor of
LET we equip small community Newcastle, Councillor David Down,
organisations across the North East to be one of the two charities he
with training and resources to enable has chosen for the year (2018/19).
them to deliver their own English We look forward to working together
sessions to migrants within their to raise awareness of the needs of
commuities based on our functional, so many migrants in our region and
communicative model of delivery. the opportunities to be part of the
See page 15 for more information. solution in helping them overcome
their exclusion, poverty and
In August we moved our base destitution.
in Sunderland from The Place to
Fusebox at 90 Coronation Street
which is also the home of several
other charities. This building meets
our needs better and with a third
classroom has enabled us to increase
our provision of free English classes.

In February we welcomed Sirak
Hagos to our Board of Trustees. Sirak
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