Previous conferences

Refugee Council conferences cover a range of topics relevant to those working with refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. With a diverse series of expert speakers and workshop facilitators, each conference explores key issues and give practical skills to use in day-to-day work.

You can find out about our previous conferences and conference reports below.

Refugee Council Conference 2011 Working together to support refugees, Wednesday 23 March 2011
Conference speakers Working together to protect refugees, 23 March 2011
SMILE national conference SMILE National Conference, Thursday 10 February 2011, Birmingham
SCORES London conference SCORES Project London Conference, 25 November 2010
Basis Project national conference National Conference for Refugee Community Organisations: Sustainability and Survival, jointly hosted by Refugee Council and Refugee Action
From theory to practice: How asylum policy impacts on the refugee experience, 5 February 2010 The conference explored changes in policy and legislation over the past year, and the impact of these on the experience of asylum seekers and refugees. It provided an opportunity to consider the challenges ahead in a changing economic and political climate, and to discuss specific policies for which the sector should be campaigning.
Integration: Building a Life in the UK, 25 March 2009 This conference brought together the top experts from leading organisations working with refugees in the key areas of housing, education and employment, volunteering and children and families.
Vulnerable Women’s Project conference This conference presented the work of the Vulnerable Women’s Project, a three-year programme run by the Refugee Council and funded by Comic Relief which addresses the issue of rape and sexual violence against refugee and asylum seeking women through individual casework, policy and campaigning.
Meet the funder Refugee Council seminar for Refugee Community Organisations
Refugees into Teaching 'Moving forward' - supporting refugee teachers
RCO Seminar ‘Working together’ – an event for London refugee community organisations (RCOs)
Older refugees - From isolation to integration This conference was a culmination of the Older Refugees Programme, a 2-year partnership initiative, focusing on the issues, challenges and service needs of older refugees and asylum-seekers.
Building Communities: equality and diversity in action This conference looked at community cohesion and integration within the context of relevant government proposals and initiatives.
Practice and procedure An asylum policy and legislation update
Access to healthcare Safe from harm? Health and social care for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers
Asylum policy Working with change, meeting the challenge: an asylum policy and legislation update
Refugee Children Refugee Children: Safeguarding the future of those hardest to protect
Refugee women Refugee and Asylum Seeking women: challenges, changes, choices

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