These are some of the services the Refugee Council can provide to refugee community organisations:
Refugee community organisations (RCOs) play a key role in helping refugees to integrate into the UK. The potential demise of RCOs (40% of the nation’s RCOs) in London is of great concern to the continued effectiveness of public policy on the integration of refugees. Following on from the success of the last fundraising and sustainability project, this two year project is designed to meet the current needs of London based RCOs and to address the challenges they face in responding to the current economic climate and funding environment.
As well as providing your RCO with advice and support to access funding, we will provide training and seminars on how to connect with local statutory bodies (e.g. Local Strategic Partnerships) to affect social change within your community and beyond.
The project will provide:
- customised one-to-one funding surgeries for organisations who need fundraising support in order to further develop their organisations and ensure financial sustainability.
- help to develop and implement an effective, target-oriented fundraising strategy and identify suitable funding bodies that may be able to support your projects.
- training/seminars on how to influence statutory bodies through engagement with Local Strategic Partnerships and Local Area Agreements.
- advice on contracts and commissioning
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 | Funded by Trust for London, this one year project will recruit and improve the campaigning skills and capacity of 18 London based refugees and asylum seekers, and the refugee community organisations they are involved in, through the provision of training, mentoring and other forms of specialist support. Find out more about REP |
Supporting Community Organisations – Refugees Engage in Sport
Funded by the Football Foundation, the aim of the SCORES project is to increase participation of refugees in sport, particularly football.
Due to limited resources, RCOs often struggle to run organised sports activities to meet the needs of their communities, resulting in young refugees in particular, resorting to informal disparate groups playing “jumpers for goalposts” football around estates or parks. While funding from various sources may be available for community sports activities, the bureaucracy associated with making an application discourages applications from the established, let alone more transient refugee groups. Due to their reach and unique role in local communities, refugee community organisations are key partners in this project. This 3-year project will be delivered in London (first year) and the West Midlands (second year), with the final year focussing on both regions.
This innovative project will:
- provide one to one advice and support to RCOs, helping them to develop and fundraise for sports projects
- organise sports development training sessions for RCOs and refugee sports groups
- raise awareness of the barriers refugees face in accessing and participating in sports and leisure activities
For more detailed information about how this project can support your RCO, you can download this leaflet.
If your organisation needs customised capacity building support, we can provide you with our free, short-term intensive consultancy service.
This involves an initial organisational assessment with your organisation’s chair, co-ordinator or management committee member. We will then agree a development plan with you, focusing on the development of your objectives, a work plan, a budget, a constitution, charity registration, financial procedures, fundraising, obtaining premises and networking. If required, it will also include the provision of in-house training in the above areas.
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