Refugee Community newsletters

RCO News and RCO Women's News are newsletters for refugee community groups, produced by the Refugee Council. They are issued bi-monthly. RCO News has information on current opportunities, training, events and funding for refugee community groups as well as information on legislation and issues affecting London-based groups. RCO Women's News has similar categories of information but is specifically concerned with information pertaining to refugee women and asylum seekers.

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Latest newsletters

RCO News, Issue 51, July/August edition 2010 includes:

• Lead article on the work of the Parliamentary Outreach service and how it can support refugee community organisations who want to learn more about the UK parliamentary system and its relevance to their work
• Policy, campaigns and news updates including Refugee Council’s calls for action for a fair and humane asylum system
• Sharing experience hears from AFRUCA and their work to raise awareness of witchcraft child abuse and their efforts to criminalise the branding of individuals as witches.
• Funding news: a chance to have your say about the future of Lottery funding
• An update from the Basis Project highlighting the success of its recent national conference. Watch a short video of the conference.
• Thoughts about the African MDG Achievers International Awards from the Nile director and founder, David Ndiwanyu.

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RCO Women's News, Issue 41, July/August 2010 edition includes:

• Lead article from Shpresa Programme – London talking about the launch of their innovative partnership with the Women’s Therapy Centre to provide psychoanalytic psychotherapy to Albanian speaking women in the UK
• Free training from Charities Evaluation Service on monitoring and evaluation and Rights of Women on supporting women who have experienced domestic violence with insecure immigration status
• And lots more including funding news, new resources and reports including the recent publication of Asylum Aid’s Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum 2 years on: impacts and actions

2010 Archive

RCO News Issue 50, May/June 2010
RCO Women's News Issue 40, May/June 2010

RCO News Issue 49, March/April 2010
RCO Women's News Issue 39, March/April 2010

RCO News Issue 48, January/February 2010
RCO Women's News Issue 38, January/February 2010

2009 Archive

RCO News Issue 47, November/December 2009
RCO Women's News Issue 37, November/December 2009

RCO News Issue 46, September/October 2009
RCO Women's News Issue 36, September/October 2009

RCO News Issue 45, July/August 2009
RCO Women's News Issue 35, July/August 2009

RCO News Issue 44, May/June 2009
RCO Women's News Issue 34, May/June 2009

RCO News Issue 43, March/April 2009
RCO Women's News Issue 33, March/April 2009

RCO News Issue 42, January/February 2009
RCO Women's News Issue 32, January/February 2009

2008 Archive

RCO News Issue 41, November/December 2008
RCO Women's News Issue 31, November/December 2008

RCO News Issue 39,July/August 2008
RCO Women's News, No 29, July/August 2008

RCO News Issue 38, March/April 2008
RCO Women's News, No 28, March/April 2008

RCO News Issue 37, January/February 2008
RCO Women's News, No 27, January/February 2008

2007 Archive

RCO News Issue 36, November/December 2007
RCO Women's News, No 26, November/December 2007

RCO News Issue 35, September/October 2007
RCO Women's News, No 25, September/October 2007

RCO News Issue 34, July/August 2007
RCO Women's News, No 24, July August 2007

RCO News Issue 33, May/June 2007
RCO Women's News, No, 23, May/June 2007

RCO News Issue 32, April 2007
RCO Women's News, No.22, April 2007

RCO News Issue 31, January 2007
RCO Women's News, No. 21, January 2007

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