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Aims and objectives

The aims and objectives of the New Shamwari Project are as follows:


To support the integration into UK society of people with refugee status and people seeking asylum by:

1 Helping people to participate more fully in society,    by providing information, guidance and support, training, language skills, advocacy and
other appropriate services.

2 Providing, and helping find, education, training, skills and English-language support.

3 Helping people into work.

4 Helping and encouraging people to enjoy recreation and leisure services and facilities

5 Relieving hardship (financial and otherwise) amongst people with refugee status and people seeking asylum (and their dependants).

6 Helping the public and agencies understand issues relating to asylum.

Our Objective

With our support, our clients become better able to:

 

 •  Use their skills & knowledge to become socially and economically active citizens


 • Acquire additional skills and knowledge (including competence in the English language) to improve their chances of becoming socially and economically active citizens.


• Access the rights and opportunities to which they are entitled


 • Fulfill their obligations and responsibilities


 • Manage and control their own destiny

 

We work towards integration of people with refugee status and people seeking asylum into the host community. We believe that integration takes place when our clients are helped to:-

Achieve their full potential
Contribute to the community
Access the services they are entitled to.


 

 

We have agreed to deliver the following outcomes

better chances in life through mentoring partnerships, group work,

  language training and advice andguidance

 

improved social and cultural awareness through mentoring partnerships

  and social and cultural events

 

recruitment and training for volunteers

 

awareness raising and capacity building for groups and organisations that

  work with refugees and asylum seekers

 

We also deliver language enrichment and have received Neighbourhood

Learning in Deprived Communities funding in the past.

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