Refugee and Asylum Seekers Advocacy

Advocacy Action

Thank you for providing advocacy training to our volunteers and staff and also for your support and contribution to business plan and funding applications. We look forward to continue to work together in the future.

Asylum Seeker Unit Team

Supporting RASA from the beginning we would like to say thank you to Margaret Baldwin and Brian Walsh. On behalf of Wakefield refugee community we would like to say our deepest appreciation to you for all the support that we have received from you.

Citizen Advice Bureau

CAB is the best place for finding information and training which RASA needs them. Thank you to Irina Wright, Nesar Rafiq and all members of CAB for their support/encouragement. RASA’s high quality services depend to these services

Campitor

Not only they always encourage us to organise refugee community, but they provide six nights B&B for a failed asylum seeker. Especially I must say Rev. Mike Croft for his guidance and support. Now RASA & Campitor have employment project in place.

Equality and Diversity Team, Education Department

Thank you to Elaine Sleet and Elizabeth for caring for and supporting refugee pupils at school. We work together whenever it is necessary especially at Educational Tribunal

Housing Associations' Charitable Trust (hact)

Big appreciation for not only funding RASA for its first year activities but also providing housing training and encouragement

Refugee Action-Leeds

Thank you to Mani Thapa who support RASA from beginning and has an important role to our development.

Regional Refugee Net work

Working with NRC to raise the awareness of refugee needs.

Wakefield Asian Community Forum

We are united to tackle racism and improve race relation in the Wakefield District. Giving us first free office at 4, King Street Mr Aziz always supports refugee community.

Wakefield Council-Cohesion Team

This is an honour that we are benefited from Nasim Aslam who comes to RASA’s management committee regularly. We also would like to express our appreciation to David Critchlow and Anne Moran.

Wakefield District Partnership

Representing refugee community RASA tries to contribute to the issues which strategically can improve race relationship between all sectors of the Wakefield society

Wakefield Racial Harassment Group

RASA is an active member of WRHG in order to tackle racial harassment, representing refugee community.

West Yorkshire Police

Those who were attended Wakefield Racial Harassment Group may remember how RASA criticised the police performance a year ago. We are pleased that police have improved its performance, especially we want to say ‘thank you’ to Michelle Sowerby who has an important role to improve quality relationship between refugee communities and police.

Victim Support Wakefield District

We work together to tackle the racism and support victim of Racial Harassment; RASA is the only refugee Hate Incident Reporting Centre.

Voluntary Action Wakefield

Working together for improving services and raising fund. We would like to say thank you to Khurshid Ali, Nigel, Vicky and all members of VAWD.

Sadeh Lok Group-Access Matrix

During 2004 RASA and refugee community were benefited from co-operation in which Omar from Sadeh Lok targeted refugees/asylum for learning IT skills and ESOL.