Providing sanctuary in an age of austerity- a Christian response
Churches Refugee Network Conference – 2015
In partnership with London Churches Refugee Network
11.00am to 3.30pm (Registration from 10.30am)
Saturday 21st March 2015
11.00 – 3.30 pm
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants, Cross St, London N1
The Conference is for Refugees and Asylum Seekers as well as for those who work on their behalf.
Programme:
10.30 am Registration and Hot Drinks
11.00 am Welcome by the Rt Revd Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon
11.10 am Dr Alexander Betts
Director, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University
11.40 am Don Flynn
Director, Migrants’ Rights Network
12.10 pm Dr Angus Ritchie
Director, Centre for Theology & Community
12.30 pm Lunch (provided by local community volunteers)
1.00 pm Let me detain you .. Kizza talks from personal experience of detention and beyond
1.30 pm Workshops – to be announced ahead of the conference
2.20 pm Churches Refugee Network – update from the Chair
2.30 pm Refugee Tales – campaigning goes creative.
2.40 pm Plenary Panel and Release of Conference Statement
3.20 pm Closure and Depart (3.30pm)
Churches’ Refugee Network Conference
Saturday 21 March 2015
BOOKING FORM
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Refreshments – hot drinks will be provided
Lunch – Food prepared by the Refugee Community will be available (cost is not included in the conference fee – donations invited on the day).
Please tick if you would like lunch ……
Alternatively, please bring your own sandwiches (there are several sandwich bars nearby).
Cost £10; unwaged £5; free to refugees and asylum seekers
Workshops
Please indicate your preferred workshop choice by identifying ‘1st’ & ‘2nd’ choices:
Booking
Please make cheques payable to the ‘United Reformed Church Trust’ and return with your booking form to:
Wendy Cooper, Church and Society, United Reformed Church, 86 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RT; Phone: 020 7916 8632; E-mail: wendy.cooper@urc.org.uk