Contacts for refugees - learning and work
- Communities into Training and Employment
- Ethiopian Community in Britain
- Hillside Clubhouse
- Manor Gardens Advocacy Project
- Peabody Bruce House Learning Centre
- Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit
- Refugee Council One Stop Service
- Somali Education and Development Agency
- Training Link
Communities into Training and Employment
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314-320 Gray's Inn Road
London
WC1X 8DP
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Information, advice and guidance on employment and training for unemployed residents of Camden.
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Sessions at Swiss Cottage Central Library, NW3 3HA.
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14/08/2009
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Ethiopian Community in Britain
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Provides information, advice, advocacy and referral services and training for all unemployed people and Ethiopians. Runs business start-up training, job club service for refugees, independent living skills development, support and guidance for young people leaving foster care or children's homes. Also hold outreach, sports and leisure activities. Social club for Ethiopian people and their guests. Rooms for hire.
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15/09/2010
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Hillside Clubhouse
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Provides work-based rehabilitation for people with mental health problems. Also assists refugees and makes literacy and numeracy support available. Has part-time paid work placements in the community for members and external catering opportunities, including cafe work and events.
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25/05/2010
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Manor Gardens Advocacy Project
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Training and development programme for bilingual unemployed refugees in community interpreting and bilingual health advocacy. Interpreting service available at primary health care appointments in Camden and Islington. Bilingual advocacy service for vulnerable individuals and families provided London-wide. Works with health specialists and refugee community organisations to organise and provide community workshops on relevant health and wellbeing issues.
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30/08/2011
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Peabody Bruce House Learning Centre
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Offers a range of skills development opportunities, training advice and help with finding employment. All services are delivered by qualified staff, experienced in providing training and support to people who want to improve their chances of finding work, gaining a qualification or just expanding their life skills.
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08/12/2010
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Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit
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London Metropolitan University
236-250 Holloway Road
London
N7 6PP
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Provides careers advice and guidance, work placements and specialist training programmes for refugee healthcare professionals.
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28/10/2011
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Refugee Council One Stop Service
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London
SW9 8BB
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Advice line Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri 10am-1pm, 2pm-4pm and Wed 2pm-4pm.
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Based at the London office in Brixton. Provides advice and referral to asylum seekers and refugees. Day Centre services include: surgeries with Freedom from Torture and the Red Cross Tracing Service, help with homework and other studies for young refugees and asylum seeking children, food, showers, laundry, emergency provisions, English language classes, women's group and computer classes.
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25/03/2009
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Somali Education and Development Agency
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Employment and training information advice and guidance, job brokerage support, job search support, supplementary school for children from the age of 5-18. Parenting courses (strengthening families and strengthening Communities parenting programme), ESOL Courses up to level 3, SIA security courses, forklift courses and many other skills courses.
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08/12/2010
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Training Link
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Basic skills training for men and women who have had limited access to main stream provision, especially people from black and ethnic minority communities. Courses include English for speakers of other languages (ESOL); adult literacy; IT including computers for beginners, Word, internet and email and Excel; Citizenship, European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), food hygiene level 2; first aid primary survey. Open days three times a year, contact for details.
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16/08/2011
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Contact Camden 020 7974 4444