About Us

A BIT ABOUT SRCF, what we do and why

Southwark Refugee Communities Forum (SRCF) was established by Refugee Community Organisations (RCO) in 2003 following several years of planning and debate to enable the voices of refugees themselves to be heard.

Southwark Refugee Communities Forum meetings
SRCF holds bi-monthly meetings of refugee organisations based and working in Southwark. The Forum meetings offer opportunities for service-providing agencies across all thematic and geographical areas to reach out to refugee communities.

If you are interested in presenting your agency or project at a future meeting of SRCF please contact the Co-ordinator

The membership of SRCF currently includes 30 Southwark-based Refugee Community Organisations and 10 refugee service providers.

An estimated 7,000 people from refugee backgrounds across Southwark are in direct contact with SRCF members and participate in their activities on a regular basis.

SCCF/SRCF Health Advocacy Training

For details about current course contact Teklu Haile 020 7639 6817

OUR KEY AIMS

Promoting AWARNESS of the role of RCOs and the skills they offer.

Facilitating COLLABORATION between RCOs statutory and voluntary sectors.

Ensuring the INTEGRATION of RCOs into mainstream structures and the promotion of refugee participation.

Indentifying RESOURCES and opportunities for the development of RCOs capacity

WHAT SRCF member organisations do and how

73 per cent of the groups hold cultural activities.

61 per cent provide adult training/education.

57 per cent provide welfare benefits advice.

Of 34 groups, 65 per cent had incomes of below £30,000.

Only 24 per cent have one or more full-time staff and 33 per cent are entirely volunteer-run.

Statistics taken from SRCF 2006 Research - see 'publications' for further details

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