Refugee roots

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS Refugee Roots

The Refugees Roots formerly known as The Rainbow Project has its origins in the year 2001 at St Stephens with St. Pauls in Hyson Green. Its current address is The Vine Community Centre, Bobbers Mill Rd, Hyson Green Nottingham, NG7 5GZ. The aim of this Christian Charity was to create an inclusive and multicultural church that eventually led to providing support and befriending asylum seekers and refugees throughout their journey. They provide an environment where the dignity, self-respect, values and cultures of an individual are embraced, encouraged and welcomed. They provide a range of empowerment services such as accompanying asylum seekers to their appointments, advice and guidance and activities for groups such as free English conversation classes for those who want to improve their spoken English. They are currently offering training called the Asylum Guide which is a project that Refugee Action has developed to support Asylum seekers with legal information and literacy. Refugee Roots also provides training to volunteers and give them the necessary tools to become Asylum guides. The work that Refugee Roots is doing in the community goes a long way to create stability among the refugees and asylum seekers and let them feel like Nottingham is a place they can call home and they can have hope of rebuilding their lives and healing from traumatic events that would have otherwise caused them long term grief and hopelessness.