Action Group Residential Gathering 3-4th March
On 3rd and 4th March 2017, members of the NACCOM Advisors Action group are heading to the Cotswolds for a residential weekend. Some of the key topics that we plan to look at in more [...]
Introducing our Board of Trustees
Thanks to everyone who attended our AGM in December and voted to re-elect our Board of Trustees. Here's a little bit more information to help you get to know them! Julian Prior is our Chair of [...]
Legal Advice Conference on 17th Feb
On February 17th, we will be running our first ever Legal Advice Conference. Taking place at the Victoria Centre in Sheffield, this one-day conference will feature input from Refugee Action, Haringey Migrant Support Centre, British Red Cross and the New Evidence [...]
Future of Exempt Accommodation
The Future Funding of Supported Housing: Responding to the Consultation Support Solutions UK are running a series of half-day briefing events across England regarding upcoming changes to the funding and role of supported housing, which are [...]
Stories of destitution shared at Sanctuary in Parliament
At this year's Sanctuary in Parliament event, we were grateful for an opportunity to speak about the impact and extent of destitution to a room of City of Sanctuary group representatives and parliamentarians. Dave shared an [...]
NACCOM rounds off 2016 with its first AGM
Huge thanks to all who attended our AGM yesterday in Manchester, the home of the first ever NACCOM meeting in 2006. A decade on, representatives from 19 Member organisations came from as far afield as [...]
NACCOM report highlights rising numbers needing accommodation
NACCOM publishes the results of its annual accommodation survey and annual report for the year ending June 2016. Our thanks to all the NACCOM Members who participated in this survey. For a copy please visit [...]
Sanctuary in Parliament- 29th Nov
Please see below for information on the upcoming Sanctuary in Parliament event organised by City of Sanctuary: Bookings are now open for the third Sanctuary in Parliament event which will be in Committee Room 14, Westminster on [...]
AGM 2016 – 5th December
We warmly invite you to attend NACCOM’s first Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 5th December from 1.00 - 4.30pm at the King’s House Conference Centre. The address is King’s Church, Sidney Street, Manchester, M1 [...]
Job opportunity at Host Oxford
NACCOM Member Host Oxford matches destitute asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants to people with spare rooms and open hearts in the local community, who are prepared to have someone to stay with them rent free for [...]
Fatima House welcomes its first women
This summer, Birmingham-based NACCOM Member Fatima House welcomed the first two women through its doors. In an open letter, Mauricio Silva wrote: “It is with joy that I would like to announce that today, Monday 25th July, [...]
Catch up with Chris from Kings Arms Project
This month we caught up with Chris Keating, Director of Services at Kings Arms Project in Bedfordshire. It is one of the newest NACCOM Members, but has been providing support and accommodation to those facing [...]
Defeating Modern Slavery
Dave Smith, NACCOM's National Coordinator, published the following blog this week through WriteYou: Theresa May has set out her stall to end modern day slavery. As Home Secretary she brought in the Modern Slavery Act, [...]
Changes in London hosting provision
After 20 years of service, supporting forced migrants across London and South East communities, a decision was taken at their recent AGM that NACCOM Member Spare Room is merging with London Hosting for all offers and referrals [...]
Refugees Welcome Here March- Sept 17th
Last summer witnessed a remarkable rise in public support, across Britain and the rest of Europe, for those risking everything to escape conflict. This was demonstrated by the Refugees Welcome Here march which took place in [...]
Spare Room celebrates 20th anniversary
Spare Room for Forced Destitute Migrants has been finding hosts since 1996. It began as Wanstead Friends Refugee Support Group. Members felt moved to offer hospitality in their own homes. After many hostile changes in Immigration Rules [...]
Coventry Migrant Women’s House Launch
Coventry Migrant Women's Houses is a small project that has started up in the last few months. Thanks to Sarah Taal (Trustee) for the following update, and to Kate for the insight into her journey: 'Coventry Migrant [...]
APPG Inquiry – Refugees Welcome?
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Refugees recently launched an inquiry into the experiences of refugees in the UK (including those who have been resettled here and those who have sought asylum here). To respond, we will [...]
Update from Host Nottingham
Thanks to Gemma at Host Nottingham for this update about their work over the last few months... 'We have one new host who has joined us and who is already hosting. We have met with 5 people [...]
Greenbelt Festival
In just less than one month, NACCOM will be packing up and heading off- to Greenbelt Festival in Kettering for the August bank holiday! Greenbelt is an arts, faith and justice festival and we've got an information [...]
Action Hosting launches this month
Newcastle based organisation Action Foundation has been developing its hosting scheme and they are now recruiting their first volunteer hosts, with an Open Evening on Tuesday 26th July. The scheme will be helping destitute refused asylum seekers [...]
Annual survey deadline this week
Our annual survey is a vital activity for evidencing both the needs of the sector and the impact of NACCOM projects across the UK, and we are delighted to have received support from the Joseph [...]
Thanks to all who came to our first hosting conference!
The first ever NACCOM Hosting conference took place this week with representatives from 9 NACCOM members as well as other informal schemes and statutory organisations wanting to find out more. Dave Smith, NACCOM Coordinator, writes; 'It [...]
Hosting Conferences- North and South
Because of the growing interest in hosting and the emergence of several new schemes in the UK, NACCOM will be running two conferences for hosting schemes in the next few weeks, one in the North [...]
Refugee Stories released today on Amazon
Today, as people around the world remember World Refugee Day, a new book by NACCOM Coordinator Dave Smith entitled Refugee Stories is being released on Amazon. The book follows the amazing stories of seven people from [...]
New online directory from HelpinLeeds.com
Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network (LASSN) are launching an online directory of services for refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds. The website which is called Helpinleeds.com gathers details of over 175 different places that asylum seekers and refugees [...]
Fundraiser role coming up at Boaz Trust
If you’re excited by the thought of being part of a team working to end destitution in the UK for those seeking asylum then this may be the role for you... 'The Boaz Trust are looking for an [...]
Job opportunity at St Augustine’s Centre
St. Augustine’s Centre in Halifax has been working with diverse communities for over 40 years providing support, sanctuary, community and information. We are looking for a Finance and Office Administrator (Maternity Cover) who will have responsibility for providing [...]
Update from NICRAS
Here is a update from Justin Koame, Chair Person at NICRAS, the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees & Asylum Seekers, which became a NACCOM Member earlier this year. How does NICRAS work? 'NICRAS was established [...]
Runner up in Britain’s Best Volunteer Award
NACCOM would like to extend its congratulations to Lucy, Project Coordinator at Destitute Asylum Seekers Huddersfield (DASH), who was recently announced as the runner up in a national competition, Britain's Best Volunteer. The competition, run [...]