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 We're trying to help a group of six young asylum seekers in Stevenage by providing them with bikes.
Please contact chris.s.rigby@outlook.com if you're able to donate a bike suitable for a sixteen or seventeen year old male. We are able to pick up the donation.
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Herts Welcomes Refugees are looking to recruit a new volunteer treasurer to replace Mick Hayter who has done an excellent job in the last few years. This person does not have to be an accountant but does need to be numerate, good with IT and caring about refugees. The role description for this post is below. Please do pass this on to anyone you feel might be interested. If you or anyone else is interested in finding out more and would like an initial chat about the post, please email Irene Austin at Chair@hwsf.org.uk
HERTS WELCOMES REFUGEES ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TREASURER GENERAL
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TIME COMMITMENT Everyone will deal with the job differently although I prefer to spend an hour or so most days rather than allow matters to pile up. M J Hayter Trustee & Treasurer For more information please email chair@hwsf.org.uk  Huge thanks to our wonderful volunteers who are finding new ways to support refugees in Hertfordshire during this time of social distancing. Twenty-seven of our volunteers attended a Zoom meeting on Wednesday to discuss how to help and reassure the refugees with whom they’ve been working.
Our volunteers are visiting the families electronically, helping children with online schoolwork, and keeping in regular contact by phone to offer words of comfort and support. Some volunteers have shopped for families in isolation and others are working to ensure that school food vouchers are received. Whether families need assistance navigating online shopping or prescription services our volunteers are there to guide them. We’re making sure that the new Chromebooks are delivered to the families that need them most. With schoolwork and assignments now entirely online, these laptops are absolutely essential for school children - not to mention for the rest of the family. It’s an incredibly challenging and stressful time for everyone, but we’re getting through it together. And with the help of video conferencing, we’re remaining connected! الإرشادات الثلاثة الجديدة الصادرة عن الحكومة بتاريخ ٢٣ مارس
١- يجب البقاء في البيت وعدم الخروج الا في حالات خاصة ٢- إغلاق العديد من المحلات الغير ضرورية ٣- منع التجمعات المتكونة من اكثر من شخصين في الأماكن العمومية يجب على كل مواطن الالتزام بهذه التعليمات. السلطات المحلية والشرطة لديهما السلطة لتفريق الجماعات وإلزام غرامات لكل من يخالف هذه التعليمات. بداً تنفيذ هذه الإجراءات يوم ٢٣ مارس. ستنظر الحكومة في هذه الإجراءات بعد ثلاثة أسابيع وستغيرها حسب الضرورة. البقاء في البيت يجب البقاء في البيت وعدم الخروج الا في هذه الحلات الأربعة: ⁃ التسوق لشراء الأشياء الأساسية فقط مثل الطعام والأدوية وذلك في حالات نادرة ⁃ الخروج لممارسة الرياضة، مثل الركض أو المشي أو ركوب الدراجات، وذلك وحدك أو مع أفراد اسرتك فقط و مرة واحدة فقط في اليوم ⁃ الخروج في حالة طبية أو لمساعدة شخص ضعيف ⁃ الذهاب إلى العمل وذلك فقط عندما لا يمكن القيام بذلك على الإطلاق في البيت هذه هي الأسباب الأربعة فقط التي يمكنك الخروج من البيت بسببها - حتى عند القيام بهذه الأنشطة، يجب قضاء اقل وقت ممكن خارج البيت والابتعاد عن أشخاص اخرين بالتزام مسافة مترين بينك و بينهم. يجب على كل شخص ان يتتبع هذه التعليمات الجديدة. هناك تعليمات أخرى خاصة بالأسر التي قررت ان تنعزل و كذلك الأشخاص الذين هم في خطر متزايد بسبب السن أو حالاتهم الطبية ويحتاجون حماية اكثر. The Government introduced three new measures on 23 March 1. Requiring people to stay at home, except for very limited purposes. 2. Closing non-essential shops and community spaces. 3. Stopping all gatherings of more than two people in public. Every citizen must comply with these new measures. The relevant authorities, including the police, will be given the powers to enforce them – including through fines and dispersing gatherings. These measures came into effect on Monday 23 March. The Government will look again at these measures after three weeks, and relax them if the evidence shows this is possible. Staying at home You should only leave the house for one of four reasons:
These measures must be followed by everyone. Separate advice is available for individuals or households who are isolating, and for the most vulnerable who need to be shielded. To our refugee partners:
With regards to the Covid 19 outbreak, Herts Welcomes Refugees' priority is the safety and wellbeing of our refugee partners and our volunteers. We wish to do all we can to prevent the spread of Coronavirus and, with this in mind, and in line with advice from the Refugee Council and DBC, we have decided to suspend face to face meetings between you and volunteers until further notice. This may sound a little drastic but we hope you will understand. We encourage you to keep in touch with your volunteers via WhatsApp, Skype or Facetime, email or phone contact so that you can continue to practise your English. Please follow the advice on Coronavirus that you have been given by the Refugee Council or Dacorum Borough Council if you live in Hemel Hempstead Volunteers may be able to offer practical support such as shopping or collecting medicines if you cannot do this yourself but will be taking sensible, recommended precautions to avoid physical or close contact if they do so. Best wishes Herts Welcomes Refugees نشور يتعلق بانتشار فايروس كورونا (Covid19) من أولويات منظمة الترحيب باللاجئين سلامة اللاجئين والمتطوعين لدينا. نحن نود أن نفعل كل ما في وسعنا لمنع انتشار فيروس كورونا ، ومع أخذ ذلك في الاعتبار ، وتماشياً مع نصيحة مجلس اللاجئين ودي بي سي ، قررنا تعليق الاجتماعات وجهاً لوجه بينكم وبين المتطوعين حتى إشعار آخر. قد يبدو هذا القرار قاسٍ بعض الشيء ولكننا نأمل منكم تفهم الموضوع كما انه يمكنكم التواصل مع المتطوعين عبر WhatsApp أو skype أو facetime أو البريد الإلكتروني أو الاتصال الهاتفيحتى تتمكن من الاستمرار في ممارسة اللغة الإنكليزية. يرجى اتباع النصائح حول فيروس الكورونا الذي تم إعطاؤه لك من قبل مجلس اللاجئين أو مجلس Dacorum Borough إذا كنت تعيش في Hemel Hempstead قد يتمكن المتطوعون من تقديم دعم عملي مثل التسوق أو جمع الأدوية إذا لم تتمكن من القيامبذلك بنفسك ولكنك ستتخذ الاحتياطات اللازمة و الموصى بها لتجنب التواصل الجسدي والقريب إذا قاموا بذلك. مع أطيب الأماني ودمتم سالمين Due to continuing uncertainty surrounding Coronavirus, the trustees have reluctantly decided to postpone the AGM that was planned for Wednesday 25 March.
We hope to arrange a date later in the year and will keep you all informed. With thanks for all your support. There are now five Women’s Groups across the county and a pilot Men’s Group. They are run by volunteers with support from our Volunteer Coordinator. This was a partnership project with Community Development Action and the funding for the project has now ended. We very much hope we will be able to continue these, as feedback has been extremely positive, and our own observations indicate that they are of benefit in a variety of ways including social contact, confidence-building, opportunities for conversation with other local people as well as other refugees and asylum seekers. The groups also host speakers who offer information on a variety of topics, including how things work in the UK. There's always a good lunch as well!
All are welcome to our Annual General Meeting on 25th March at 7.30. The event will take place at the Vineyard Church St Albans at 7 Ashley Road, Brick Knoll Park, Ashley Road Industrial Estate, St Albans AL1 5UG. Please consider coming along! It's a great opportunity to hear from our Syrian partners and many others.
 In January, local families in North Hertfordshire gathered for a New Year party at the Quaker Meeting House in Stevenage. The venue was generously made available to us without change. About one hundred people attended the event, including volunteers who helped to set up, give families lifts, and organise children's activities. The children were delighted to have their faces painted and to take part in a treasure hunt. Delicious food was provided by Mohamed, who is a local chef and friend to Herts Welcomes Refugees. One volunteer commented: "The afternoon passed in something of a haze, but there have been lots of appreciative comments which made it all worthwhile."
We did it!
Thanks so much to all of you generous people who supported our Laptops for Refugees appeal. Thanks to you we have raised an amazing, final total of £8,807 which will enable us to buy new laptops and get them set up for all the refugee children we support in Year 6 and above. We will also have a generous amount available for other families who need laptops. These children have faced incredibly difficult starts to their lives and this will enable them to catch up - and keep up - with their peers. The technology will be crucial in helping them to achieve their ambitions and they are so grateful to you all. |