Providing over 25 years of service in Sutton
Message to all our students, clients, volunteers and friends from Europe and around the world.
We affirm that all our members will always stand for inclusiveness, equality, diversity and respect.
We are proud to work and live alongside you and you will always be welcome here.
RMNS is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults who may be at risk.
We seek to establish a safe, caring environment where there is informed vigilance as to the dangers of abuse.
Click here to see our safeguarding policies.
Message to all our students, clients, volunteers and friends from Europe and around the world.
We affirm that all our members will always stand for inclusiveness, equality, diversity and respect.
We are proud to work and live alongside you and you will always be welcome here.
RMNS is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults who may be at risk.
We seek to establish a safe, caring environment where there is informed vigilance as to the dangers of abuse.
Click here to see our safeguarding policies.
What we offerRMNS offers friendship, advice, counselling and English language classes to refugees, asylum seekers and newly settled migrants. In normal times RMNS operates a Drop-In Centre every Wednesday from 10.00to 12.00 at Trinity Church Hall, Hill Road, Sutton. News: Zoom English classesAs we can’t run our English classes at the Drop-in at the moment, we are holding classes on-line on Wednesday mornings instead using Zoom. We have classes at 5 different levels and will have room for some new students in January. If you are interested please email Olwen Edwards (olwenmedwards@gmail.com) giving your name and telephone number and ONE of these sentences:
I am a beginner. I can speak some English – I have been in an English class before. My English is good but I would like to practise speaking. All classes are taught by qualified teachers of English as a second language, supported by experienced teaching assistants. Sessions will be from 10.00 am until 11.30 am every Wednesday in school term time. Our on-line classes are free. Please pass this information to friends who may want an on-line English class.
· Are you an EU citizen living and working in the UK?
· Are you an EEA national living and working in the UK? · Or do you have friends or family who are EU citizens or EEA nationals living and working in the UK? · Do you know about the UK government’s EU Settlement Scheme? The EU Settlement Scheme is part of the government’s arrangements for the UK to leave the European Union. EU citizens currently living and working in the UK are able to apply for “settled status” to enable them and their families to continue living in the UK after June 2021 with the same access to healthcare, benefits and pensions as currently enjoyed. EEA nationals who have been issued documents under the previous legislation will have to re-apply under the new scheme. Applications for the EU Settlement Scheme opened on 30th March 2019. The process needs to be completed on-line. All the information needed to apply is available at:https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families Our advice service is continuing to operate by telephone. If you need advice on EU Settlement Scheme or other immigration issue please contact us on our new phone number: 07725 549411 Please leave a message with your name and telephone number so that we can get back to you. You can also email on: office@rmns.org.uk giving your name and telephone number. Please let us know if you will need help with interpretation.
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Supporting refugees:RMNS is in touch with London Borough of Sutton about supporting refugees arriving in Sutton.
If you want to get involved in the long-term work of supporting refugees locally you can become a member of RMNS. Please send your details to Deborah Wroe (deb.e.wroe@gmail.com) 2020 Annual General Meeting
Trustee, Dr. Carlos de Sousa, was guest speaker at our AGM held via Zoom on Tuesday 8th December. He told us about the work he was doing supporting refugee health professionals to gain recognition for their qualifications and to join the NHS.
Click below to hear his talk. We also heard about a creative project that RMNS was involved in. This was "A Good Yarn" developed by Samia Tossio of SamiArts. We saw part of a really interesting video about the project showing RMNS's role right from the beginning. The video runs for 8 minutes, click here to view.
You can see "A Good Yarn" Exhibition at Whitehall Historic House, Cheam from 3rd December 2020 to 27th January 2021. It's open weekly on Thu, Fri, Sat 10am-5pm Annual Report 2020Our 2020 Annual Report was available for members and supporters joining us for the AGM. Click here to view.
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