Monday, 29 October 2007

List of New Resources

This list of new resources has been from the Welcome to you Library email newsletter. Details of how to subscribe to this free regular email update are available here: http://www.welcometoyourlibrary.org.uk/

Refugees' Experiences of Integration
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/policy/position/2007/integration.htm
Report from two year qualitative research project by Refugee Council and University of Birmingham and funded by the Big Lottery Fund, looking at the social aspects of refugees’ integration, particularly in relation to how these were experienced in two different localities, Haringey and Dudley, and across different groups of refugees and asylum seekers. See weblink above for more information and links to full report and executive summary.

Sexual Health, Asylum Seekers and Refugees. A Handbook for people working with refugees and asylum seekers in England
http://www.fpa.org.uk/community/refugees/index.cfm?contentid=40
(Source: www.refed.org.uk)

Report published by Family Planning Association as a result of research by several organisations is now available via their website (see link above) for more background and for the handbook. On the same webpage there are also details of a community research report , Sexual Health in Exile on the sexual health concerns, issues and needs of refugees and asylum seekers in South and West Yorkshire.

Britains' Immigrants: An economic profile
http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=563
Report by Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Laurence Cooley and Tracy Kornblatt from ippr. More information and available to download from weblink above.

Refugee Agencies' map
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/howwehelp/partners/partnership/iap.htm
The Refugee Council has produced a downloadable a map of the locations of the 'one stop services' provided by refugee agencies (includes phone numbers, addresses and opening times).

Gatehouse Books

(Source: Mark White, Gatehouse Books)

http://www.gatehousebooks.co.uk/

Publishes adult beginner reader books and resources for use in Adult Literacy and ESOL. Our growing portfolio not only includes books but also audio-cassettes, interactive CD-ROMs and educational resources suitable for adult and post-14 basic skills learners.

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