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Exchange of Best Practice on Integration

Praxis Community Projects is a vibrant community center in East London, dedicated to serving economic migrants, new arrivals, ethnic minorities, asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented individuals. Our core areas of work include providing advice on immigration, housing, legal matters, employment & skills development, community development, and interpreting services. We have successfully served over 12,000 visitors per year and prioritize user involvement and community commitment. However, we face challenges in terms of political, economic, social, and technological factors. Nevertheless, we see opportunities for innovative projects, technological development, partnership building, capacity building, and improved monitoring and evaluation. Join us in creating a more inclusive society!

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Exchange of Best Practice on Integration

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  1. Exchange of Best Practice on Integration Yesenia San Juan Project Lead Tuesday, 07 January 2020

  2. Praxis Community Projects • Being with displaced communities, listening and acting through our common humanity to create and nurture reconciliation, human rights and social justice • Community centre in vibrant East London • Core services Monday to Friday • Community groups weekends

  3. Who are our services for? • Economic migrants • New arrivals • Ethnic minorities • Asylum seekers • Refugees • European migrants • Undocumented • Open access centre

  4. Core areas of work

  5. Advice • Immediate support needs. Free advice on: • Immigration • Housing • Domestic violence • Legal • Access to health/counselling • Welfare • Children protection • Vulnerable adults • Human rights protection

  6. Employment & skills • CV writing • Career advice • Confidence building • Motivational workshops • Communication skills • Language skills • Job clubs • Job brokerage • Voluntary work • Vocational training • Industry visits

  7. Community Development • Youth work • Confidence building • Identity exploration • Poetry and story telling • Leadership/ voice • Fellowships (entrepreneurial) • Community Forums • New Voices festival

  8. Other areas of work • Interpreting services: • Social services • Health services • Social research • Training for professionals: • Equality • Migration • Advice • Toolkits • Policy work

  9. Successes • More than 12,000 visitors per year • Excellent feedback from users • High success rate • User involvement • Community hub • Action-reflection-action model • Professionalisation • Robust management • Strong monitoring • Strong partnerships • Community commitment

  10. Challenges • Political: • Education • Welfare reform • Migration policy • Legislation • Economy: • Job creation • Funding priorities • Social investment • Social: • Migration • Social unrest • Poverty/ destitution • Housing • Technological: • Internet & social media • National skills • New technologies

  11. The future: • Opportunities for: • Innovative projects • Technological development • Enterprising • Flexible, mobile learning • New research • Campaigns • Partnership building • Civic participation • Capacity building • Social enterprise • Up skilling • New methodological approach • Informal and formal networking • Improved monitoring and evaluation • New fundraising strategy

  12. THANK YOU! Join / visit/ email us: Praxis Community Projects • Web: www.praxis.org.uk • Email: admin@praxis.org.uk

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