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Migrants Resource Centre

Migrants Resource Centre. Ros Lucas Executive Director. About MRC. Aims to work with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to empower them and enable them to contribute to society in the UK It achieves this by delivering: ESOL classes – formal & informal, some linked with skills

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Migrants Resource Centre

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  1. Migrants Resource Centre Ros Lucas Executive Director

  2. About MRC • Aims to work with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to empower them and enable them to contribute to society in the UK It achieves this by delivering: ESOL classes – formal & informal, some linked with skills OnLine Centre/Microsoft Academy Informal Community education classes creche provision health inclusion advice & support legal advice media & policy work

  3. Media & Policy Work • Research – “Hope Costs Nothing” report on lives of undocumented migrants • Campaigns – Still Human Still Here with other NGOs • EPIM Migrants & Media Project • Bridging Communities Project Work with users via: Migrant & Refugee Media Action Group and more recently Social Media Action Group

  4. The New Londoners • Started in 2007 as an annual newspaper – distributed in Refugee Week 2007 (Angelina Jolie), 2008 (Colin Firth), 2009 (Ben Affleck) • Aim: to bridge the gap between the host and new communities in London, to change perceptions and to empower users to tell their stories and get involved in production • Due to feedback from the MRMAG, decision to change to digital magazine format and to get more involved in social media to increase debate and get stories out

  5. The New Londoners Our Learning: • Need for more resources to manage the change and for ongoing work with social media to increase debate/discussion • Anticipated revenue streams did not materialise • Creating “traffic” on social media takes time. Where we are at now: • Obtained funding to train “community champions” in all aspects of social media giving a ready pool of users to update facebook, twitter, to assist with future issues of The New Londoners due to training in design, design, web content management, working with journalists, digital photography

  6. The New Londoners Regular features: • Celebrities • Users’ stories • Creative writing • Myth busting • Day in the Life • Celebration of Cultural events in London • Feature on an ethnic community • Feature on food/recipes • Advice column

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