19 May 2012: Churches’ Refugee Network Conference 2012

Striving for Sanctuary – Climbing the Mountain of Integration:  

Saturday 19th May 2012., 11.00am to 3.30pm (Registration from 10.30am), Carrs Lane Church Centre, Birmingham B4 7SX.

Cost: £10, £5 unemployed, free for asylum seekers

Speakers:
Revd Professor Nicholas Sagovsky, University of RoehamptonJulian Prior, Chief Executive of Action Foundation Read more

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