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British Council For Aid To Refugees
The Refugee Council is a UK-based organisation which works with refugees and asylum seekers. The organisation provides support and advice to refugees and asylum seekers, as well as support for other refugee and asylum seeker organisations. The Refugee Council also produces many reports and educational material relating to refugee issues, and lobbies politicians and the media on these issues. The Council works in partnership with many other refugee organisations, including the British Red Cross, Scottish Refugee Council, Welsh Refugee Council, North of England Refugee Service, Northern Refugee Centre, and Refugee Action. History The Refugee Council originated from two independent organisations, British Council for Aid to Refugees (BCAR) and the Standing Conference on Refugees (SCOR), which were both founded in 1951 following the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. In 1981 these two organisations merged to form the British Refugee Council which was lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Curwen
Dame Anne May Curwen, OBE DBE (7 May 1889 – 13 September 1973) was an English educator and charity worker. She was the National General Secretary of the YWCA of Great Britain, was secretary of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (SWH) and founded the British Council for Aid to Refugees. Life Curwen was born on 7 May 1889. Her father William Curwen died in 1896 and her mother Emma Curwen (possibly ) died in 1901. She was educated at Birkenhead High School for Girls and Harrogate College, attending Newnham College, Cambridge, where she took the Historical Tripos and gained a First in History. After graduating from university, Curwen worked as "History Mistress" at Orme Girls’ School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. After her teaching career and the outbreak of World War I, the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service (SWH) was founded by Dr Elsie Inglis to support the war effort. Curwen became the secretary of the Scottish Women's Hospitals in 1916. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office Of The Immigration Services Commissioner
The Immigration Advice Authority is the United Kingdom regulator of the immigration advice industry whose powers stem from the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 as amended. It was called the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) until January 2025. Although guidance notes and numerous online resources are available to help people applying to immigrate to the United Kingdom, some may also seek professional legal advice. In contrast to most areas of legal advice in the United Kingdom, immigration advice services are regulated. Unless an immigration adviser is regulated by another approved regulator (for example a solicitor, a barrister or a legal executive), they must be regulated by the OISC if they are providing advice from the United Kingdom. All those in the UK providing immigration advice and services must comply with the OISC's Code of Standards. "Immigration advice" is advice given relating to a specific application to enter or remain in the UK. "Immigration se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 20,305 staff working in 136 countries as of December 2023. Background The office of High Commissioner for Refugees has existed since 1921, when it was created by the League of Nations with Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen as its first occupant. The International Refugee Organization (IRO) was created in 1946 to address the refugee crisis that resulted from World War II. The United Nations established the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1950 as the successor of the IRO. The 1951 Refugee Convention established the scope and legal framework of the agency's work, which initially focused on Europeans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Covey
Donna May Covey (born 20 June 1961) is a British charity executive and former trade union leader. Covey attended the University of Warwick, where she completed a degree in mathematics and business studies, then the Birkbeck Institute. On graduating, she began working in research for the Engineers and Managers Association, then soon moved to work in the same role at the GMB union. She was also chair of the London Food Commission in 1986/87 and vice-chair of the Wandsworth Community Health Council in 1987/88. then soon moved to work for the GMB Union. In 1988, she became a national officer for the GMB, and the following year was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. From 1992 to 1998, she also served on the National Women's Committee of the Labour Party. In 1998, Covey moved to become director of the Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales. At the time, the government planned to abolish community health councils, but the threat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maeve Sherlock
Maeve Christina Mary Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock, (born 10 November 1960) is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she is an ordained priest of the Church of England. Early life and education Maeve Christina Mary Sherlock was born on 10 November 1960 in Finsbury Park, London. She was educated at Our Lady's Abingdon in Abingdon on Thames. Sherlock read Sociology at the University of Liverpool, and later received a Master of Business Administration from the Open University. She served as President of the National Union of Students from 1988 to 1990. Career Sherlock was director of the UK Council for Overseas Student Affairs from 1991 until 1997, when she became chief executive of the National Council for One Parent Families. She was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 New Year Honours. Sherlock worked as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2000 to 2003, advisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Hardwick (chairman)
Nicholas Lionel Hardwick (born 19 July 1957) is a British executive who has led UK-based charities and criminal justice organisations. Most recently he was chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales from March 2016 until his resignation on 28 March 2018 following a legal challenge to a Parole Board decision to release convicted serial rapist John Worboys. Early life Nick Hardwick was born on 19 July 1957, in Surrey. He was educated at Epsom College and the University of Hull, where he earned a third class honours degree in English literature in 1979. Career From 1986 to 1995 he was chief executive of the charity Centrepoint. From June 1995 to January 2003, he was chief executive of the Refugee Council. Hardwick was appointed in December 2002 as the chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, taking office in February 2003; the IPCC existed in shadow form from 1 April 2003, and formally replaced the Police Complaints Authority on 1 April 2004. As IPCC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Barber
Martin Barber, OBE, is the former Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) at the UN Headquarters in New York from 2000 until his retirement from the UN in 2005. In 2006, he was made an OBE for services to de-mining. He previously held various senior positions in the UN – including Chief of Policy Development and Advocacy at the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters ..., New York; and Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (1996 to 1998). In 2014 he wrotBlinded by Humanity: Inside the UN’s Humanitarian Operations which documents his experiences within the UN.I.B.Tauris Publishers, 2014 - www.ibtauris.com References British offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Morris, Baron Morris Of Handsworth
William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth (born 19 October 1938) is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a major British trade union. Morris sat in the House of Lords, under the Labour Party whip, from 2006 to 2020. Early life Bill Morris was born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica. After the death of his father, William, a part-time policeman, his mother, Una, emigrated to England to find work settling in Handsworth, Birmingham. Morris joined her in the UK in 1954, finding work at a local car parts manufacturer, Hardy Spicer Engineering Ltd. Morris married Minetta in 1957. His wife died in 1990. They have two sons. Trade union career Morris joined the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1958, and became a shop steward in 1962. After serving on the TGWU General Executive Council (GEC) from 1972 to 1973, Bill Morris joined the union as a full-time offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hari Kunzru
Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru (born 1969) is a British novelist and journalist. He is the author of the novels '' The Impressionist'', '' Transmission'', ''My Revolutions'', '' Gods Without Men'', ''White Tears'',David Robinson"Interview: Hari Kunzru, author" scotsman.com, 29 July 2011 ''Red Pill'', and ''Blue Ruin''. His work has been translated into 20 languages. Early life and education Kunzru was born in London, England, to an Indian father of Kashmiri Pandit descent and a British mother. He grew up in Essex and was educated at Bancroft's School. He studied English at Wadham College, Oxford, then gained an MA in Philosophy and Literature from University of Warwick. In his teens, Kunzru decided that he did not believe in formal religion or God, and is "opposed to how religion is used to police people". Career From 1995 to 1997, Kunzru worked on ''Wired UK''. Since 1998, he has worked as a travel journalist, writing for such newspapers as ''The Guardian'' and ''The Daily Telegr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Dubs
Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs (born 5 December 1932) is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. On 27 September 1994, he was appointed as a Labour life peer with the title of Baron Dubs, ''of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth''. Early life and education Alfred Dubs was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to a Jewish father, Hubert, whose family were from Northern Bohemia, and a mother, Bedriska (or Frida) , from Austria. Hubert worked in the cotton industry, while Frida was a dietitian. Dubs lived in Prague as a child. His father left for London when Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945), Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in March 1939. His mother applied for permission to leave the country but this was refused at Gestapo Headquarters. Dubs travelled on the ''Kindertransport'' in June 1939 at the age of six. He was one of 669 Czech-resident, mainly Jewish, children saved by British sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Thompson
Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Emma Thompson on screen and stage, Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and List of awards and nominations received by Emma Thompson, her accolades include two Academy Awards, three British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama. Born to actors Eric Thompson and Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she became a member of the Footlights troupe, and appeared in the comedy sketch series ''Alfresco (TV series), Alfresco'' (1983–1984). In 1985, she starred in the West End theatre, West End revival of the musical ''Me and My Girl'', which was a breakthrough in her career. In 1987, she came to prominence for her performances in two BBC series, ''Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series), Tutti Frutti'' and ''Fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom From Torture
Freedom from Torture (previously known as The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) is a British registered charity that provides therapeutic care for survivors of torture who seek protection in the UK."What We Do" Freedom from Torture. Retrieved 6 June 2024. Since it was established in 1985, more than 57,000 survivors of torture have been referred to the organisation for help and it is one of the world’s largest torture treatment centres. Freedom from Torture provides medical and psychological documentation of torture, a range of rehabilitation therapies, including , individual and family counselling, |
