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At its meeting on Thursday, October 5th PJC Council resolved to adopt New Routes as the communities local charity.

• Interface Learning Association Annual Report 2005-06

New Routes works under the aegis of the Interface Learning Association, a small voluntary organisation based in Norwich. Central to ILA is the belief that greater diversity makes for a richer community, and that the integration and empowerment of marginalised people is key to community cohesion.

New Routes has developed a number of activities for asylum seekers, refugees and other members of new communities in the City.

• Works with asylum seekers to identify their skills and areas of interest
• Matches these abilities with local volunteering opportunities
• Builds confidence by supporting both the volunteer and the host organisation
• Provides awareness training for participating organisations and groups
• Facilitates a mentoring or befriending scheme in the host community

Please bring something for New Routes. The box is located in the Peill Room. Ask Beverly Simmonds for details. Alternatively, you may wish to give money. Place cash or a cheque payable to the PJCEA in an envelope marked "New Routes" and hand it to any member of the Council at the service.

New Routes offers pathways to voluntary work and training that build on the skills, experience and interests of local asylum seekers and refugees.

Norwich asylum seekers are often highly skilled professionals in their home countries. Many have run their own businesses; worked as teachers, hairdressers, lecturers, accountants and journalists. Volunteering helps new arrivals to regain their confidence and is a route to integration into the local community.

New routes is a link organisation connecting asylum seekers and refugees with local business and community groups.