We are very happy to announce that the Big Lottery Reaching Communities Fund have awarded us a three year grant to develop and run our Volunteer Project – Support, Empowerment, Community. Central to this is skillsmatch – a new web-based initiative that matches the skills and interests of asylum seekers and refugees with volunteering opportunities out in the community. The funding also supports our befriending scheme and involves working closely with local people and asylum seekers and refugees on volunteer projects.  A massive thank you to the Big Lottery for supporting us…and also to all at Creative Fuse North East and our partners Roots and Wings, Newcastle University and Teesside University who helped create the original pilot project. We’ll start the fully funded project in April and can’t wait to get going! Watch this space for developments!

To find out more about our new project skillsmatch, please visit the volunteer page here.

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Our latest newsletter is now available:
Issue 75 October 2018

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Our Annual Report 2017-2018 is now available:
WERS Annual Report 2017-18

Everyone is welcome to our Annual General Meeting on
Thursday 8th November 2018 at 6pm at Westgate Baptist Church NE4 6NX
Refreshments from 5.30pm

Guest speaker The Revd Prof Nicholas Sagovsky

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Please click on the link below to read our latest newsletter

Issue 74 July 2018

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We have recently completed the first stage of our Creative Fuse Innovation pilot project, Skillsmatch, a platform that matches the skills, experience and interests of asylum seekers and refugees with a broad range of volunteering opportunities in the Newcastle area. You can read the Skillsmatch Report here. We’re now embarking on the second stage of the pilot. Read more about the project on our volunteer page.

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The April 2018 edition of our newsletter is available by clicking on the following link:

Issue 73 April 2018

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WERS is very pleased to have been awarded an innovation pilot grant by Creative Fuse North East for a new digital project.
The project will explore the viability of a skills-matching website, pairing asylum seekers and refugees with community volunteering opportunities which specifically correspond to their specific interests and skills sets.

Read more about it on our Volunteer page

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Our first newsletter of 2018 is now available.
Issue 72 January 2018

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Please read our latest newsletter.

WERS NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2017

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