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= The Evelyn Oldfield Unit = Category:Refugee aid organisations in the United Kingdom

The Evelyn Oldfield Unit is an independent, membership-based, charitable organisation, with the aim to provide, develop and coordinate specialist aid and support services for established refugee and migrant organisations in order to increase their capacity and potential for meeting the needs of their communities.

The activities delivered by the organisation include training, workshops, support and collaborative events. These are aimed to help Refugee and Migrant Communities Organisations and the wider Voluntary and Community Sector in identifying new ways to work together, to reach out and transform their lives. In particular it aims to help and Migrant Communities Organisations access mainstream agencies and services, to promote understanding and cooperation between organisations.

Vision
Contributing to a diverse and tolerant society based on the principles of equality and social justice.

Current Projects

 * The Community Impact Project, which includes support on collaboration, partnership working, evaluation and impact, strategic focus, community research, engagement and working with mainstream groups to support them to adopt better working practices with refugee community organisations.
 * The Capacity Builders Project includes work on policy development, project planning, volunteer management, fundraising, equality and diversity issues, joint working initiatives, with other RMCOs and mainstream organisations and making links with local decision makers.
 * The Environmental Project: the Unit is currently developing an environmental project to research refugees’ pre-migration experience of environmental issues and create a learning resource from this. This will be followed by an environmental education programme for individuals and community organisations.

Previous Projects

 * The Refugee Stories Project
 * Leaders Together Mentoring Project