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New Neighbours Together was established in 2016 to support asylum seekers and refugees in Burnley.
Our aim is to bring people together to help each other and provide a space for sharing food, culture, language and friendship. There is so much we can learn from each other and we believe that Burnley is enriched by our mutual respect and understanding.
Thanks to the efforts of our founder Ruth Haygarth, we currently have over 25 volunteers who:
We try to provide a human response to counteract the ‘hostile environment’ ethos which was introduced in 2012 by the Government. This was intended to target ‘illegal immigrants’, but has had huge ramifications for people exercising their legal right to claim asylum coming from terrible situations and often enduring terrible hardships and at the mercy of criminal people traffickers.
In providing a little humanity we have made so many memories (often involving food!) along the way.
In September 2018 we became a registered charity (Charity Number 1179812) and we have a Board of Trustees from our community, including settled refugees.
We could not do what we do without the generosity of local people who donate many essential items for our families and individuals who arrive in Burnley, often with little more than the clothes they are wearing.
We are also hugely grateful to St John’s Church who have provided us our safe space of sanctuary free of charge.
We hold drop-in sessions every Tuesday and Thursday at St. John’s Church Hall on Ivy Street, with refreshments, a sharing table of donated goods and a safe social space for events and activities.
For more information, please visit our website at:
nntburnley.org
Our aim is to bring people together to help each other and provide a space for sharing food, culture, language and friendship. There is so much we can learn from each other and we believe that Burnley is enriched by our mutual respect and understanding.
Thanks to the efforts of our founder Ruth Haygarth, we currently have over 25 volunteers who:
- provide help with form filling and registering for healthcare;
- teach ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes;
- request and sort donated goods;
- organise social activities;
- and befriend our new neighbours.
We try to provide a human response to counteract the ‘hostile environment’ ethos which was introduced in 2012 by the Government. This was intended to target ‘illegal immigrants’, but has had huge ramifications for people exercising their legal right to claim asylum coming from terrible situations and often enduring terrible hardships and at the mercy of criminal people traffickers.
In providing a little humanity we have made so many memories (often involving food!) along the way.
In September 2018 we became a registered charity (Charity Number 1179812) and we have a Board of Trustees from our community, including settled refugees.
We could not do what we do without the generosity of local people who donate many essential items for our families and individuals who arrive in Burnley, often with little more than the clothes they are wearing.
We are also hugely grateful to St John’s Church who have provided us our safe space of sanctuary free of charge.
We hold drop-in sessions every Tuesday and Thursday at St. John’s Church Hall on Ivy Street, with refreshments, a sharing table of donated goods and a safe social space for events and activities.
For more information, please visit our website at:
nntburnley.org