Thursday 17th November 2022 9.30am-12.30pm
Led by Rose McCarthy and special guests
'An introduction to the experiences of refugee and asylum seeking families. The risks they face and discuss what we can do to protect children.
This workshop will explore what it might be like to flee your country for fear of your life and seek asylum in the UK. To be pregnant, give birth and bring up a family when you don’t know if you have a roof over your head or whether you will be granted leave to remain. The barriers mothers faces, the support they do and do not receive and the impact this has on their children and their safety.
Learn about the asylum process in the UK and listen to the stories of mothers now living in West Yorkshire. How they brought their babies in to the world, how they were let down and also how they were supported'.
| Ticket Type | Price | Cart |
|---|---|---|
| Members Ticket 17 November 2022 | £50.00 | |
| Non Members Ticket 17 November 2022 | £75.00 | |
| Student Ticket 17 November 2022 | £30.00 |
Rose is a mother of 5 and granny of 2 with a third on the way. Since 1991 she has taught NCT antenatal classes and in 2003 specialised in teaching free antenatal classes for people seeking asylum and refugees. She worked for the Refugee Council on 3 projects, the Health befriending Network specialising in supporting pregnant women and mothers, resettlement and as the manager of the Health Access for Refugees Programme. She took early retirement in 2021. She now works part time for Horsforth Churches Together as the Refugee Support Worker. She is a founding member of Leeds City of Sanctuary, the Maternity Stream of Sanctuary and the Health Stream of Sanctuary and is still actively involved in all three. In 2019 she received the Sue Ryder Woman of the Year Award for Education. She feels passionate about supporting women seeking asylum and refugees to have a voice, touch hearts and change minds. With Experts by Experience, she has given awareness raising training on caring for people seeking asylum and refugees to thousands of people and plans to continue doing so.
It has improved my knowledge and understanding about the range of harms caused to children and their impact as I have been able to network with a wide range of experts from the UK and beyond. There is no other multidisciplinary association for child protection professionals focused on learning to support and improve practice and policy
