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Project Organisers and Partners

Evelyn Oldfield Unit
The unit provides professional training and support to refugee community organisations to enable them to better serve their communities
www.evelynoldfield.co.uk
Museum of London
Organiser of a major exhibition about the refugees interviewed for this project and is archiving all the project interviews for posterity.
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
London Metropolitan University
Trains the project's fieldworkers in oral history methodology.
www.londonmet.ac.uk

Related Websites

The Charity Awards
The Evelyn Oldfield Unit's Refugee Communities History Project won the 2006 award for 'arts, culture and heritage'. This is the project's website.
www.charityawards.co.uk
Oral History Society
A UK-based organisation that helps people of all ages to tape, video or write down people's life stories.
www.ohs.org.uk
Untold London
A wonderful guide to London's diverse communities with events listings, histories, and many links to other interesting sites.
www.untoldlondon.org.uk
The Panos Institute
www.panos.org.uk
Vietnamese Oral History Project
A collection of over 100 interviews with Vietnamese refugees. The CD, 'Every tree has its roots', is available from this site:
Part of www.refugee-action.org.uk
European Council on Refugee and Exiles Refugee Stories Project
A collection of interviews with people who have sought sanctuary in 12 EU countries.
Part of www.ecre.org/refugeestories

Project Funders

Heritage Lottery Fund
www.hlf.org.uk
City Parochial Foundation
and Trust for London
www.cityparochial.org.uk

About Refugees

The 1951 Refugee Convention
www.unhcr.org/1951convention/
This site includes an excellent question & answer page about refugees.
UNHCR
The agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 6,540 people in 116 countries continues to help 19.2 million persons.
www.unhcr.org
Refugee Council
The council is a UK organisation that works with refugees and asylum seekers to provide help and support and ensure their needs and concerns are addressed.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Refugee Community Groups

CARA
www.academic-refugees.org
Chinese Information & Advice Centre
www.ciac.co.uk
Ethiopian Community in Britain
www.ethiopiancommunity.co.uk
Harringey Somali Community & Cultural Association
www.somalicommunity.org.uk
Imece Turkish Speaking Women's Group
www.imece.org.uk
Iraqi Community Association
www.iraqicommunity.org
Latin American Women's Rights Service
www.lawrs.org.uk

Refugee Stories