As a result of the policy of dispersal of asylum seekers outside London, organisations who previously provided no ESOL or taught only to settled communities are now being faced with the issues of teaching dispersed asylum seekers.
Education is seen as essential to settlement process.
To consult with staff working in organisations providing ESOL to refugees on what they would require in a pack of information and support materials. To convene a working party to share information and expertise in developing a pack. To develop, produce and distribute a pack of information and support materials for tutors and support workers of organisations providing ESOL to refugees and asylum seekers. In the research phase we will consult with refugees, tutors and support workers of organisations providing ESOL to refugees and asylum seekers around the country as to what they would find useful in the pack. We propose to use the 'working party' approach in which we would invite participation from practitioners with substantial experience and expertise of working with refugees.