We have continued to be busy during April. As part of their outreach, Citizens Advice Gateshead dealt with another PIP application. It concerned an appeal and a complicated set of choices, which the client had to make. There was also a...

Sunderland FC welcomes refugees. See the attached photo.

The Conference began with Rengin Arslan, a former BBC journalist, talking about the dire human rights situation in Turkey. The question of freedom of expression is in very sharp focus there, as no doubt you know. Her first-hand account...

It has been another busy and successful month for the Gateshead Roma Kavarna. Again we have had numerous enquiries. These included an Energy Query, a request for advice about Tax Credits, Carers Allowance and setting up an application...

February has been another very busy month. Clients have been helped with a wide variety of issues. These have included debt advice, gas and electricity payments, an application for social housing, an NHS form regarding a prescription...

After a break over Christmas and New Year the kavarna has been open and busy again this month. We have been able to receive new funding from Awards for All, to expand the community dimension of our work and also some funding from...

December has been another busy month for the kavarna. We have continued to help people with problems, which without the kavarna drop-in would go unsolved and have also acted as a place for Roma in Gateshead to come and feel at home...