We were excited to talk at the first Conference for Young people in Humanitarianism at the University of Manchester. 124 secondary schools and 18 teaching staff from all over Manchester attended the conference on Wednesday 22 June 2016.
The ALF UK network met in Manchester on 16/17 June 2016 to discuss their plans for future events and it was the biggest ever gathering of ALF UK network members which brought together representatives from over 30 UK member organisations.
Yasmine Nahlawi from Rethink Rebuild Society spoke at an event in the House of Lords on 14 June. The event was hosted by Baroness Sally Hamwee and chaired by Jonathan Brown from the group Lib Dems for Syrian Freedom, Peace and Reconstruction.
We spoke at a conference on 20 May hosted by the Community Safety Forum titled 'Communities Together to Tackle Daesh'. This conference was aimed at highlighting the expertise within the community to identify and address the threats emanating from Daesh.
We attended a conference on Community Action and Social Power on 19 May 2016, where we met a delegation of social workers, youth workers and community workers from Sweden. We were able to share best practice to address the challenges faced by refugees and also to learn best practices from Sweden that we can implement here.
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