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ISS Newsletter April May June 2014 Issue 28

European Elections UK migrants play a huge role in the economic, cultural and social

factors affecting the country. However, most migrants remain po-

litically invisible and inactive on political decisions which have a

direct impact on their lives. (continued on page 3).

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APRIL - JUNE 2014

ISSUE 28



Immigration Updates March 2014

New European Free Movement Regulations

From now on, EEA nationals will only retain the

status of “worker” under EU law for six months af-

ter becoming unemployed (and only if they have a

“genuine prospect” of becoming re-employed dur-

ing this period).

Only if a person has worked for more than a year in

the UK before losing their job can they retain the

status of a “worker” for longer than six months, and

then only if they can provide “compelling evidence”

that they have a genuine chance of employment.

The definition of “job seeker” has been changed so

that an EEA national may enter the UK as a job

seeker, and also become a jobseeker while they are

in the UK. Again, the status of “jobseeker” can only

be retained for more than six months if there is

compelling evidence that the person is seeking work

and has a genuine chance of employment.

From 1 April 2014 migrants from the EEA will be

subject to a Minimum Earnings Threshold when

they claim income-related benefits. The Threshold

has been set at £149 a week (£153 for the 2014/15

tax year), the same level at which workers start to

pay National Insurance contributions.

New migrant jobseekers from the European Eco-

nomic Area (EEA) will no longer be able to get

Housing Benefit (HB) from April 2014. Excluded

from the measure are: EEA jobseekers with retained

worker status (e.g. those who have been recently

working and have lost their job involuntarily) EEA

workers/self-employed. They will all continue to

have access to Housing Benefit.

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If you have any questions or concerns about any-thing in this newsletter please do contact us:

01279639442 or [email protected]

All EEA nationals have an automatic right to enter and

reside in other European countries for an initial period

of three months. A new provision will prevent someone

re-entering the UK if they have been removed in the

preceding 12 months on grounds of not having a right to

reside. The stated aim of this change is to avoid some-

one repeatedly exiting and re-entering the UK, getting a

new three-month period of residence each time.

If it is considered that someone is involved in a

‘marriage of convenience’ or other fraud, they may be

refused entry, or have their right to reside taken away.

New countries now subject to TB screening

UK Visas and Immigration have increased the number

of countries from which a person will require a Tubercu-

losis (TB) screening certificate if s/he wishes to come to

the UK for more than six months. A total of 51 new

countries, including Russia, Korea , China, Algeria, Bel-

arus, Bhutan, Burma, Iraq, Sri Lanka and Ukraine have

been added to the list, which now totals 96.

Entry clearance applicants intending to come to the UK

for over six months from countries where pre-entry

screening has been mandated will be required to present

a certificate from a designated screening provider con-

firming that screening has been conducted and that the

applicant has been diagnosed as free from active pulmo-

nary tuberculosis. Where tuberculosis is detected, the

applicant will be required to undertake treatment and

further screening before any entry clearance application

can be made.

From 1 April 2014, the British Refugee

Council and Migrant Helpline will pro-

vide advice services to asylum seekers

and refugees see page 5 for more info.



European Elections (continued from page 1)

Why The Migrant Vote is im-

portant.

Across the world people have died

fighting for the right to vote and to

be part of democracy. For instance,

in South Africa the black people

only earned their right to vote - after

apartheid was abolished - in 1994.

In addition, in the UK women only

earned their right to vote less than a

century ago. Today, many individu-

als around the globe are still denied

this right. As such, registering to

vote is recognising the importance

of this right.

The European Parliament

The European elections from the

22th - 25th of May 2014 will give

voters (including millions of mi-

grants across Europe) the chance to

influence the future political course

of the European Union when 751

members of the European Parlia-

ment (MEPs) are elected to repre-

sent their interests for the next five

years.

It is currently made up of 766 Mem-

bers of the European Parliament

(MEPs) who are elected by 28 EU

member countries. After the

2014 elections, the figure will be

751. The UK is represented by 73

MEPs. In the UK, there are 12 Euro-

pean electoral regions and each re-

gion is represented by between 3

and 10 MEPs.

Why vote?

The UK is heading for a ‘in or out’

referendum regarding the EU. This

will affect the lives of millions of

migrants across EU region as the

outcome of the European election

will have an impact on the future

of Europe and its citizens.

As a result, voting empowers the

voters to determine important is-

sues that directly affect their lives,

such as, the environment, educa-

tion, jobs, housing, etc. Some mi-

grants have the tendency to think

that political matters are reserved

for the indigenous citizens. How-

ever, voting gives everyone a say

on who represents them in the lo-

cal council, the UK Parliament

and Europe. Thus, not voting

means that the candidate that

most may think is unfit to repre-

sent the voice of the people will

be selected. This is a chance to

voice out on matters that affect

the migrant and it is a useful as-

pect to register to vote. Com-

plaining does not solve any

problems only voting will. Thus,

it is sound advice for all mi-

grants to register and exercise

their right!

Mimoza Matoshi

Chief Executive Officer



Low wages and temporary work arrangements Isolation and lack of extended family support Alcohol and drug misuse (especially amongst

male migrants) Childcare problems and difficulty with behaviour-

al management.

As a result, families breakdown and need appropriate

interventions.

How will the project work?

Knowing the causes will enable us and families to

find better solutions. Hence, this project approach is

aimed at bringing together our existing services and

creating a comprehensive support pathway for these

families. As a result, this will directly help families

(especially migrants)

take proactive steps

to improve their

lives. ISS will work

closely with many

statutory bodies or

other partners shar-

ing skills, ideas and

resources to provide

the best support for

the families in their

times of need. The

approach of using

volunteer mentors

with various lan-

guage skills has

gained excellent

feedback from ser-

vice users and refer-

rers enabling more

intensive support at a

very low cost. It fa-

cilitates for families

to communicate in

their own language,

build networks and

learn from others to improve their situation. We are

planning to engage more fathers in the mentoring

scheme and also to increase the level of training for

these volunteer mentors.

The following is a list of some of key activities that

we plan to provide as part of these actions:

One to One mentoring and support

Providing English learning facilities, formally

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THE PATHWAY PROJECT

This project aims to increase the knowledge, confi-

dence, skills and opportunities for vulnerable mi-

grant and refugee families in West Essex and Basil-

don area. Helping families to realize and recognise

the challenges they are facing in the new country,

identifying their own strengths and opportunities and

further building on these so that they can find solu-

tions to support themselves to integrate successfully

into the community. The project targets the most vul-

nerable migrant families and those with any ethnic

backgrounds (with children 5-19).

Why some families find hard to cope and need in-

tervention?

Cultural shock and language barriers creates social

problems within families. Also, there are other issues

that make families find it hard to cope in a new coun-

try and these include:

Difficulty to access services Poor housing and high rents English communication barrier



NEW VOLUNTEER Sergio Dimech

After my change in country expe-

rience about six years ago, I found

myself quite settled with my quite

calm day to day life. I was think-

ing to find volunteering activities for

quite sometime. A few weeks ago I

decided to take the plunge and join

Integration Support Services (ISS)

branch in Harlow

I feel that it took me no time at all to

bond with the volunteering team and

the per-

sons re-

ceiving

the neces-

sary assis-

tance

from ISS.

I try to

give my

all to it

and am

glad that

so far I think I have already made a

slight difference in other people’s

lives and indeed I can now confirm

that volunteering is what makes a

community because it brings people

together to work on a goal. Whether

it is a fundraiser for the research to

cure a disease that affects the whole

world, or to help a local family to

ISS NEWSLETTER TEAM Mimoza Matoshi

(Chief Executive Officer)

Wellington Kapswara

(Editor/Designer/Photography)

Lana Pereira

(Accounting Officer)

Joanna Hewelt

(Immigration advisor)

Innocent Sibanda ( Trustee)

Sylwia Przybylek (Trustee)

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS:

Anna Angelova (ISS Volunteer)

Sergio Dimech (ISSVolunteer)

Magda Burford (ISS Volunteer)

Trufasu Gabriela Veronica Mreana

(ISS Volunteer)

Imma Fusco (ISS Volunteer)

Oksana Halinauskas (ISS Volunteer)

integrate in a community, volun-

teers make it happen. When a

person donates their time, they

give hope to someone who needs

it.

I am also benefitting from this

experience as I got to see how my

contribution is making a differ-

ence. This experience has also

contributed to personal develop-

ment especially in self-fulfilment,

self-confidence, and self-esteem,

three self developmental areas

which often flourish in the midst

of volunteering experiences.

Knowing that I made a positive

impact on someone is an emo-

tionally uplifting experience that

can never be matched by money

or fame.

MIGRANT HELP Changes to advice and sup-

port Application Services for

Adult Asylum Seekers from

1st April 2014

As you may be aware, Migrant

Help has secured a Home Of-

fice grant to provide advice,

guidance and asylum support

application ser-

vices as of 1st

April 2014.

This means that

Migrant Help

will become the

sole government funded UK

provider of advice services to

adult asylum seekers and their

dependants. The new services

will replace the current One

Stop Service and Initial accom-

modation wraparound, which

will cease to exist on 31st

March 2014. They will be de-

livered under the Umbrella

name Asylum Help (Part of

the Migrant help group) as

Asylum Advice UK and Asy-

lum Support Application UK,

and will enable continuation of

all statutory services to asylum

seekers and refugees. This

change is aiming to ensure

simplification of the system

through delivery by one single

national provider. The website

www.asylumhelpuk.org was

launched on the 1st of April

together with free telephone

helpline-Asylum helpline

(Advice): 08008000630 and

Asylum Helpline (Support ap-

plications): 08088000631.



ISS ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS

English classes at Harlow College

are getting busier than ever ,

providing not juts a learning op-

portunity but a place to socialize

and make friends.

Volunteers Away Day— a boat trip

with a great offer from our partner

Canal ability, wonderful day out

for volunteers, a ’thank you’ for

their contribution and efforts to

help ISS work.

Cultural and Communication

Group meetings at Harlow Li-

brary every Tuesday—a relaxing

atmosphere helping communica-

tion in English and sharing experi-

ences with others.

ISS and Canalability volunteers

enjoying the Volunteers Away Day

22nd March—United Na-

tions anti-racism day, a full

coach from Harlow joined

thousands of people at the or-

ganised parade from Parlia-

ment Square to Trafalgar

Square.



ISS ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Volunteers Away Day— a boat trip

with a great offer from our partner

Canal ability, wonderful day out

for volunteers, a ’thank you’ for

their contribution and efforts to

help ISS work.

ISS and Canalability volunteers

enjoying the Volunteers Away Day



ISS Interpreting and Translation Service is only

£15/hour for interpreting All our interpreting and translation is provided by our community volunteers with genuine commit-

ments and an interest to help their own community members to integrate and succeed in their lives.

They are not just interpreters but advocates and good friends who have gone through similar experiences

and know the power of language and communication and how it effects our integration and participation

in our communities.

Help us to help others by purchasing this service at an excellent value! Give us a call on 01279

639442 for a booking or for more details visit our website on:

www.iss.org.uk/services

THE PATHWAY PROJECT Continued from page 4

and informally

Helping families to obtain

other training and qualifica-

tions that will improve their

future prospects. Often highly

graduated parents are stuck in

low paid jobs or temporary

jobs, as their qualifications are

not recognised by UK employ-

ers.

Parenting courses to gain

better skills on parenting.

Helping families to access

other services and facilities.

Monthly parents’ focus

group meetings, giving each

one of them opportunities to

hear and learn from others’

experiences, build networks

and friendships.

Providing social and cul-

tural activities such as summer

trips, multicultural events,

sports and other social activi-

ties. This will directly improve

the quality of life as families

can build social networks and

learn from others. Parents will

be able to link and help other

parents.

Volunteering Opportunities

for parents. Volunteers will be

supported and trained to act as

mentors for other families.

Often families only need some-

one to talk to and speak their

language, sharing and learn-

ing from each other as well

building links with other com-

munity members.

The Pathway project is fund-

ed by Essex County Council

and will run for 1 year. We are

aiming to reach and support

150 families across West Es-

sex and Basildon.

Mimoza Matoshi

Chief Executive Officer



CAN YOU BE A TRUSTEE FOR ISS

As part of our expansion

across Essex and Hertford-

shire we are looking to ap-

point new trustees to our

board who will bring us

their skills in one or more of

the following areas: Public

relations, marketing, fund-

raising, and advocacy. You

would attend at least one

Management Committee

Meetings per month lasting

around two hours. Then one

AGM, and one Away Day.

For further information,

or to apply please email:

[email protected].

Alternatively you can find

out more about us on

www.iss.org.uk

Or simple give us a call on

01279 639442



EASTER THROUGH MY EYES Bulgaria

Easter is one of the most significant holidays in the

Bulgarian religious calendar. Starting with Palm Sun-

day, the holy

week leads up to

the Great Day.

In the country-

side, the festival

is popularly

known as

"Velikden",

which literally

means 'the faith

in the resurrection

of Jesus Christ'. Easter traditions in Bulgaria are a deriva-

tive of the Eastern Orthodox Church rituals. In tune with

worldwide Orthodox traditions, bright red coloured eggs

and Easter bread known as "kolache" or "kozunak" are the

prominent symbols of our Easter. At midnight on the Sat-

urday before Easter Sunday, my friends and family in Bul-

garia gather at church, with red painted eggs and bread.

The priest proclaims three times "Christos

Voskrese" (Christ has risen) and the congregation replies

"Vo istina voskrese" (Indeed he has risen).

One of the Easter bread is specially decorated with one or

more (but an odd number) of red eggs. After a special se-

quence of services and lighting the holy fire (which we

usually take home with candles and call it “jiv ogan”), the

clergy blesses the bread and eggs brought by the people.

The Bulgarian 'good luck crack' is a unique Easter tradi-

tion in Bulgaria. Eggs are cracked after the midnight ser-

vice and over the next few days, during the festive season

of Easter. The egg that is cracked on the wall of the

church is the first egg that people eat after the long fast of

Lent. We take turns in tapping our eggs against the eggs

of others, and the person who ends up with the last unbro-

ken egg is believed to have a year of good luck. He/she is

considered as the most successful, healthy and happy per-

son for the rest of the year. I wish everyone a tough egg

and a joyful Easter, as nature gets ready for a new life cy-

cle!

Anna Angelova - ISS Volunteer

A CELEBRATION IN MY HOMELAND Ukraine

Ukraine is one of the most picturesque countries in

Europe and there important feasts, such as the Holy

Easter is celebrated. This feast lasts 40 days. Ukraini-

ans get ready for this event well in advance. Also, Easter

is preceded by Lent - the remembrance of Christ's earth-

ly life. Traditionally, on Easter day people bake home-

made bread, which is called the “Paskha”. Included in

the feast is homemade cheese, butter, meat products and

of course Krashenki.

Krashenki are boiled eggs, which are painted with a spe-

cial paint. Patterns on eggs differ depending on the loca-

tion where people live in Ukraine. On Saturday before

Easter, these products are put in a basket and get sancti-

fied in the church. On Sunday, all the people go to

church for the solemn liturgy at the end of which the

priest pronounces long-awaited words “Christ is risen”

parishioners

reply, “Truly

risen!”

On the same

day, everyone

goes to their

ancestral

home, to their

parents,

where they continue the celebration of this joyous event

of “ The Resurrection of Christ”.

Oksana Halinauskas ISS Volunteer

*****

OUR GOOD FRIDAY Italy

Easter is the greatest feast of the Christian faith and

is celebrated every year on the first Sunday of spring

(late March and April). Firstly, during Lent (the 40

days before Easter) we make a little sacrifice by giving

up something that we value in our everyday life. Also,

during this period all sacred images are covered with a

purple cloth, including the crucifix. The Veil is removed

CULTURAL CORNER - Easter Celebrations



during the evening Mass on Holy Saturday and just

before Easter Sunday.

Ash Wednesday is a very important day as we ob-

serve fasting and abstinence from eating meat. Dur-

ing the Mass, on this day, a pinch of blessed ashes is

placed on the forehead of the faithful by the priest to

remind them the transience of earthly life to highlight

the saying, “dust to dust, ashes to ashes."

The Sunday before Easter is called Palm Sunday. The

faithful go to church where they receive blessed

palms or olive branches and a small bottle of blessed

water too. Usually people bring home the blessed

branches of olive and palm tree, to keep as a symbol

of peace and

swap with rela-

tives and

friends. In some

regions, the

householder us-

es a stick,

dipped in holy

water to bless

the table on the

Easter Day

lunch.

The Easter week

is made up of

holy days that are a celebration of the last days of Je-

sus on earth, which are about His passion, death and

resurrection. We start from Holy Thursday, in which

he recalls the Last Supper of Jesus, and then we en-

dorse "the tombs." by going to the seven churches,

stopping to pray at the shrines adorned with wheat.

Then the following day is Good Friday which is the

day of Jesus' death. On this day it is traditional to

make the Stations of the Cross, via crucis, the painful

path that Christ made to Golgotha carrying the cross.

We do not eat meat on this day as a form of participa-

tion in the passion and death of Jesus.

On Easter Sunday we go to Mass, where we will ex-

change chocolate eggs as a symbol of rebirth. We

then have a nice festive lunch (because Christ is ris-

en) with family or friends and after which we eat a

dove cake, as symbol of peace. In addition, children

recite poems they will have prepared at school to cel-

ebrate Easter. Then Monday, is a good day for out-

door activities.

Imma Fusco- ISS Volunteer

*****

CHRISTIAN EASTER

Columbia

The meaning of Easter for Christians is the recon-

ciliation of man to God. In the beginning God creat-

ed all things including man and woman; Adam and

Eve. The original plan of God was that man and

woman should live in abundance and to have mastery

over all the Earth, eternal life and face to face com-

munication with God in the Garden of Eden. Evil

came to the Garden and both Adam and Eve suc-

cumbed to the lure of temptation and committed the

first sin, disobedience to God, which became known

as the “Original Sin”. This sin changed the relation-

ship between God and man. With this change in rela-

tionship came death, sickness, slavery to materialism

and addiction, ruin and oppression of people over

people. The face to face communion with God was

broken.

Fast-forward 4000 years and Jesus Christ the Son of

God was born and approximately 30 years later he

was crucified. Jesus was crucified and died on Friday

and this day has become known as Good Friday in

the Easter tradition. However, three days later Jesus

was resurrected back to life and this became known

as Easter Sunday. The blood of Jesus that was spilt

during the crucifixion has atoned for all sin commit-

ted and to be

committed.

Those who be-

lieve in the

death and res-

urrection of

Jesus Christ for

the atonement

of sin are

Christians.

This belief

guarantees each Christian a re-

turn to the life God had

CULTURAL CORNER - Easter Celebrations

Continued p 13



INNOCENT SIBANDA first got involved with ISS

in January 2011 as a volunteer to help and sup-

port launch our Internet Café Project.

His role has included

supporting immi-

grants to integrate

with local communi-

ties by improving

communication

through basic IT

skills. He has gone on

to represent ISS at

various events.

He is an enthusiastic

and highly motivated

individual who en-

joys working and so-

cializing with people.

He is also currently

studying Graphic De-

sign at Anglia Ruskin

University. He is a member of the Gatehouse Arts

(Eastgate Harlow) were he works as a freelance de-

signer and an up and coming photographer. He also

enjoys playing basketball and tennis. When he is

free, most of his time is dedicated to producing crea-

tive designs, which can be seen on Behance

(www.behance.net/inogi).

“Volunteering for ISS has given me the opportunity to

meet so many intelligent people interested in ethnic di-

versity. I have spoken to people who have presented me

with issues and ideas I hadn’t fully considered before. I

have had open discussions with Hungarian, Polish, Span-

ish, Portuguese (and many other nationalities) - students

and families about the pros and cons of socialising within

the United Kingdom. This has pushed me into taking po-

sitions on complex, controversial topics – and having to

justify my reasons behind my argument. Sometimes, I’m

not sure where I stand, so it’s challenging – yet very re-

warding.” This has sparked off an interest in getting in-

volved with people from different ethnic backgrounds. I

thought to myself, ‘this is where I want to be, working

with the ISS team helping each other achieve shared

goals with people from different cultures. Supporting

people to integrate into our society is immensely reward-

ing and I feel I am contributing to a worthy cause.”

SYLWIA PRZYBYLEK is very pleased that she

joined ISS and hope that she will contribute to the

charity's success by using her life and work experi-

ence effectively to meet the organisation’s objec-

tives and strategic

plans.

She graduated with a

Master's Degree in So-

cial Work in Poland in

the year 2003and con-

tinued with further ed-

ucation in the UK.. She

has since completed

four modules in a spe-

cialist social work

practice at East Anglia

University and did the

Practice Education in

Social Work module

with Essex Universi-

ty. She has an Inde-

pendent Domestic Violence Advisory (IDVA) qualifi-

cation from CAADA in London.

She has vast experience in many different areas that

include: working with vulnerable clients & ethnic mi-

norities, team management, budgeting and practice

teaching (in social work). She currently works for the

local government as a senior practitioner in Schools,

Children and Families Directorate.

“I have encountered many challenges in life and its over-

coming them that makes life meaningful. I have had an

inspirational and motivating childhood, which helped me

to understand other people and tolerate them regardless of

how different they are. I have always felt different from

others as a child because of my background. I am very

proud of who I am and what I have achieved. Everything is

possible when you believe, try and work hard. Mark Twain

once said that,

‘Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do; so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbour, catch the trade winds in your sails. Don't be afraid to explore, dream and discover’.

I wish you all happy sailing”.

NEW TRUSTEES



Quarterly Multi Cultural Calendar 2014

Month Calendar event Faith (if applicable)

8 April Swaminarayan Jayanti Hindu

13th April Palm Sunday Christian

20th April Easter Sunday Orthodox, Christian

23 April St George Day Christian

14th May Wesak or Buddha Day Buddist

28th June Ramadan start Muslim

CULTURAL CORNER - Easter Continued from page 11

originally planned.

Easter is a festival for Christians to cel-

ebrate the reconciliation of man to God

by the atonement of Sin through Jesus

Christ who died and was resurrected.

Christians do not have a prescribed tra-

ditional food for Easter, however some

choose Lamb on Easter Sunday as Je-

sus is often referred to as the sacrificial

lamb or Lamb of God.

Magda Burford ISS Volunteer

*****

OLD DOCHIA DAY Romania

The first day of spring is Old Dochia

day. It is named after an old god-

dess, Baba Dochia, who dies on the

1st of March and is reborn with the

martyrs or forty old men on 9

March. Dochia “is sometimes imag-

ined as an old woman who insults the

month of March when she goes out

with a herd of sheep or goats” with the

intention of following her daughter in-

law, who she ill-treats and send to

fetch berries in the mountains.

The daughter -in- law is helped by God

disguised as an old man to do the task.

Dochia and her animals freeze to death

when she

takes off

her 9

lambskin

coats (the

weather

changes

suddenly)

thinking it

is spring as

she sees

the berries.

In Romani-

an Old

Dochia personifies mankind's impa-

tience in waiting for the return of

spring. “In the calendar, there are 9

days associated with the 9 coats she's

shedding, from March 1 to March 9”.

On these days numerous rites are per-

formed such as chasing frost, hitting

the Earth with clubs or tampers, utter-

ing incantations in order to heat and

bring out cold and children playing

over the fire. Also, each Romanian has

a duty to show as much kindness to

each other in order to be able to enjoy

a warmer spring. Usually spring comes

when the temperature is between 22

and 28 degrees in Romania.

Trufasu Gabriela Veronica Mreana

ISS Volunteer

Gate Modern Art Show

Harlow has begun the

year looking vibrant as

the local artist show off

their talents by curating

one of the most magnifi-

cent art shows ever seen

in the town.

The diversity in the different

forms of art which was on dis-

play from the 12th of February

to the 15th of March 2014 de-

picted the wealth of the cultural

creativity that makes up Harlow

as a relatively young town. The

exhibition was adorned by col-

orful rich paintings that seemed

the mark of the rebirth of the

Impressionist.

The use of color and brush

marks reveal that traditional art

in the form of painting is yet to

lose its aura. To compliment the

painting was digital art that

showed unbelievable skill. The

photography and sculptures

were remarkable. In addition,

the films added a unique sensa-

tion to the show. This show has

received much attention from

the local community such that

there are all flocking to see the

current craft show at the Gate-

house Gallery.

The Editor



ACTIVITY VENUE DAY/TIME

Outreach/Support

Consultation and advice

West Essex, Basildon

Various venues across West Essex

and Basildon

Call office for an appointment

01279 639442

Monday to Friday

9am –5pm

Saturday activities for families with

Children

(Harlow)

The Tree House Children’s

Centre

Staple Tye

Harlow

CM18 7NG

Every Saturday

10:30 am to 13:00pm

Interpreting and Translation Services

(please note that this is a chargeable

Service)

Essex and Hertfordshire Monday to Saturday

Drop in sessions

(Harlow)

Harlow Office

2 Wych Elm Harlow

CM20 1QT

Every Thursday

10 am—2 pm

English Classes

Harlow

Cafe Youth

21 West Gate

Harlow Town Centre

CM20 1JR

Mondays

3:00pm—5:00pm (beginners level)

6pm –8pm (intermediate level)

Family Support Activities

Epping Forest

Community Centre

Limes Farm

Chigwell

IG7 5NT

Saturdays

10:30am –13:00pm

Immigration Advice Services

(Essex, Hertfordshire)

Fees apply

2 Wych Elm

Harlow

CM20 1QP

Monday to Friday

9 am—5 pm

Family Support Drop In session

Uttlesford

Spangles Children’s Centre

Lower Street

Stansted Mountfitchet

CM24 8LR

Tuesday

10 am—12 noon

SCHEDULE for April, May & June 2014

For more details please visit: www.iss.org.uk

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