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          Gazeta Uliczna
          special supplement
           September 2006

        

CHRISTMAS EVE WITH THE BARKA FOUNDATION 

The Barka Foundation Has been organising open Christmas Eve Suppers for over 12 years. They always take place in the middle of the Old Market Square in Poznań in BWA Gallery and Kongresowa Restaurant. In the same time when all the Polish families meet at the traditional Supper Table, 400 people including the homeless, the lonely and the poor gather to celebrate Christmas Eve. On the beautifully set tables there are 12 traditional Polish dishes prepared by volunteers from donation products. The tables are standing outsider. Inside of the gallery there is a Christmas crib with Baby Jesus  ST Mary, ST Joseph and live animals.
But it is not only people In Reed that take part In the Supper. Local authorities, public administration representatives, church and media representatives, artists and famous people together with many families of Poznan also come to the Market Square to join the  open Christmas Eve Supper.
The participants are invited to begin their traditional Christmas Carols Meetings a week before the Supper. They bring various gifts and make donations, they organize different meetings and carols singing evenings. Traditional Christmas decorations are being prepared. stalls selling social cooperatives products are also set up.
We Gould like to entourage all the EuroMi members and supporters to organise similar open Christmas Suppers for all those who are going to be alone or away from home on Christmas or who are in a difficult situation or have no home.
We wish you a marry Christmas and a happy  and  prosperous Year 2007!!!
 Volunteers, Barka programmes participants and working staff together with all the Barka’s friends

 

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06-12-2006
 

BARKA organizes the Polish-British Mission for the homeless and unemployed people in London


The Barka Foundation was invited for cooperation with two English organizations: the Simon Community  http://www.simoncommunity.org.uk office number (0044)075618270(3) and Housing Justice UNLEASH http://www.justhousing.org.uk/index.htm  , who made a report on the complicated situation of Poles searching for job in UK. It comes out from the report that many of them do not find employment, start their life on the streets and become subject to live in degraded environments. British organizations fear that our compatriots may represent a social threat and, admitting that they are not in position to help them, ask support from the Polish side.
The issue is run by Ewa Sadowska, tel.: 0 695 295 888
, ewa.sadowska@gmail.com, contact in London  

                          
   
                                                 
                                                            Ewa Sadowska                                             
                                                        project
coordinator                            
                                                             of the PBME 
                                      
ewa.sadowska@gmail.com
                          

                                   
   Małgorzata Malak                         Tim Nicholls                             Natalia Płaczek
PBME Office in London      
    PBME Office in London                       PBME Office
   +48607952203          t.nicholls@simoncommunity.org.uk
             in Poznań
malgorzata.malak@ces.net.pl                                                   natalia.placzek@wp.pl                    
                                                       

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Film  "Polish-British Mission for Employment"
Jarek Cybulski, Piotr Dobroniak CINOSPROJEKT London
 jarek@cinosproject.com, www.cinosproject.com , tel. +447737633277
 (45 MB file)

 

 

21.12.2006 New EuroMI webpage!!! We would like you to invite you to visit our brand new EuroMI webpage. Please go to www.euromi.info and tell us what you think about it


21.12.2006 Around 2000 people have received the first edition of our "EuroMI Nesletter"!!We hope that the number of our readers and friends will grow continously.
                                                       
EuroMI Newsletter>


21.12.2006 A EuroMI representative live in a popular Polish TV show!
Ewa Sadowska, the EuroMI coordinator has takenpart in a popular morning TV show today, on thursday the 21st of December. The main topic of the interview was the Open Christmas Eve Supper organised for the 12th time by the Barka Foundation on the Old Market Square in Poznań and the EuroMI project.


21.12.2006 we present a EAPN National Report on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion for the years 2006-2008
                                                      
more>
                                                       more>


18.12.2006 An important letter from Dublin-we hope there will be more such offers. We count on you!
Hello,
My name is  Ela Dzienisiewicz I have lived in Dublin for a while. I have heard your Foundation is planning to begin some of its activities here in Dublin. I was wondering if I could be of any help. I'd like to be one of those providing support to my compatriots in need. 
Ireland is presented in the Polish media as a "paradise on Earth". Unfortunately Polish migrants expecations often choke with cruel reality. Many people who come here cannot cope with the Irish realities and they become socially excluded. I'm sure you perfectly understand this process.
please let me know if you are interested in cooperating with me and if you consider my support useful.
I send you warm greetings and looking forward to hearing from you.
Wish you all Marry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Ela Dzienisiewicz


15.12.2006  Franco Frattini's response to uor letter
                                                       
more>                                                    


14.12.2006 Preparations for Christmas Eve have begun. This year the Traditional Christmas Supper is going to be organised by young staff members of the Barka Foundation.
                                                                           more> 


13.12.2006. To all EuroMI friends and supporters! We present  2 short reports ( By Tim Nicholls and Ewa Sadowaska) from the Closing Conference and Ceremony of the European Union's Year of Worker
                                                       
report1> 
                                                                          report2>                  


11.12.2006 An important information for those willing to take part in the European Network for Migrants Integration! -   representatives of the developing EuroMI network - Ewa Sadowska and Tim Nicholls will take active part in a conference on the European Year of Workers Mobility organised today (11.12.2006) by the European Commission.
                                                      
programme>
                                                                         workshops>


07.12.2006 We continue our educational campaign on the local level!
On the 5th and the 7th of December PBME representatives provided training for Local information centres empoyees and representatives of university job agencies. The participants had the possibility to learn more about migration process and connected problems. EuroMI project was also presented.


07.12.2006 Videoconference in London and Warsaw on the new wave of Polish work migrants in the UK
Ewa Sadowska-a PBME representative has taken part in the panel discussion during a  seminar orgnised by the British Council in Warsaw - Thursday the 7th of December - on  the situation of Polish migrants in the UK. The Seminar will take place simultaneously in London and Warsaw - videoconference facilitieson will enable common discussion. Homelessness of many Polish migrants in the UK is one of the proposed topics
                                                         
more>
                                                                             topics>


06.12.2006 Regional Workshop on Social Enterprises in Central-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States is going to take place in Brussels on the 11-12 of December 2006.
                                                          
more>


04.12.2006 EU suggests Job Centres for Africa.
To deal with the surge in African immigrants, the European Commission proposes a network of pseudo-placement agencies and a system of short-term work visits
                                                           
more>


04.12.2006 2 important films on good practices in poverty eradication!
We present 2 important films on poverty and alcoholism eradication and the role that GEEP (The Global Encyclopedia for the Eradication of Poverty) plays in presenting good practices on fighting the problems ( the Barka Foundaton example)
                                                           
Peruvian example>
                                                           
Polish example>


04.12.2006 A report from the conference on the free movement of workers within the EU organised by ECAS in the European Parliament. PBME representatives - Ewa Sadowska and Philip Burke took active part in the conference.
                                                           
more>
                                                                                photographs>


28.11.2006 50 victims of dishonest employers end fake job agencies on the streets of Copenhagen
The Director of Koefede's School in Copenhagen has told one of the PBME representatives that the school streetwalkers have met within a month 50 Polish work migrants living on the streets of Copenhagen. They had lef their homes and families in Poland and went to Denmark to work. Unfortunately they became victims of dishonest employers or various fake job agencies and they are now homeless. They cannot afford a ticket home and have to moan the streets of Copenhagen. We are awaiting more information from Denmark and we hope that the new EuroMi project will create possibilities of providing support to people in neeed living in all parts of Europe.


27.11.2006 A story of a missing Polish migrant, we presented a few days ago, has reached a happy end! Janus G was identified by his family members whilst being interviewed on Wiadomosci ( the main Polish news channel). His back was turned to the camera and he was saying that he loves his wife and children and wants tocomeback home but has no money to buy a return ticket. His family contacted us a week ago and we showed the pogramme to Tim Nicholls who was then visiting us from the Simon Community in London. He was able to recognise the place where the interview took place. It was at a day centre for the homeless based in the London borough of Hammersmith. We contacted the family providing contact details to a Polish speaking social worker of the organis. On Friday Wiadomości broadcast an information that Janusz G. had reached his home safely. Janusz G has been the 7 th  person that Barka ant its partners have helped return to Poland.
                                                            
  see a film>


27.11.2006 PBME in The British Council
The British Council has invited Barka Foundation representatives to take part in a panel discussion during a seminar on the situation of Polish migrants in the UK. The Seminar will take place simultaneously in London and Warsaw - videoconference facilitieson will enable common discussion. Homelessness of many Polish migrants in the UK is one of the proposed topics.
                                                              
more>
                                                                                    proposed topics>


27.11.2006 A Barka representativehas been invited to make a speech during a United Nations conference. A seminar entitled "Strenhtening social Inclusion Process - Searching for a Compromise in Order to Reach Lisbon Strategy and Millennium Development Goals" will take place in Warsaw on the 29-30th of November 2006. European Commission representatives as well as government representatives together with local authorities and NGOs dealing with social exclusion and social integration will take part in the conference.
                                                                
more>


24.11.2006 The Barka Foundation project  has been selected as a finalist for the prize of "Most Innovative Development Project" which is part of the 2006 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
                                                                 
more>


21.11.2006 PBME representatives - Ewa Sadowska and Philip Burke will take part in a conference on free movement of workers within the EU organised by European Action Services (ECAS). The seminar will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels on the 22nd of October 2006.
                                                                  
letter to the participants>
                                                                  case study>
                                                                  programme>


21.11.2006Features – Poles apart. A report on Polish migrants
Just over two years ago, Poland joined the EU, and the trickle of arrivals into the UK became a flood — and not just to the cities. Varya Shaw looks at where the new wave of immigrants has settled and the consequences for local authorities.
                                                                  
 more>


20.11.2006 The Barka Foundation have received an invitation to take active part in the Closing Conference of the European Year of Workers Mobility organised by the European Commission
                                                                  
 programme>
                                                                                           workshops>


20.11.2006 PBME has begun it's educational campaign on the local level.
On Friday 17.11.2006 Tim Nicholls from the Simon Community and three representatives of the Barka Foundation have met with Katholic Youth Association (KSM) in one of the Cathedral rooms in Poznan. The PBME representatives told the KSM members about all the risks of unprepared migration and presented the PBME history and reasons for its establishment. They have also talked about possibilities of migrants support within the EuroMI project. We hope that such tee-time meetings with local communities will take place more often.


20.11.2006 European Commission Report on the Functioning of the Transitional Arrangements set out in the 2003 Accession Treaty (period 1 May 2004–30 April 2006)
                                                                                            the report> 


16.11.2006 This land of opportunity must not close doors to migrant labour - an article by Stephen King from "The Independent"
                                                                     
the article - part1
                                                                                            the article - part2


16.11.2006 Immigration is opening up all those issues that the Government would rather forget - an article by Steve Richards from "The Independent"
                                                                    
 more>


16.11.2006 SNP targets Polish voters. About 50,000 immigrants have arrived in Scotland since Poland entered the European Union (EU), all of whom are now entitled to vote in next year’s Holyrood poll. The Scottish National Party is targeting the immigrant Polish community to boost its performance at next year’s Scottish election.
                                                                     
more>


14.11.2006 The closest family of a Polish work migrant missing in London has contacted us today. Janus G was identified by his family members whilst being interviewed on Wiadomosci ( the main Polish news channel). His back was turned to the camera and he was saying that he loves his wife and children and wants tocomeback home but has no money to buy a return ticket. We have shown the programme to Tim Nicholls visiting us from the Simon Community in London. He was able to recognise the place where the interview took place. It was at a day centre for the homeless based in the London borough of Hammersmith. We contacted the family providing contact details to a Polish speaking social worker of the organisation. We hope for a reestablishement of contact.


14.11.2006. Correspondence with an NGO from Belgium offering their cooperation on the migrants issues.
Dear Ewa Sadowska ,
Through Eric Degimbe , we received your request for a belgian  NGO working on migration issues .
We are pleased to let you know that we have been  working for more than 3 years on this crucial theme , on a brussels level so as an european level.
We would be delighted to work with you, with the collaboration of local brussel social actors working with polish migrants.
Are you sometimes in Brussels to discuss over this project ?
Let me know more in details your expectations .
Best regards,

Denis Stokkink
Président
Think tank européen
Pour la Solidarité

Dear Denis,
Thank you for you email and your willingness to cooperate with the Barka Foundation on the migration issue. I think it would be useful to meet - I will be in Brussles sometime around 12-14 of December. Perhaps there would be an opportunity to talk some more then?
Meanwhile, please find the attached letter of the Barka Foundation and its partners to the Vice President of the European Commission - Franco Frattini concerning the issue of job migration in Europe. We welcome any comments you may have concerning the letter to Mr. Frattini. (It is in English).
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Ewa Sadowska
Project Coordonator
ewa.sadowska@gmail.com


14.11.2006 The European Commission has invited the Barka Foundation to participate actively in a conference sumarising the Year of European Workers' Mobility The conference will take place in Lille (France) on the 11-12of December 2006 " Barka representative will take part in the official opening of the conference. They will present the Foundation's project on work migrants. Furthermore they will conduct workshops on  activization and rentegration of the migrants returning to their home country".  - said a European Commisssion representative
 


14.11.2006 Correspondence with a Belgian NGO - Pour la Solidarite Dear Ewa Sadowska ,
Through Eric Degimbe , we received your request for a belgian  NGO working on migration issues .
We are pleased to let you know that we have been  working for more than 3 years on this crucial theme , on a brussels level so as an european level .
We would be delighted to work with you, with the collaboration of local brussel social actors working with polish migrants.
Are you sometimes in Brussels to discuss over this project ?
Let me know more in details your expectations .
Best regards,

Denis Stokkink
Président
Think tank européen
Pour la Solidarité
www.pourlasolidarite.be

Dear Denis,
Thank you for you email and your willingness to cooperate with the Barka Foundation on the migration issue. I think it would be useful to meet - I will be in Brussles sometime around 12-14 of December. Perhaps there would be an opportunity to talk some more then?
Meanwhile, please find the attached letter of the Barka Foundation and its partners to the Vice President of the European Commission - Franco Frattini concerning the issue of job migration in Europe. We welcome any comments you may have concerning the letter to Mr. Frattini. (It is in English). 
Thank you very much for your consideration.
 
Ewa Sadowska
Project Coordinator
ewa.sadowska@gmail.com


14.11.2006 Tim Nicholls, the director of the Simon Community, has come for his second visit to Poland. Tim Nicholls is going to stay for a week with the Barka Foundation trying to think of possibilities of providing support to the migrants.
We recommend you read an interview with Tim Nicholls in the Polish "Big Issue"- "Gazeta Uliczna" you can find it in our "Mission in the media".


14.11.2006 The Polish President L.Kaczynski on Polish work migrants Great Britain - "It's a lie". Maciej Łopiński Polish vice secretary of state said that the "Daily Mail" article on the president’s visit is false. The Wednesday Daily Mail quotes Lech Kaczyński’s words from a press conference after the meeting with Tony Blair.
                                                                
 more>


 

10.11.2006 FEANSTA Flash October 2006 (European Federation of National Organizations working with the Homeless)
                                                                 
more>


10.11.2006 The Barka Foundation together with its partners (Simon Community, Housing Justice Unleash, Natioanl  Alliance of Organizations for Social Integration) Have written a letter to Franco Frattini - Vice-President and EU Commssioner, Chairman of the Commissioners' Group on Migrants Issues. The Group concentrates on creating a safety-net social system embracing non EU nationals mainly. The letter is a plea for the Group to consider the problem of he internal migration within the EU and to include the A8 nationals in the support system.
                                                                  
the letter>


10.11.2006 A letter from Holand
Dear Sirs,
I have red an artickle about your mission for Polish homeless people in London England, is there an organisation in Holland who can help the Polish people who live on the street ?
I work as a social worker in the centre of Rotterdam and we see and meet more and more homeless people from all over the wordl , among them an increasing number of Polish men,  who came here for work, cannot find work , start to drink and sometimes die in the street.
 If you can help us , please let me know!
Yours sincerely,
Tilly van den Bogaard
social worker
GGD
tel 06 212 8 333 7


10.11.2006 1,500 migrants arrive in UK daily.Some 1,500 migrants arrived to live in the UK every day in 2005, according to official estimates.
                                                                 
 more>


09.11.2006 MEP Jean Lambert mentions Barka and the Simon Community in her newsletter under the heading Human Rights.
                                                                  
more>


08.11.2006 Letter from Pour la Solidarite
Dear Ewa Sadowska,
Through Eric Degimbe, we received your request for a belgian NGO working on migration issues. We are pleased to let you know that we have been working for more than 3 years on this crucial theme, on a brussels level so as an european level. We would be delighted to work with you, with the collaboration of local brussel social actors working with polish migrants.
Are you sometimes in Brussels to discuss over this project ?
Let me know more in details your expectations.

Best regards ,
Denis Stokkink
Président Think tank européen Pour la Solidarité, Rue Coenraets, 66
B-1060 Bruxelles
Tél. : +32.2.535.06.85 - Fax : +32.2.539.13.04 Portable : +32.476.711.724
www.pourlasolidarite.be 


03.11.2006 The Right to Health is a Human Right: Ensuring Access to Health for People who are Homeless. FEANTSA Annual European Report 2006 has been published
                                                                      
the report>


03.11.2006 A Polish department of the biggest trade union,GMB, has been created!
                                                                      
more>


31.10.2006 Cooperation offer form France! French Embassy in Warsaw as well as Paris local authorities have invited Barka Foundation to come to France. Polish work migrants are flooding Pris and they begin to face similar problems as their compatriots in Greate Britain. A group of 5 experts will come to Paris with a study visit to identify the migrants problems and needs. The visit will also aim at creating local and international partnerships to solve the problems.


31.10.2006 Commisioners Group on Migration Issues chaired by Vice President Franco Frattini has been set up
                                                                       
more>


31.10.2006 A police office worker from Thames Valley wrote to us asking for assistance in dealing with Polish work migrants. We present his letter and Małgorzata Malak response.
                                                                        
more>


30.10.2006 The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has submitted an application for funding for a common project of the Hammersmith and Fulham Borough and two agencies identified as:
1)The Barka foundation that has agreed to develop a service to assist with A8s in the borough.
2) The Broadway project hosts existing outreach work and offers some existing support to assist A8s.
The project takes into account the following strands:
1. Developing communications that keep potential migrants well informed of realistic prospects and suitable preparations before entering the UK.
2. Polish police secondment
3. Voluntary reconnections with arranged programmes in the home country of the migrants.
4. Short stay hostel space


26.10.2006 We would like to encourage our partners to apply for subventions. We present you 2 different founds thet are still available.
                                                                       
World Bank>
                                                                        Oak Foundation>


26.10.2006 Philip Burke from the Simon Community and Małgorzata Malak from PBME on behalf of T.Sadowski from the BArka Foundation have written 2 separate letters to the EU Commisioner for Justice and Home Affairs - Franco Frattini
                                                                  
 
P.Burke letter>
                                                                    M.Malak Letter>
                                                                    EuroMI>


26.10.2006 Fast track to UK for Polish builders The construction industry's training body is setting up an office in Poland to fast-track migrant workers into Britain. The office will be open this month to hone the skills of Polish builders and familiarize them with health and safety issues.
                                                                            
more>


26.10.2006 Bosses and unions court the Poles The TUC's concern that one in five migrant workers is being exploited by unscrupulous bosses led it to set up a stall at a job fair in the Polish capital this week to give advice about UK employment law and working in Britain
                                                                            
more>


24.10.2006. Polish migrants in France face similar problems as those in Great Britain- correspondence from France
Dear Barka Foundation 
We've heard about the situation of Polish migrants in London and we would like to inform you about similar problems in France. Indeed, thousands of Polish workers come to France and, because of various problems (language, difficulty to integrate...), they stay unemployed and, very often, homeless. One of their meeting points in Paris is the Polish Church where they gather to speak, exchange clothes, try to help each other... Although it is very important for them to have those meeting points, it could also be a problem because then, they always stay in close circles.
They need people with your experience to help them to integrate and create a real social dialogue. Your actions in London are a great example of what could be done to help these migrants, not only in England, but also in every country of the European Union. You could maybe create an organization to support migrants in Paris too. We could help you to find French organizations which could become your partners.
Kind regards
LEAP Massabielle - Le Vernet la Varenne - France


24.10.2006 An application form for subventions for the EuroMI project has been sent to the European Commission!
EuroMI- European Network for Migrants Integration is a program created to support all migrant workers. It is a partnership created by organizations from 6 different countries: Great Britain, France, Spain, Denmark, Greece, and Poland


24.10.2006 Thousands of Italians went on a demonstration against slavery work and in solidarity with abused migrant workers.
Three major Italian trade unions have organized a demonstration called "Migration and Law" in Foggia, South Italy. It has been a reaction to the recently discovered work cams where migrant workers (most of them Polish)were forced to slavery work. Speeches held during the demonstration have underlined that consent for slavery work makes Italy regress to the nineteenth century.


24.10.2006 British Unions recruit Polish workers during Warsaw Work Fair. TUC have come to Poland to encourage Polish migrant workers to join British  trade unions while working in  Great Britain.  The TUC arrival to Poland is a result of constantly growing numbers of Polish migrants arriving to the UK without adequate knowledge and preparation. They don't know English nor have any friends in the UK and therefore are very vulnerable to misuse and work gangs. The TUC have been concerned about the growing problem and therefore encourage Poles to join them. They assure that they treat all they members equally. " a term <migrant worker> does not exists to us, we perceive everyone as workers", said one of the TUC representatives.


24.10.2006 EuroMI representatives in Polish Parliament- 20.10.2006
 Representatives of the European Network for Migrants Integration - the project coordinator, Ewa Sadowska and the Barka Foundation secretary  took part in a conference organized by the Marshall of Polish Senate. The conference was called "Work Migration from Poland to other EU countries - challenges to the state. In her speech Ewa Sadowskja asked Polish Parliament representatives for support for the EuroMI project activities in the European Commission. EuroMI promotional materials were distributed during the conference.


24.10.2006 PBME in the European Parliament - 11.10.2006
Tomasz Sadowski i Ewa Sadowska - EuroMI project representatives have met with a EMP Jan Kułakowski in the European Parliament in Brussels. Mr. Jea Louis, one of the Barka Foundation partners have also participated in the meeting. Mr. Luis represents a network of social enterprises in Belgium.
The talks concerned EuroMI future development and possibility of using Belgian social economy good practices in the EuroMi project.

 

19.10.2006 Ken Loach new film on Polish migrants
                                                            
more>


18.10.2006 BBC One on Polish work migrants and the Barka Foundation
                                                              
more>


18.10.2006 Mohammad Janus, a social entrepreneur from Bangladesh is the new Nobel Peace prizewinner.
I have met Prof. Mohammad Janus and I have seen people in Bangladesh who were getting out of poverty thanks to him and his bank. I am not surprised in the slightest that he is the new Nobel Peace prizewinner. Prof. Janus works for social integration of the socially marginalized. He fights with social exclusion which only breeds aggression, anger, hatred and leads to war. His actions help bringing peace to the world.
                                                               
 more>


13.10.2006 The second day of the FEANSTA Conference has begun
During the first day representatives of 8 different organisations have shown their presentations. The Barka Foundation was represented by Barbara Sadowska. Aditionaly Małgorzata Malak from PBME introduced the conference participants to the new  project program EuroMI. Partners of the project have written a letter to the participans and during breakes between presentation declarations of support for the project were being collected.


11.10.2006 On the 12-14th of October  an international conference organised by FEANSTA will take place in Wrocław. It is aimed at NGOs fighting homelesness, they will all come to Wrocław tommorow to exchange their experience in the matter. The Barka Foundation representatives will introduce the participantsof the conference to the newly created programme called EuroMI (European Network for Migrants Integration).



   
11.10.2006 UN has designated 18 of December for the International Migrants Day                                                   
                                                    
Why celebrating the IMD?>
                                                                       more>


09.10.2006 The European Commission has declared the year 2006 as The European Year of Workers' Mobility
                                                                
 more>


09.10.2006 PBME representatives meet with Anna Kalata-the Polish Minister of Labour and Social Policy.
On the 4th of October two PBME representatives met with Anna Kalata- the Polish Labour Minister. The meeting took place in the Polish Embassy
                                                                 
more>


06.10.2006 A press conference has been organised today, on Friday 06.10.2006. Tim Nicholls from the Simon Community has reported on his visit in Poland.
The aim of the visit was:
- to strengthen the cooperation between Polish and British organizations within Polish-British Mission for Employment;
- an exchange of experience - the Simon Community is interested in the idea of Centers for Social Integration and wants to introduce a similar project in the UK;
- to find ways for introducing changes into British law concerning work migrants;
- to highlight the scale of the migrants’ problems to the representatives of Polish government – Tim Nicholls together with the Barka Foundation representatives have met with Polish Foreign Affairs Minister, Labour and Social Policy Minister and the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection.
At the end of the conference Tim Nicholls defined Polish-British cooperation within PBME as "very fruitful" and he said that prospects for cooperation with Polish government looked
good.


22.09.06 We have received a letter from the Police Station in Tooting, which describes a tragic situation of a group of homeless Polish males camping on private properties. Since they constitute a threat to other residents the Tooting Poliece Station has asked the Barka Foundation for assistance.
                                                                        
more>


03.10.2006 Tim Nicholls from the Simon Community visits Poland. Tim Nicholls came on Monday to Poznań on the Barka Foundation invitation. He is the chair person of the Simon Community, an NGO based in London dealing with homelesness. On Tuesday and Wednesday Tim Nicholls is due to meet with the Barka Foundation representatives and local authorities. Several meetings are scheduled for him in Warsaw for Thursday. He is going to meet with representatives of  the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Labour andSocial Policy. Later the same day, he is going to meet with the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection.
All the talks are aimed at finding ways for Polish – British cooperation in the field of prevention against social exclucion of migrant workers