Building Bridges

Published: 22 February 2012

New grant award to Refugee Action Kingston

City Bridge Trust Chairman, Billy Dove, MBE JP, presented Refugee Action Kingston with a cheque to support its English classes for refugees when he visited on 6th February.  The grant of £126,000 will enable it to develop its Building Bridges project by running additional classes to help refugees gain skills and confidence to integrate effectively in the community.

Refugee Action Kingston was established in 1991 to support refugees in the Royal Borough of Kingston and surrounding boroughs to assist with their resettlement within the community.  As well as running English and Computer classes, it provides advice and information on immigration, welfare benefits and housing; health and education advocacy services and a range of social activities

Billy Dove said:

“City Bridge Trust is delighted to support this project.  As an ex-teacher, I was pleased to see such a busy classroom on my visit with three classes taking English lessons.  Learning English is such a vital skill for refugees and will be a pathway to education training and employment.”