Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Campaigns Consultation Begins!
Thursday the 24th of April marked the beginning of STAR’s one month campaign consultation period; a chance for the National Support Office to get as much feedback as possible from student network on the 3 potential campaigns for 2008/09.
Over the past year, the STAR National Support Office has collected information from STAR members about the issues affecting refugees and asylum seekers of greatest concern locally. STAR has also consulted representatives of organisations who work for refugees and as a result has identified 3 possible topics for a national campaign. The three potential campaign topics are;
- The right to work
- Section 4 voucher provision
- Destitution of children and young people seeking asylum
STAR members will only be campaigning on one of these issues as a national network across the next academic year. So, if you are involved in a STAR group, this is your chance to influence the decision.
How STAR groups can participate in the campaign consultation
Information on how you can participate: the campaign proposals, guidance notes and feedback form – as well as info on representing STAR at the final decision meeting at the end of May – are available to download here.
STAR_Campaign_consultation_discussion_guidance.pdf
STAR_Campaign_consultation_question_sheet.pdf
STAR_Campaign_proposal_Destitution_of_children.pdf
STAR_Campaign_proposal_Right_to_work.pdf
STAR_Campaign_proposal_Section_4_vouchers.pdf
All STAR groups chairs have also received this information by post.
National Support Office
Regional Coordinators and STAR staff are keen to visit as many student groups as possible throughout this month, to run a consultation session with you directly. Please contact the National Support Office to arrange a visit
If you have any other questions or comments, drop STAR’s new campaign intern Celia an email at campaigns(at)star-network.org.uk.
The consultation will end on Friday 23rd of May, so please make sure that the National Support Office has received all your input by this date.
Posted by Celia Turley on 30/04/2008 at 01:27 PM
in STAR News
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