Who are we?

Maun Refuge supports Syrian refugees in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

What do we do?

Maun Refuge is motivated by a wish to play our small part in addressing the world refugee crisis. We aspire to offer an example of how community cohesion can work.

• We offer group and individual support to re-start lives and to ease independent settlement in the UK.
• We enable social and healthy activities, joint visits and outings, language and conversation sessions
• Our volunteers have some funding from the lottery plus individual donations that help us to complement the ‘official’ resettlement work of our local authorities: Mansfield and Nottinghamshire

Why do we do it?

In 2015 many people were looking for ways to react to the expanding world refugee crisis. From Stockholm to Sheffield places were responding generously. We also said ‘why not us?’, knowing that the bigger places were overstretched. We set about trying to make it happen here where we know the services, the charities and the kind-heartedness of local people. The local authorities moved up a gear to provide the crucial basics – access to housing, health services, benefits and education. We wanted to develop the possibilities of healthy integration and positive acceptance within our local community.
We are grateful for the investment of the lottery and many local donors in our expanding work - currently with 34 refugees in eight families

Current Events  

 Our next event is an evening of authentic Syrain food to give you a taste of this beautiful country. 
You will enjoy an authentic three-course Syrain meal all for £20pp. 
This event is very popular so pre-booking is essential. You can prebook by clicking here to email us or ringing us on 07512003911

What we need

Befrienders

to read with a child once or twice a week, to chat, to explain, to make an unusual shopping trip, to support someone at the doctor’s or the hospital, to show the way, to exchange expertise, to play together, to give the occasional lift, and of course to learn from one another

Members

Members of the board: to manage our charity using governance skills such as policy development, training, finance, administration and communications  

Things

bikes, sewing machines, household goods, good quality second hand clothes.

Donations

​Donations help us with the costs of interpreting, extra education including laptops and travel.

You can donate by clicking here.

Contact us 

We are Maun Refuge:

Charity number 1171127
Email: refugemaun@gmail.com
Telephone 07714273076

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