Aims

MRSN exists to:

Help build strong and independent refugee community organisations, run by skilled leaders, which can help bring about lasting change in the lives of refugees and asylum-seekers in Greater Manchester
Provide a range of high quality services in order to improve the lives of refugees and asylum-seekers, enabling them to integrate and successfully participate in UK society

To support and empower Greater Manchester’s refugee communities to establish and maintain strong organisations
To build a strong and vibrant network of refugee community organisations
To empower and enable individual refugees and asylum-seekers to fulfill their potential and continue to make positive contributions to society
To ensure refugees and asylum-seekers understand, and are able to exercise, their rights
To ensure refugees and asylum-seekers understand their responsibilities as active citizens
To reduce levels of stress, unemployment, poverty and isolation for refugees and asylum-seekers
To support refugees and asylum-seekers to access services and opportunities on an equal basis
To give refugees and asylum-seekers a voice and to empower them to represent the needs and aspirations of their communities
To improve public awareness of refugee and asylum issues and to increase positive media representation