Achievements
25th August. NEPCO organised an Edu Day – education day for Poles in Newcastle. The event was hold in a Polish pub called The Globe at 11 Railway Street between 12pm and 3pm. There were seven people representing four organisations offering different courses for adults. The most popular were English courses, especially ESOL, offered by CSV, Learning Links and Newcastle College. NEPCO invited also Centre for Lifelong Learning offering wide range of courses e.g. music, archaeology or photography. They offer also Polish classes which we could recommend to English people.
There were about 50 people visiting the Edu Day who had a possibility to collect information and benefit from the event. It was also a new experience for the NEPCO committee to organise and manage that kind of event. In the future we plan to organise Open Days regularly, and cover different topics, e.g. financial.
The event was supported by Newcastle City Council who sponsored the promotion of the event and a meal for the Edu Day organisers.
Anna Fraszczyk
NEPCO committee
foto: S. Wierzchowski
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19th August. A new issue of 2B - 15th is available! Inside:
- everything about road check by Steve from Northumbria Police
- what's new in Poland? article by Jerzy Wojciech
- let's meet CSV and its offer
- NEPCO newsletter plus Committee election
- a word from our parish priest - father Robert
- what's new about Poles in UK? article by Cezar
- benefits - Disability Living Allowance by Marta
- reflection on everyday life by Lena and Miroslaw
- plus EDU DAY - invitation from NEPCO for all those who would like to know more about learning and courses in Newcastle.
Enjoy your reading :)
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23rd July. NEPCO representatives had an informal chat with two representatives of Northumberland Police, Department of Community Engagement. Issues related to the future co-operation were discussed. Idea about exchanging experience between police and a polish community in Northumberland was the main topic. Police is going to take part in NEPCO’s events as a guest. It is a piece of campaign which the aim is to build a trust between Polish people and the Police. There are a few ideas for the future how the co-operation might look like, i.e. workshops ‘how to behave in daily situations where police is involved’, publishing short questions/answers articles explaining the way the police works, appearance on events organised by NEPCO, co-operation in the future ‘racial equality’ project.
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18th July (2pm). Group of Poles and NEPCO members has started a tour around BBC premises in Newcastle. Anna Meisel who works for BBC as a tour guide has shown us around. We've been given special red identification badges at the beginning. Then we've moved through full of working journalists office to tv studio. We've found it empty - and surprisingly small, though lots of lights and cameras have been watching each our step. We've got to know all arcana of recording a tv programme.
There are two famous red sofas in studio - in so called soft area. We couldn't have missed this opportunity and we've taken couple of group photos there. After hearing another few stories we've moved to "headquarters" with lots of TV screens, microphones, buttons... This is the place where TV programmes are put together.
And last but not least - radio studio. We've lucked into a live broadcast in next-door room, so we could have watched the recording and crew cooperation step-by-step.
Thank you all for coming - and see you soon!
NEPCO together with Anna Meisel is going to organise another BBC Tour in Autumn.
Anna Fraszczyk
see photos
18/07/2007
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16 July. New 2B available :)
Take a look at one of our articles:
- Newcastle upon Tyne - short city description,
- PL column - see how the Polish land lies,
- an article about TUC - Trade Union Congress,
- magic places and West Yorkshire Moor,
- Newsletter NEPCO,
- Benefits: Child Maintenance,
- article from UK,
- our Reading Room and two excellent books: Pilgrim and
Angels and Demons,
- PL Accents - events with Poles involved in,
- and for dessert.. reflection on friendship - that is our new feature.
Let's read!
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15th
July
(1-2pm). NEPCO Committee had a visit to the Lord Mayor at the Civic Centre. This
was just an
informal visit for the Lord Mayor to get to know our community and find out what we're doing.
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8th July.
BBQ! NEPCO members and our friends met at Exhibition Park just next
to the Cafe resigning from traditional Sunday roast in favour of
self-grilled Polish sausage and blissful idleness. The weather was
beautiful, grilled sausages and chicken bits were dissapearing as
quick as a flash and our youngest participants had enough time and
place to cavort around.
We'd like to thank
you all for coming. See you next time!
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7th July. There was the Polish Information Open Day
organised by Polska Chata in "The Globe" pub for the first time. The
place was decorated all over with a white and red baloons and Polish
flags and in this scenery the representatives of different
institutions and organisations answered questions and clarified
various matters. Students from University talked about living in UK.
NEPCO members who prepared our stand invited and encouraged people
to watch photos from our events, to read our newsletter and 2B
brochure and to take part in our future events such as BBC tour, bbq,
picnics, film festival and so on. There is a chance for the future
to organise more information events (like this one) for Poles in NE.
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* * 28th June. Meeting with Enterprising Newcastle organised by NEPCO at the beginning of June gave rise to so much interest that at the request of our members we decided to arrange individual consultations with the advisors. All participants declared the meetings met their expectations. Fingers crossed for success of the projects. * * * * *
27th June. Our Committee members
have represented NEPCO and attended International Festival of Culture, presenting
Polish culture, accents and our kiddies' arts during the event at
Polish stand...
see photos
27/06/2007
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22th June.
NEPCO took part in an extraordinary event - Celebrating
Diversity. * * * * *
14th June.
Our bank account opening confirmed by Unity Bank.
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13th June.
Representatives from Newcastle’s community have been invited to hear
the results of a report looking into community integration at a
national event!
Read more at our
council's website:
>here<
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10th June. Finally 2B13 is available! It’s the first issue published monthly, because since June 2007 2B became a monthly brochure for Poles in North East. We are planning to write more about events not only in Newcastle, but also around the whole North East region. To do that, we need your help. Are you ready to write for us? Have you seen any interesting event recently? Do you want to share your knowledge and findings with others? Just drop an e-mail to
info.newcastle@gmail.com. We will be grateful for any comments about new issue and for the future as well!
In 2B13 you can read (in polish) about: WRS, books, how to apply for a job in public sector, read a NEPCO’s newsletter, find out how ‘maternity leave’ works, go to free events recommended by 2B and also visit polish pub The Globe. At the end you can bake delicious polish cakes! And read again much more!
download pdf version ->
Enjoy your reading!!! * * * * *
7th June. In cooperation with Enterprising Newcastle, NEPCO
organised a meeting with “How to start your own business in the
UK”. We wanted to show and discuss many relevant possibilities
and needs, and check what help Enterprising Newcastle can offer.
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3rd June. We've celebrated
International Children's Day on our family picnic. The weather was
good and our friends - small and big - didn't disappoint us. We
all had a great fun, the toys, bicycles, balls, skipping ropes,
pencils and crayons brought in turned out to be great entertaining
stuff. Even our big boys enjoyed themselves kicking the football!
There was plenty of delicious food in
our picnic baskets and even birthday cake for one of our youngest nepco-girls... * * * * *
29th May. NEPCO members took part in a programming meeting in ‘Star and
Shadow’ cinema in Newcastle. We’re planning to organise
polish events in the cinema and to show polish films. The cinema is
open for any initiatives. Debate is still in progress... More
details soon…
On the same day NEPCO members participated in OECD seminar: New
arrivals: Does economic migration benefit North East? As leader
speakers there were invited: Ian Kernohan, Head of Fresh Talent
Initiative, Scotland, Cllr John Shipley, Leader, Newcastle City
Council and Danny Sriskandarajah, Associate Director, Head of
Migration, Equalities and Citizenship in ippr * * * * * 27th May. NEPCO members and their friends watched
Tynemouth's Viking Raiders Show in Tynemouth and then had a picnic in a sheltered place next to the small beach...
17th May. NEPCO started cooperation with Trade Union Congress.
On our website you can obtain information about the work
obligations and rights in the UK (Go to: Cooperation: links).
Moreover, organizations are going to held meetings with Polish
migrant workers on employees’ rights and Britain’s trade unions.
17th May.
Chairperson of NEPCO met with the representative of
the European Employment Services (EURES) North East. Portal is
funded by the European Union and offers an access to job
vacancies from 29 countries in Europe and allows a jobseeker to
post her or his CV. EURES provides detailed information about
living and working in another European country. Information is
available in Polish – link to the website you can find in
“Cooperation”.
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14th May.
NEPCO’s Chairperson had a meeting with Nadeem Ahmad,
the representative of the North East Strategic Partnership for
Asylum & Refugee Support. The discussion concerned the
possibility and form of future cooperation. NEPCO was invited to
take part in the “Celebrate Diversity” event that aims at
encouraging better understanding between communities and will
take place between 18th and 24th June.
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13th May. 2B12 appeared - last time as the
fortnightly brochure. In this issue you can read about: GP and NHS, a short note about situation in PL, a few words about
Recyke Y' Bike, info about Polish photo-project, a few quick BBQ
tips and essentials about NIC and NIN.
Pdf version:
2B12
Since the 10th June 2B13 will
be a monthly brochure. New
columns, new graphic, new ideas :) Hope you will enjoy it!
You're warmly welcome to co-operate with us!
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9th May.
NEPCO members met the representative of
the Commission for Racial Equality,
which has an office in Newcastle. There has been said that
immigration is not an economic issue only. The conclusion was
that language barrier and lack of knowledge are main reasons why
people do not react properly when the law is broken. The first
step to change that situation is to inform migrants about their
rights and duties.
Both organisations will stay in touch in the future.
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There was a General
Meeting held on 28th April. Members of the Committee discussed
membership related issues. We've accepted and signed an "opening
bank account" application form. Besides new ideas and details
connected with NEPCO future plans came out - detailed information
soon in "Projects" bookmark.
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27th April.
Our
Committee met with Community Development Workers. We've
discussed our recent applications (for a place within council
buildings, insurance and first grants/funds).
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26th April.
A
new (11-th) issue of 2B brochure containing an article about NEPCO,
feature from our fathers' land, magic places with The Marsden Grotto
and as usual: quick recipe, forthcoming events and note about
benefits.
In pdf version: 2B11
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NEPCO Committee met with the members of Commission on
Integration and Cohesion at Monday, 16th April.
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Easter Meeting organised by NEPCO took
place at Polish Club, 2 Maple Terrace, Newcastle on 14th April.
Apart from traditional Polish Easter dishes and warm atmosphere we
had an opportunity to discuss our organisation's plans for the
future.
Together with multiethnic companion from different parts of the
world we celebrated the beauty of cultural diversity. Colourful
dancing, regional music, delicious food and above it all - new
friendships which know no bounds...
