Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- 06-07-2022
- 08:45 - 16:00
- Manchester Hall
Duncan is the national Head of Resettlement at Refugee Council. His role currently involves overseeing the delivery of a range of integration programmes for resettled refugees including the Afghan Relocations Assistance Programme, Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Programme, UKRS and Homes for Ukraine scheme. These programmes are focused in Yorkshire and Humber, London and Hertfordshire. Based in Leeds, he is the regional strategic lead and spokesperson for Refugee Council and oversees a wide range of projects working to support refugees and people seeking asylum in communities across Yorkshire and Humberside.
Duncan has previously worked in a variety of roles supporting refugees over the past 20 years which include being CEO at the Refugee Education Training Advice Service (RETAS)
Duncan is the author of Migrants and work, a guidance booklet for Local Authorities in Yorkshire and Humberside. He has also previously worked at Stop Hate UK supporting victims of Hate Crime.