Acknowledgements

The project would not have got as far as it has done in a short space of time, without effective partnerships working and collaboration.

A special thanks goes out to all those who contributed to the work of the project and the materials produced for this website:

To the DfES (who funded the project)

To colleagues at the Children in Public Care Unit at NCB, in particular:
Geraldine Drew, Steve Howell, Sheryl Burton and Sally Bamsey

To Mary Blanche and Chris Endersby and all the staff at Kent County Council Asylum Seekers and Refugee Service Unit

Contributors to the website

Trevor Akerman
London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

Vijayshree Appa
NCB

Chris Endersby
European Centre for the Study of Migration and Social Care (MASC) at the University of Kent

Athene Grimble
Portsmouth Ethnic Minority Achievement Service

Bex Horton
Leicestershire County Council Youth Work Project

Anja Huebner
International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Sheree Kane
NCB

Emma Nicholson
Prince's Trust

Jessica Nott
Save the Children - Brighter Futures Project

Professor Renos K Papadopoulos
Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies - University of Essex

Kate Prudden 
Refugee Studies Centre - University of Oxford

Marjorie L Reid
Charville Lane - London Borough of Hillingdon

Kim Robinson
European Centre for the Study of Migration and Social Care (MASC) at the University of Kent

Tania Sanders
Derby City Council

Ian Scott

Mia Sevonius
East Midlands Consortium for Asylum and Refugee Support

Malcolm Thomas
Kent County Council

Bea Tobolewska
Nottingham City LEA

Jim Wade, Fiona Mitchell and Graeme Baylis
University of York

Organisations contributing to the website directory

Albanian Youth Action Project 
http://www.albanianyouthaction.org.uk/

Angolan Advice and Information Centre

Brighter Futures
http://www.abrighterfuture.org.uk/

British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
http://www.baaf.org.uk/

British Red Cross - Schools and Community Education
http://www.redcross.org.uk/

British Red Cross - Tracing & Message Services
www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=3513

The Children’s Legal Centre
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/

Evelyn Oldfield Unit
http://www.evelynoldfield.co.uk/

Fostering Network
http://www.fostering.net/

Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre
www.gypt.co.uk/voices/index.htm

Healthy Care (NCB)
www.ncb.org.uk/healthycare

Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees (ICAR)
http://www.icar.org.uk/

Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/

International Social Service UK (ISS UK)
http://www.issuk.org.uk/

Iranian Community Centre

London Refugee Economic Action (LORECA)
http://directory.loreca.org.uk/

Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/

Multikulti
http://www.multikulti.org.uk/

National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC)
www.ncb.org.uk/ncercc/

National Leaving Care Advisory Service
http://www.raineronline.org/

National Youth Advocacy Service
http://www.nyas.net/

Praxis
http://www.praxis.org.uk/

RAGU (Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit)
www.londonmet.ac.uk/ragu/asset

Refugee Access
http://www.refugeeaccess.org.uk/

Refugee Action (Choices Project)
www.refugee-action.org.uk/ourwork/choices/default.aspx

Refugee Council
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/

Refugee Therapy Centre
http://www.refugeetherapy.org.uk/

Sane
http://www.sane.org.uk/

Voice
http://www.voiceyp.org/