Communities working together - what works Leonie McCarthy Project Manager New Link Asylum and Migration Service.

Communities working together - what works

Leonie McCarthy

Project Manager

New Link Asylum and Migration Service

Designated Dispersal Area 2001

Increased Numbers Refugee Communities Migrant Population Limited Awareness Limited Resources

Peterborough History

Multi agency approach

Peterborough City Council, Police & Health

“Invest to Save”

Setting up the Project

Cost Reductions

Interpreting & Translation

Joined up approach

Reduce tension

Peterborough Headlines

Challenges for Communities

Effects on local residents Understanding new communities Relations between communities Relations within communities Effects on local services Impact on cohesion

Contact:

Leonie McCarthyProject Manager01733 742804