We work with mainly Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot children and young people through education, arts and guidance projects.

St James Centre
95a Princess Road
Manchester M14 4TH

MRSN is a Voluntary Refugee Organisation working with refugees to bring about better services and opportunities to improve conditions for all.

At the moment, we are working towards putting on a Manchester refugee cultural festival during Refugee Week in June 2003. The theme this year is YOUTH so we are interested in getting in touch with anyone who would like to participate as an artist, a facilitator of development workshops or a volunteer. Look forward to hearing from you!

Bradninch Place
Gandy Street
Exeter
Devon EX4 3LS

Multifarious Art and Media Centre celebrating, presenting, and promoting great and challenging art from wheresoever it originates. Galleries, auditorium, studios, media centre and the City are our stages.

BBC London
Unit 224
Bon Marche Centre
241-251 Ferndale Road
London SW9 8BJ

Roots is a joint initiative between the BBC and Arts Council England. It aims to increase the profile of diverse arts and culture through radio features, outside broadcasts, web articles and live interviews. It also aims to attract new audiences to the work of diverse artists. Send information about yourself to rootslondon@bbc.co.uk

Caryne Chapman Clark (Artistic Director)

Riverside Studios
Crisp Road
Hammersmith
London W6 9RL

Artists in Exile based at The Riverside Studios, is an alliance of professional artists from around the world; actors, directors, writers, musicians, visual artists - most of whom were forced to flee their countries of origin because of oppressive regimes and/or war.

It serves as an inspiring network and ever expanding directory of refugee artists now living in London. Artists meet on a regular basis to experiment, share practise and ideas, discuss and plan potential projects and to feedback on current work. The focus is on pioneering and collaborating across new frontiers to produce innovative work of the highest quality for a public as broadly based and diverse as they are themselves.

But most importantly, the members of Artists in Exile appreciate that they are a part of a very unique group of artistic changemakers, who, in this current climate of unpredictability, volatility and growing xenophobia, are committed to building a movement founded on the cornerstones of integrity, understanding, compassion and respect for each other despite a myriad of differences.

31 Hallswelle Road
London NW11 ODH

The organisation aims to facilitate the wider dissemination of work by writers in exile and to ensure they have a platform.

It aims to raise awareness of literature by writers in exile by organising events such as seminars, workshops, conferences, interactive performances and festivals.

It aims to facilitate the publication of work by writers in exile including addressing translation issues.
It aims to give a high profile to translators who enable the work of exiled writers to become accessible.

It aims to develop literary creativity in the broadest sense within the refugee communities.

It aims to work in an education context in schools, colleges etc.

It aims to form links with other literary/arts groups.

It aims to act as a pressure group against racism and the abuse of human rights worldwide.

It aims to develop dialogue through literature.

"Leave To Remain" is a group exhibition, exploring and representing the experience of being a refugee and/or asylum seeker in the UK through contemporary visual art. It is open to artists who are refugees, asylum seekers or have experienced a similar situation. This exhibition is supported by ACAVA - Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art.