Islington Council's No Recourse to Public Funds Network (NRPF), minutes and membership details

Cassidy, J made this Freedom of Information request to Islington Borough Council

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From: Cassidy, J

9 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Can you please email me an electronic copy of:

1) Any minutes you hold, produced from 2008 to date, from any
regional NRPF network that have not already been published on your
website [1] or anywhere else.

2) The Name, Email Address, Oganisation name, Role and UK Region
for each of your NRPF Network members. [2]

2.1) The total number of email addresses you hold, concerning those
you have joined your network.

2.2 Which voluntary organisations are members your network?

2.3) Whether you have ever refused any individual or voluntary
organisation from joining your network? If you have, please advise
on how many occasions this has has happened and please name the
individuals and or organisations so refused.

: Your correspondence :

Please ensure that any of your general correspondence,
acknowledgements or holding letters etc are included or
cut-and-pasted into the body of the email messages, using plain
text, rather than as attachments. As this will mean your
correspondence is much easier to access, read and respond to.

: Accessibility :

When providing any information disclosures please provide it in the
original unrestricted format such as:

a. MS Word .doc or Rich Text Text .rtf format or equivalent
(suitable for disclosure of email messages)

b.Spreadsheets in MS Excel .xls format or equivalent

c.Presentations in MS Powerpoint .ppt format or equivalent

or converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), ONLY if none of the
above formats are available

if you only have a paper version (hard copy) available, please
provide a Digital Photo Copier Scanned version in PDF format. If
you do provide disclosures in PDF from a Digital Photo Copier Scan,
please state that you have done so because no other format, such as
a, b or c above, are available.

If you need to redact text elements of any disclosure can you
please ensure that the rest of text based information remains
accessible to a Screen Reader.
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Please ensure any electronic disclosures are absolutely free of any
Document Restrictions and Encryption or Passwords, as this is
likely to render them less usable on a general basis and more
specifically, inaccessible to Assistive Technology.

Please do not send any information in compilation archive formats,
such as .zip.

Providing correspondence and disclosed information via these means
will help ensure that text based information is accessible for use
with a Screen Reader or a Magnifier for none text based information
and will prevent any further and separate representations under the
Disability Discrimination Act. If you are unable to meet these
reasonably practicable accessibility requests please state why and
provide a copy of any internal information, such as a policy relied
upon that would explain such a decision.

Yours faithfully,

Cassidy, J

Reference:

[1] Regional NRPF Networks operate in several UK regions.
http://www.islington.gov.uk/Health/Servi...

[2] The network is open to all local authorities and their
representative bodies. Other statutory and voluntary sector
organisations with an interest in the statutory response to NRPF
are invited to participate in and contribute to the Network.
Membership of the NRPF Network is free.
http://www.islington.gov.uk/Health/Servi...

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From: Good, Kit
Islington Borough Council

18 May 2009

I apologise for the delay in acknowledging receipt of your Freedom of
Information request, received on 9 May 2009. Your request has been
processed, and your unique reference number is 255328. Please make note of
this reference number should you need to contact us about your request.

Our team has sent your request to the appropriate service area within
Islington Council, and an officer from that team will respond directly to
your request.

If you have any questions, please contact us by email at
[Islington Borough Council request email] or by phone on 020 7527 1789.

Best wishes

Kit Good
Information Governance Manager
Technology Solutions Group
Corporate Resources
London Borough of Islington
60 Highbury New Park, N5 2DJ
Tel: 020 7527 1789
[mobile number]
Alternative contact: Amy Harms 020 7527 1788

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From: Price, Jonathan
Islington Borough Council

4 June 2009

Attachment London NRPF Network minutes 20.2.08.pdf
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Attachment London NRPF Network minutes 21.5.08.pdf
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Dear J Cassidy,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST REF No: 255328

Thank you for your request for information, received 9 May. You requested
the following information:

1) Any minutes you hold, produced from 2008 to date, from any regional
NRPF network that have not already been published on your website or
anywhere else.

East of England NRPF Network

For minutes of the East of England NRPF Network, please contact Pa Musa
Jobarteh at: 7 Rigby's Court, St. Giles Street, Norwich, NR2 1NT,
[email address], 01603 617076 or 07717 220209

London NRPF Network

Minutes of the London NRPF Network are attached. These are compiled by
colleagues at Westminster City Council and were previously distributed by
colleagues at Barking and Dagenham Council. Islington Council is currently
the interim chair of the London NRPF Network. Minutes of the December 2008
London NRPF Network meeting were lost due to a technical fault at
Westminster City Council.

Feb 2008 - Attached

May 2008 - Attached

Sep 2008 - Publically available here:
[1]http://www.islington.gov.uk/Health/Servi...

Dec 2008 - Lost due to technical fault at Westminster City Council

Mar 2009 - These minutes are yet to be agreed by the London NRPF Network,
and will be published on the website once approved (expected to be July
2009). Therefore this information is exempt under Section 22 of the
Freedom of Information Act - 'Information Intended for Future
Publication'.

West Midlands NRPF Network
Available here:
[2]http://www.wmlga.gov.uk/Policy_Areas/Mig...

Yorkshire and Humberside NRPF Network
Available here:
[3]http://www.islington.gov.uk/Health/Servi...

2) The Name, Email Address, Organisation name, Role and UK Region for
each of your NRPF Network members.

This is exempt information under Section 40 (2) of the Freedom of
Information Act, 'Personal Data'. Details of voluntary organisations for
whom individual members work are provided in 2.2.

2.1) The total number of email addresses you hold, concerning those you
have joined your network.

As of June 1st 2009, there are 1,152 members of the NRPF Network, whose
email addresses the NRPF Network holds.

2.2) Which voluntary organisations are members your network?

It should be noted that individuals and not organisations can become
members of the NRPF Network. The identity and details of individual
members are protected by Section 40 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act.
Representatives of the following voluntary organisations are members of
the NRPF Network:

Action for Refugees in Lewisham

African HIV Policy Network

AIDS Trust Cymru

Alabare Christian Care Centre

Amnesty International

Anchor Staying Put

Ashram Housing

ASIRT

Asylum Aid

Asylum Link Merseyside

Asylum Support Appeals Project

Aylesbury Women's Aid

Barnabas Housing

Barnardos

Barrow Cadbury Trust

BAWSO

Beacon

Bedford Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support

Birmingham Churches

Black Women's Support Project

Bradford Womens Aid

Brigstowe Project

British Insitute of Human Rights

British Red Cross

Caia Park Partnership

Calderdale Women

Carr-Gomm

Catch 22

Celtic Knot

Central Manchester Women's Aid

Centre Point

Church Action on Poverty North East

Circle Anglia

Citizens Advice Bureau

Citizens Advice Scotland

Cymorth Cymru

Displaced People in Action

East Berks Women's Aid

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Equality South West

Eritrean Diaspora Community Network

Ethnic Access Links (Worcestershire)

Ethnic Minority Women's Aid

Festival Housing Group

Finsbury Park Homeless

Freedom Counselling Project

Freshwinds

GARAS

Gear Projects

George House Trust

Hackney Refugee and Asylum Seekers Forum

Haven Refuge

Hightown Praetorian & Churches

Homeless Link

Horizon

Huggard Centre

Human Rights Watch

Immigration Advisory Service

Immigration Aid Manchester

Immigration Law Practitioner's Association

Jesuit Refugee Service

Julian House

Kalayaan

Keystone Trust

Kidsco

King's Lynn Area Resettlement Support

Kirklees Asian Black Women's Welfare Association

Lambeth Gaia Centre

Latin American Women's Aid

Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network

Leeds Housing Concern

Leeds Women's Aid

Legal Services Agency

Leicester Multiagency Forum

Lewisham Refugee Network

Manchester Refugee Support Network

Medecins du Monde

Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture

Menter

Metropolitan Support Trust

Metropolitan Housing Trust

MEWN Cymru

Migrant Helpline

Migrants' Resource Centre

Migrants' Rights Network

Mind

Minster Centre

National AIDS Trust

National Care Advisory Service

National Institute of Adult Continuing Education

New Philanthropy Capital

Newham Asian Women's Project

North Of England Refugee Service

North Wales Housing Association

Northern Refugee Centre

Notre Dame Refugee Centre

Novas Scarman Group

Oxfam

Oxfordshire Women's Aid

Pathways Family Support Centre

Pennine Domestic Violence Group

Plymouth and District Racial Equality Council

Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Positive Action in Housing

Praxis

Providence Row Housing Association

Reading Refugee Support Group

Red Kite Learning

Redbridge Night Shelter

Refuge

Refugee Action

Refugee Council

Refugee Legal Centre

Refugee Therapy Centre

Refugee Women's Association

Rights of Women

Rochdale Inter-agency Domestic Violence Forum

Roshni Sheffield

Safer Luton Partnership

Salvation Army

Sandwell Women's Aid

Save the Children

Scottish Refugee Council

Shakti Women's Aid

Sheffield Domestic Abuse Forum

Shelter Cymru

Shipley Women's Aid

Snap Cymru

Solace Womens Aid

Somerset Racial Equality Council

South Hampshire Women's Refuge

Southall Black Sisters

St Mungo's

Stoneham Domestic Abuse Service

Stonham

Student Action for Refugees

Students and Refugees Together

Suffolk Refugee Support Forum

Taunton Women's Refuge

Terrence Higgins Trust

Thames Reach Housing Association

The Nia Project

The Ribbons Centre

Trafford Women's Aid

Turning Point IDVA

UK Coalition Against Poverty

Veteran's Aid

Victim Support London

Victoria Centre

Wai Yin Chinese Women's Society

Welsh Refugee Council

Welsh Women's Aid

West Mercia Women's Aid

Women Asylum Seekers Together

Women's Aid

Wrexham Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support

2.3) Whether you have ever refused any individual or voluntary
organisation from joining your network? If you have, please advise on how
many occasions this has happened and please name the individuals and or
organisations so refused.

No individual or voluntary organisation has been refused membership of the
NRPF Network.

Please contact me if you require any further information.

If you have a complaint about the handling of your enquiry then please
contact Jeremy Tuck, Chief Information Officer at 60 Highbury New Park,
London N5 2DJ. Alternatively please email: [Islington Borough Council request email].

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:

[4]http://www.ico.gov.uk/

<<London NRPF Network minutes 20.2.08.pdf>> <<London NRPF Network minutes
21.5.08.pdf>>

Best wishes,
Jonathan.

Jonathan Price
Policy and Communications Officer
No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) Network
23-26 St Albans Place
London
N1 0NX

Tel: 0207 527 7121
[mobile number]
Web: [5]www.islington.gov.uk/nrpfnetwork

If you would like to become a member of the No Recourse to Public Funds
(NRPF) Network, please see:
[6]http://www.islington.gov.uk/Health/Servi...

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