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EXODUS - PARTNERS

Greater Manchester Refugee Arts Partnership was set up following the Refugee Cultural Festival in 2003 in response to the needs of refugees to further develop their arts activities.

The partners are:

Community Arts North West
Community Arts North West (CAN) is the lead partner in the Exodus project. We are an arts development agency that works in partnership with communities, artists, and agencies to encourage, develop, create, produce and promote programmes of participatory arts work. Their priority is to create access to cultural production for people who are excluded or on the fringe of mainstream cultural resources.
Tel: 0161 234 2975 or email: info@can.uk.com

In Place of War
In Place of War is an Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) funded project at the Centre for Applied Theatre Research, University of Manchester exploring the relationship between performance and war. This project aims to research, link, debate and develop the practice of performance in sites of conflict.
In Place of War has developed an online refugee arts directory. The directory begins a process of documenting interesting and innovatory arts practice involving refugee and asylum seekers in the UK. It is hoped that the directory will be useful to artists and academics who want to find out more about arts practice with a refugee theme or refugee and asylum seeker-led arts projects. The directory is a partial, initial, and incomplete view of a rich and diverse field of practice that has developed significantly over the last few years. It is constantly being updated and In Place of War welcomes any information from artists engaged in making work related to refugee or asylum issues and from artists who are refugees or asylum seekers. To view the directory go to: www.inplaceofwar.net/project/RefugeeCS/directory
Tel: 0161 275 3784 or email: info@inplaceofwar.net.
Website: www.inplaceofwar.net

Link4Life
Link4Life Cultural Trust was set up in partnership with RMBC as a company limited by guarantee, with charitable status to provide cultural, sport and leisure services on behalf of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council under a 15 year Partnership Agreement. It commenced trading on 1 April 2007. The trust encompasses the former cultural, sport and leisure departments of the council. The Arts Development Service within the trust works locally with several refugee and asylum seeker organisations in order to support events, workshops and training initiatives. These cultural activities aim to aid individual development as well as promoting positive messages about diversity, trying to counteract negative publicity and stereotyping. During 2007, this work was delivered in close partnership with the Exodus project.
Tel: 01706 924337
Website: www.link4life.org

Manchester Refugee Support Network
Manchester Refugee Support Network (MRSN) is a refugee led organisation offering advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers in Greater Manchester. They are a specialist community development agency, which supports 52 refugee organisations and runs the Refugee and Migrants' Forum.
Tel: 0161 232 7420
Website: www.mrsn.org.uk

MARIM
The Multi Agency for Refugee Integration in Manchester (MARIM) provides coordination, information, support and network opportunities for community, voluntary and statutory organisations working with refugees in Manchester.
Tel: 0161 868 0857
Website: www.manchester.gov.uk/ssd/adults/marim/

Refugee Action
Refugee Action is an independent, national charity working to enable refugees to build new lives in the UK. Refugee Action provides practical emergency support for newly arrived asylum seekers and long-term commitment to their settlement.
Tel: 0161 233 1200
Website: www.refugee-action.org.uk

Salford Museum and Art Gallery
EMBRACE Project, Salford Museum and Art Gallery
The EMBRACE project, part of Salford City Council's Heritage Services and based at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, provides opportunities for learning and cultural sharing with refugees, asylum seekers, people for whom English is a second language and new communities in Salford. Since 2003, they have worked with individuals and groups across the city in a diverse range of creative, cultural sharing and learning projects. Most recently, for example, a local Iranian refugee artist worked with two community groups to produce a textile piece on the theme of Freedom - Who's set the borders?, now part of a travelling exhibition and on display at the museum.
Tel: 0161 778 0800
Website: www.salford.gov.uk/salfordmuseum

Waters Edge
Waters Edge fuses participatory arts with high quality theatre. At its core is the belief that all the benefits of community based performance are best achieved by creating work that the participant can be proud of - performances with high production values that are entertaining to those who watch them.
Tel: 0161 282 9776
Website: www.watersedgearts.com

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