Welcome
to Jantela
Jantela is Amharic (one of the Ethiopian languages) and means ‘umbrella’.
Jantela aims to improve the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in Yorkshire and Humberside by supporting organisations, groups and agencies that work with them. Jantela is an infrastructure or support service organisation.
At Jantela we want to:
· Build on the strength and quality of services provided by the refugee sector
· Work together to promote issues and challenges injustices faced by refugee and asylum seekers
· Work with refugee community organisations to enable them to support their members
· Ensure decision makers and service providers consult with refugees and asylum seekers in a meaningful way
· Ensure that refugees and asylum seekers have equal access to quality voluntary sector services across the region
· Link refugees and asylum seekers to regional strategic bodies
Jantela members
We have 5 members:
Northern Refugee Centre
Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network
RASA Advocacy, Wakefield
Bradford Action for Refugees
Solace – Surviving Exile and Persection
We would like to invite other voluntary, community and faith sector organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers to become members of Jantela.
Contact us
Jantela
13 Upper York Street, Wakefield WF1 3LQ
Telephone (office) 01924 787383
Office email:
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Website: www.jantela.org
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Administrator: Angela Sibbit 01924 787383 Email:
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Chief
Officer: Gill Gibbons 01924 787388 Email:
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Regional
Development Manager: Jessica Parker 01924 787379 Email:
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Finance
Manager: Raymond Hadley 01924 787387 Email:
Jantela is a registered charity (number 1122117) and a Company Limited by Guarantee (number 6278418).