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:

Circulation email:

Website: www.jantela.org

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Administrator: Angela Sibbit  01924 787383  Email:

Chief Officer: Gill Gibbons  01924 787388  Email:

Regional Development Manager: Jessica Parker  01924 787379 Email:

Finance Manager: Raymond Hadley  01924 787387  Email:

Refugee Community Organisation Regional Coordinator  01924 787380  Email:

Jantela is a registered charity (number 1122117) and a Company Limited by Guarantee (number 6278418).