The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers.
Every Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity reliant on trained volunteers and funds to provide these vital services for local communities.
ForewordThe exploitation of migrant workers, as reported to rural Citizens Advice Bureaux, underlines the fact that we live in a world in which people are often disadvantaged, harassed and even attacked because of their religion or ethnicity. Britain is a multicultural society and all of us, coming from very different origins must learn to live together in harmony. The consequences of failure to do this are unimaginable. |
The Citizens Advice service has a major part to play in bringing about better relations between individuals and between different communities. Our whole ethos is about helping people, whoever they are, to exercise their rights and responsibilities and to obtain fair treatment under the law, thereby improving their lives.
This Good Practice Guide looks at some of the challenges members of the Rural Bureaux Network have identified when supporting migrant workers, and how rural Citizens Advice Bureaux have overcome these challenges through a variety of initiatives. These initiatives can be replicated in rural areas across England and Wales, by rural bureaux, who are looking to support the migrant workers who make such a positive contribution to our economy and society.
There are many ways in which the Citizens Advice service can act to promote social cohesion and to support the migrant worker community. It is vital that we play our part.
Supporting migrant workers in rural areas (
230kb) - a guide to Citizens Advice Bureaux initiatives.Citizens Advice, in conjunction with our Rural Bureax Network, held its second rural conference on 23 March 2006 at the Central Hall Westminster, London.
