Our Training Offer

• Evidence-Led: Our training materials and expertise are in lock-step with the most up-to-date research and policy. We do not provide immigration advice.
• Funded Training: Our training is free to all parties interested – it’s funded by the Fairer Aberdeen Fund and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
• Flexible Delivery: We prefer to deliver our training in person, but are happy to move online if needed. We understand that for many, the conventional workday is set in stone, so we are happy to run sessions in the evenings and on weekends. Our sessions are designed to last 2 hours, but we can adjust them according to your needs.
• Engaging Content: Our training incorporates engaging case studies and activities to test comprehension and contextualise what you are learning

This covers information on:

• What ‘no recourse to public funds’ means exactly, including what counts as ‘public funds’ for people subject to immigration control.
• What is Scottish Government Policy around NRPF and the new Fair Way Scotland provision?
• The new points-based visa system and different routes to the UK
• The difference between NRPF status for EU/EAA nationals and people from the rest of the world, including the Pre-Settled and Settled statuses given by the EUSS scheme
• What statutory entitlements there are for people, even if they have a status of NRPF (e,g, Education, Health, Section 22 of the Children(Scotland) Act 1995, section 12 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and the MVDAC concession for victims of domestic violence)
• Case studies to test comprehension and contextualise the issues at hand
• Where to get local help when working with someone with NRPF

This covers information on:

• ‘Regular’ and ‘Irregular’ immigration
• The difference in status between a person seeking asylum and a refugee
• Where do people come from, and why do they flee
• The asylum process: initial interview, main interview, appeal(s)
• Impact of the Nationality and Borders Bill (July 2022)
• Impact of the Illegal Migration Act (July 2023)
• Statutory Government provision for people seeking asylum (including National Asylum Support Service (NASS), and accommodation providers (Mears, and Migrant Help)
• Where to get local help when working with people seeking asylum or someone who is appeals rights exhausted (ARE) with NRPF

This covers information on:

• The legal right to claim asylum and why people use irregular means to reach the UK
• The stages of the UK asylum process: claim, screening interview, main interview, decision, and appeals
• UK asylum statistics in a global context
• The Lived Experience of Asylum in the North East
• Common myths, including those about crime rates, cash handouts, hotel conditions, and pressure on housing and public services
• Techniques for having difficult conversations
• Where to find reliable information and how to fact-check misinformation
• Local support organisations in the North-East of Scotland

We welcome requests from groups for our existing sessions to have a specific focus – for example, “An Introduction to NRPF” with a focus on domestic abuse or food poverty, etc. If you are interested in commissioning training on an NRPF-related topic that we do not currently cover in great detail, please get in touch, and we can discuss this possibility. We are also happy to leverage our network to put you in touch with other organisations that may be able to provide training outside our remit.

Below is a list organisations that we as an organisation have either received training from or have consistently approved of their resources and materials.

• JustRight Scotland
• Right to Remain
• Hope not Hate
• Free Movement
• NRPF Network
• AMINA – The Muslim Women’s Centre
• Karma Nirvana
• Rights of Women