Justice First


	1. We help people in the Tees Valley, who are seeking asylum in the United Kingdom and whose appeals have been rejected, to re-engage with the legal system. 2. We provide humanitarian aid for those who do not, at present, qualify for support from the State. By focusing our efforts on the relatively small geographical area of the Tees Valley, Justice First plans to work within its capacity, adopting measures from other parts of North East and Northern England while also developing our own solutions to the very difficult problems which asylum generates. For us, transparency is a guiding principle: our purpose is not only to assist the many people who need our support, but also to provide a framework of responses, open to examination, through which we can share good practice. In our Board of nine Trustees, Justice First brings together a spectrum of competencies in the immigration field. Two of our Trustees have refugee status, having successfully applied for admission to reside in Britain. Other Trustees contribute medical, nursing, community and legal skills, many of these acquired in furtherance of the interests of those seeking asylum. Our Chairman is the Revd. Canon Bill Broad, formerly Team Rector of Newton Aycliffe and sometime Priest-in-Charge of Blackhall in the diocese of Durham. Our Treasurer is Mike Tomlin and our Hon. Secretary is Rosemary Muthani Anderson. A short profile of each Trustee and of our founding Members is given on the 'Our People' page. Justice First begins its working life with a staff of two. Our project manager is Kath Sainsbury, who has extensive experience in humanitarian support for those seeking asylum and in the vital work of re-connecting them to the legal process. Our auditors are Messrs S.V. Bye of Guisbrough and our solicitors are Messrs. Spooner & Co of Stockton-On-Tees. Justice First is funded from 1st May 2006 by a single grant from the Mirianog Trust (Reg. Charity No 1091397), the family Trust of our Chairman, Bill Broad. This funding will last for precisely twelve months. The purpose of this website is to do five things: To summarise the operation of British law and welfare as it affects people seeking asylum today. Current provisions are widely misunderstood, giving rise to uninformed opinions and ‘solutions’. To spell out our work in helping our Clients re-engage with the legal process. To specify our humanitarian support for our Clients and their families. To ask for your help in meeting our three year operational costs from May 2007 to April 2010. To explain our long term funding strategy beyond May 2010. We ask for your support

1. We help people in the Tees Valley, who are seeking asylum in the United Kingdom and whose appeals have been rejected, to re-engage with the legal system.
2. We provide humanitarian aid for those who do not, at present, qualify for support from the State.

By focusing our efforts on the relatively small geographical area of the Tees Valley, Justice First plans to work within its capacity, adopting measures from other parts of North East and Northern England while also developing our own solutions to the very difficult problems which asylum generates.

For us, transparency is a guiding principle: our purpose is not only to assist the many people who need our support, but also to provide a framework of responses, open to examination, through which we can share good practice.

In our Board of nine Trustees, Justice First brings together a spectrum of competencies in the immigration field. Two of our Trustees have refugee status, having successfully applied for admission to reside in Britain. Other Trustees contribute medical, nursing, community and legal skills, many of these acquired in furtherance of the interests of those seeking asylum.

Our Chairman is the Revd. Canon Bill Broad, formerly Team Rector of Newton Aycliffe and sometime Priest-in-Charge of Blackhall in the diocese of Durham. Our Treasurer is Mike Tomlin and our Hon. Secretary is Rosemary Muthani Anderson. A short profile of each Trustee and of our founding Members is given on the 'Our People' page.

Justice First begins its working life with a staff of two. Our project manager is Kath Sainsbury, who has extensive experience in humanitarian support for those seeking asylum and in the vital work of re-connecting them to the legal process.
Our auditors are Messrs S.V. Bye of Guisbrough and our solicitors are Messrs. Spooner & Co of Stockton-On-Tees.
Justice First is funded from 1st May 2006 by a single grant from the Mirianog Trust (Reg. Charity No 1091397), the family Trust of our Chairman, Bill Broad.

This funding will last for precisely twelve months.

The purpose of this website is to do five things:

To summarise the operation of British law and welfare as it affects people seeking asylum today. Current provisions are widely misunderstood, giving rise to uninformed opinions and ‘solutions’.
To spell out our work in helping our Clients re-engage with the legal process.
To specify our humanitarian support for our Clients and their families.
To ask for your help in meeting our three year operational costs from May 2007 to April 2010.
To explain our long term funding strategy beyond May 2010.

We ask for your support