PERN wishes to give a warm welcome to new local residents living in a hotel in Carlisle whilst they wait for their asylum applications to be processed.  Â
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The new residents are provided with a room or shared room and three meals a day – but they are not allowed to work, attend formal adult education or receive any welfare benefits. They can access emergency and primary health care services.Â
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Being so limited in what they can do, people are bored and frustrated. Local voluntary and community groups are stepping up to help people get involved in activities. Â
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A new paid role of Asylum and Refugee Coordinator has been created to support links between residents and the local community. It is based in Carlisle and is a partnership between Multicultural Cumbria, Carlisle Refugee Action Group and PERN. Â
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Currently, the post is funded for 6 months and we are working on getting further funding.   Â
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We are grateful to Cumbria Community Foundation for accessing funding from the following: Resilience Fund, Johnson Fund, Strummer Calling Fund, CN Group Fund, Evening Hill Grassroots Fund.Â
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