The Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum (NNRF) has been working with and for refugees and asylum seekers since 2000, having supported thousands of people over the course of more than two decades.
We have been helping them to set up the NNRF Archive.
Please note that the NNRF Archive is not being kept at the Sparrows' Nest. If you want to access original documents and/or the non digitised materials, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For an up to date list of documents in the NNRF Archive as well as supplementary materials held by the Sparrows' Nest, see our catalogue.
Digitised materials
Leaflets, pamphlets, reports, etc.
Emergency fund for destitute asylum applicants (NNRF, 2003)
The Facts About Asylum (NNRF, 2004)
What are we for and what are we going? (NNRF, 2004)
Kundnani, Arun: Notts Refugee Forum talk 2004/04/20
NNRF Anti Destitution Group Report 2005-2006
NNRF Anti Destitution Group Report 2006-2007a
NNRF Anti Destitution Group Report 2006-2007b
NNRF Anti Destitution Group Report 2007-2008
Report on Skegness Trip - By the NNRF Women's Group (2007)
An Evaluation of the work of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum (2012)
Migrants, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers - A Bit of History (2016)
NNRF Report on Year One of the Syrian Resettlement Vulnerable Persons Scheme (2017)
Newsletters etc
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2001/04-05 #03
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2001/10-11 #04
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2002/02-03 #05
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2002/06-07 #06
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2002/08 #07
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2003/Spring-Summer
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2004/Spring #09
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2007/03
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2007/04
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2007/10
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2007/11-12
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum Newsletter 2008/03-04
Refugee Community Network 2003/06-07 #02
Refugee Community Network 2004/01 #04
Tushauriane/Food Group News #01 (2007)
Tushauriane/Food Group News #02 (2007)
Tushauriane/Food Group News #04 (2007)
Tushauriane/Food Group News #05 (2007)
Tushauriane/Food Group News #06 (2007)
Non-Digitised materials
18883 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2000 (Jul-Aug). Most bundles regarding the MC/Board Meetings contain not only agendas and minutes, but numerous related documents, eg reports of Staff Committee Meetings, Annual General Meetings (AGM) invites and minutes, financial reports, training certificates, event reports, business plans, etc.
18884 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2005.
18885 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2006.
18886 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2007.
18887 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2008.
18888 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2009.
18889 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2010.
18890 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2011.
18891 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2012.
18892 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2013.
18893 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2014.
18894 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2015.
18895 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2016.
18896 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2017.
18897 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2018.
18898 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2019.
18899 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Management Committee/Board Meetings, 2020.
18900 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Annual General Meetings (AGM), 2004 and 2017-2022. For further records regarding AGMs please see the folders containing documents regarding MC/Board Meetings etc.
18901 Letter to the NNRF Board/Senior Management from the volunteers and a response letter. For further records regarding volunteers' activities please see the folders containing documents regarding MC/Board Meetings etc and 18902.
18902 Assorted documents regarding NNRF Volunteer Working Group, 2007. For further records regarding volunteers' activities please see the folders containing documents regarding MC/Board Meetings etc and 18901.
18903 Assorted documents regarding the Friends of Amdani campaign.
18904 Assorted documents regarding Refugee Week 2007.
18905 Assorted documents regarding NRCG Nottingham Refugee Campaign Group, 2004-2007.
18906 Assorted documents regarding the Living Ghosts event, 2005-2006.
18907 Assorted documents regarding the Destitution Group, c2004-2007. For further records regarding the Destitution Group please see the folders containing documents regarding MC/Board Meetings.
18908 Assorted documents regarding the Sponsored Fast Against Asylum Destitution, 2003-2004. Includes minutes from planning meetings, leaflets, stickers, sponsorship forms, reports, etc. See also 18909.
18909 Two textile banners regarding the Sponsored Fast Against Asylum Destitution, c2004. See also 18908.
18910 Assorted documents regarding The Long Walk To Loughborough, 2007. Includes minutes from leaflets, newspaper custtings, maps, etc.
18911 Transcript of an oral history interview with Christine Cook Cann regarding her involvement with migrant solidarity campaigns, 2004.
18912 Assorted documents regarding the lease agreements between the NNRF and the Renewal Trust, 2014-2021.
18913 Assorted random(ish) documents regarding NNRF, 2003-2007, including what might have been a visitor log from 2004, also includes assorted non NNRF leaflets and a press release.
18914 A letter and cards/greetings slips to refugees, organised by members of CAFOD Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, 2017.
18915 Six 3.5 inch floppy disks, 1 USB stick and 1 CD with assorted data, including photos of the Sponsored Fast event, NNRF membership information, as well as photographs and an audio recording of an event at the Square Centre in 2012 when Aleida Guevara visited Nottingham.
18920 Assorted newspapers and newspaper clippings reporting on migrant solidarity actions and campaigns, including several campaigns to stop deportations, mostly Nottingham Evening Post, with a few other papers and reports by assorted news outlets, 2001-2007.