Membership Spotlight: Myanmar/Burma Relief and Welfare Association
Every month we feature one of our members and ask them what their organisation is about and what they’ve been up to. This month we caught up with Myanmar/Burma Relief and Welfare Association and spoke to them about their work.
Tell us a little bit about the origins of your organisation?
Myanmar/Burma Relief and Welfare Association is a non-political, non-religious and non-profit making voluntary organisation. It was set up in 2001 by a group of like-minded individuals resident in the UK wishing to facilitate culturally effective and sensitive social care and development to Myanmarese / Burmese people who are in dire need of various kinds of Support services.
Working partnerships are key during these challenging times
By Chris Whitwell, CEO of Friends Families and Travellers
As an organisation which continues to fight for fairness and equality on behalf of Gypsies and Travellers we know first hand how important it is to work collaboratively with other organisations.
A main concern for Gypsies and Travellers is the shortage of appropriate accommodation, and to put some context to this, we don't know exactly how many Gypsies and Travellers there are in the UK because before 2011 they were not included in census statistics. However, it is estimated that there are between 200,000 and 300,000 Gypsies and Travellers in the UK (excluding newly arrived Roma from other parts of Europe).