Refugee Education and Training Advisory Service Leeds
...rebuilding lives, breaking down barriers
Background Information
RETAS Leeds opened in 2002 and was founded by an international London-based charity Education Action. RETAS was established as a response to the number of refugees in the UK who needed advice and guidance about progressing through education and professional re-qualification. We became an independent charity in November 2007.
Today, RETAS in Leeds has broadened its work. We aim to improve the lives of refugees and asylum seekers throughout West Yorkshire, supporting them in all aspects of education, employment, requalification and integration. We provide a welcoming and friendly environment for our clients at our main office in Leeds as well as satellite bases in Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield and Halifax. We have a core team of 12 paid staff and 25 volunteers. Our work expanded over the years to include many different projects and we work across West Yorkshire.
Who are we?
Director - Duncan Wells
Senior Advisor - Tiffy Allen
Training Manager and Advisor - Noma Moyo
Advisor Team - Emily Priestley, Kayij Mulombw, Jonathan Bullamore Brown, Roger Nyantou
Awareness trainers and advisors - Olivier Nkunzimana and Lydia Brown
Finance and Office Manager - Tetyana Prutsa
Monitoring Officer and Volunteer Co-ordinator - Oxana Goncharova
Monitoring Officer - Tupa Sarker
Development and Communications Manager - Alex Rose
IELTS Teacher - Jon Collard
In addition, we have over 25 volunteers supporting our staff and projects.
Would you like to join our team?
We are not recruiting at present, please visit our website again in the future.
Cameroonian asylum seeker Raphael Petta Kamang presented with course certificate by guest trainer Kabwe Mutonji and RETAS manager Duncan Wells
