Welcome to the UK A project to support integration

•Welcome to the UK: project overview•Preparing for life in the UK: the pre-departure programme in Bangladesh•A volunteer’s perspective•What next?

Welcome to the UK

Welcome to the UK project

Welcome to the UK: programme in the UKPreparing for life in the UK: programme in Bangladesh

UK volunteers in Bangladesh

Preparing for life in the UK programme in Bangladesh

Taster workshops

Workshop topics

• Health and women’s health• Education, training and employment• Money and shopping• Public transport • Libraries• Family days out• Time• The journey to the UK

UK volunteers and Bangladeshi teachers

We worked with the local teachers to:

prepare lesson plans and activities engage participants cover topics about the UK in Sylheti provide English language practice explain key action to follow up in the UK

linked to each topic

Welcome to the UK film

Video clip 1

Why Bangladesh?• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Sylhet_Map.png

UKBET

Transitions

Why pre-departure work is important

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/get-london-reading/article-23989647-i-was-losing-my-children-i-knew-i-had-to-get-out-and-learn-english.do

Integration

Feedback

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I look forward to moving to the UK and don't feel scared about living there, after attending the workshops.

I would like to train as a teacher, since I already am a nursery school teacher here

If my husband and family are supportive I would like to continue my studies in developing my English and do a course on customer service

It feels great to know there are other women

who run a family as well as working outside

The future