Regional Refugee Forum North East (RRF) is an independent membership organisation created by and for the North East region’s Refugee-led Community Organisations (RCOs), enabling them to unite and produce their Collective Voice and empowering them to be active agents in change by speaking up for and by themselves to decision makers to influence policy and services that impact on the lives of the whole community of asylum seekers and refugees living across the region.

Each one of our member organisations supports the settlement and integration of communities in exile from across the world. As new members of the regional community, they want to participate in and contribute to the social, economic and cultural vitality and future of the North East, as active citizens. 

Through the Regional Refugee Forum they work together to:

• gather evidence about the distinct challenges faced by asylum seekers and refugees, which are not shared by the non-refugee community 
• identify what works best in securing social and economic inclusion
• present their Collective Voice to local and regional policy makers and service providers to inform the development of evidence based policy and practice that will promote integration and equality for the region's community of asylum seekers and refugees