Empowering Experts by Experience: The Role and Impact of EBE Teams in CoSS
Empowering Experts by Experience (EBE) teams within City of Sanctuary Sheffield provide a platform for individuals with lived sanctuary-seeking experiences to lead the organization, make recommendations, review policies, and address feedback. The team's crucial role includes advocating for volunteers and beneficiaries, influencing strategy development, and actively participating in trustees' meetings. Embedded within CoSS, the EBE team contributes to the long-term strategic development of the organization.
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Experts by Experience Team By: Dr Ibtissam Al-Farah EBE Coordinator
What is an expert by experience? Why do we need an EbE team? What is the Team s role? How will the EbE team fit with CoSS? What does being in the team involved? What will you get from being in the team?
What is an Expert by Experience? Someone who has knowledge through their lived experience. The City of Sanctuary Sheffield experts by experience is for people with lived experience of seeking Sanctuary.
Why do we need an EbE team? To be a space for Experts by experience to have a voice and co-lead the organisation.
Making recommendations, reviewing and agreeing on CoSS policy. Receive and seek to address practises or policies and feedback from volunteers and beneficiaries with experience in seeking sanctuary.
Volunteers and beneficiaries will be able to raise issues and share experiences directly with the EbE team, who will raise the issue with the relevant staff member or trustees.
Review the current strategy and input its own priorities in the development of future strategy.
Attend the monthly trustees' meeting on a rotating basis Have a representative on recruitment panels.
Embedded in the City of Sanctuary to inform all our work. The focus of the group will be on the strategic long-term development of the City of Sanctuary Sheffield and the movement.
Trustees - 2 members of EbE team to attend trustees meeting. EbE Team in the organisation Director - regular meetings with director: Monthly, then quarterly. Staff - quarterly meetings with staff team. EbE team can request additional meetings to discuss specific topics.
What does being in the team involve? The team will stay in communication and continue work to achieve the aims of the group using the WhatsApp group and an email group to be established for team communication. x2 representatives from the team will attend the monthly trustees meeting on a rotating basis. The team will have a direct line of communication with the director, with regular meetings, including the option of consulting prior to trustee meetings.
What will you get from being in the team? Opportunities to shape services and share EbEs experiences to improve the services Training and capacity building (Skill Bank) and access to educational opportunities such as Sanctuary scholarships
Expenses Travel costs are to be reimbursed by CoSS. For those without WiFi connection (e.g. asylum seekers) data is to be provided where necessary. Team members will receive 10- 15 in cash or vouchers per session attended. The team will have a budget for social events and refreshments for meetings.
Membership People with lived experience of seeking sanctuary. Participants can include those with experience in the asylum process and/or with refugee status. Existing or previous volunteers with a knowledge of the organisation. 6 members - not more than 10 members.
We want the City of Sanctuary to be of, by and for refugees. The Experts by Experience Team is how we do this. COSS Experts by Experience Team
Experts by Experience Team THANK YOU Dr Ibtissam Al-Farah EBE Coordinator
