Our People

Our People

Jolena Flett

Contributing Author

Jolena is the Advocacy and Advice Manager of the Belfast Migrant Centre, tackling the barriers faced by migrant workers in Northern Ireland and providing them with free advice and assistance. The Belfast Migrant Centre is a consortium of UNISON, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the Polish Association (NI) and the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM) under the Welcome House Project. She has been working with NICEM since 2003, initially as an advisor supporting victims of racist violence and harassment, and since 2010 managing the Belfast Migrant Centre. Her other areas of work include delivering NICEM’s OCN accredited Equality and Diversity training, presenting awareness raising workshops and working with Black and Minority Ethnic groups on issues of quality assurance and good governance through PQASSO training and mentoring.

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