The VSRN-EE is an independent network of voluntary organisations and community groups working with refugees and asylum seekers in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk

VSRN-EE was created following a regional seminar in 2001 that focused on the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in the region and looked at how community and voluntary services were developing to meet local and regional needs. This seminar highlighted the need for voluntary and community organisations to obtain and exchange information and to influence services and policy making in the region.

Since 2001 VSRN-EE has grown so that it is now an established regional network with a central office in Suffolk. Funding from COVER and GO-East has supported the network and a successful Big Lottery application has enabled VSRN-EE to take on a full time Support Worker for which it is now recruiting (see below). The Steering Group, which meets bi-monthly, is now developing the network further to meet members needs more fully.