Learn how to be a McKenzie Friend

We conduct 3 types of McKenzie Friends training courses:
1.    to support vulnerable debtors
2.    to support an immigration detainee through a bail hearing
3.    local training, customised to a specific the group

1. Supporting vulnerable debtors
This course is designed to enable interested individuals, especially those already working among deprived families and individuals to support them as a volunteer McKenzie Friend when they face local authorities, bailiffs or court appearances for debt.
People who are generally concerned about poverty in the United Kingdom are also welcome.

2. Helping asylum seekers in bail application
This course is run in conjunction with AVID (The Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees). It is designed for those already working among asylum seekers to help them to provide support to an immigration detainee through a bail hearing.

3. Local training
We occasionally receive requests from local groups who work with vulnerable debtors to conduct training focusing on areas relevant to the group.

We also provide McKenzie Friends training courses for organisations who would like their volunteers to be trained in this area. Please contact Lilian Lee, at 020 7259 0801 or admin@z2k.org for more details.

View course schedules and details.

COURSE SCHEDULE AND DETAILS

1. Supporting vulnerable debtors

Trainers: Alan Murdie, LL.B, Paul Nicolson
Course Duration : 9:30am – 4:00pm
Course Fee: £15.00 payable on the day for course handouts and lunch
Contact the administrator for more details

Training Dates:

24 April 2010
26 June 2010
23 October 2010

Location: Z2K Office, 34 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH
To Register: Lilian Lee, Tel: 020 7259 0801, 34 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH

Course Schedule
Registration and coffee What is a McKenzie Friend?	9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Council tax and fines arrears – Magistrates Court	10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Rent arrears – County Court	11:05 – 11:30 a.m.
Coffee	11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Enforcement and the bailiffs	11:45 – 12:15 a.m.
State benefits and means statements	12:20 – 13:00 p.m.
Lunch	13:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Exercise – asking the questions?	1:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Administration orders and judicial review	2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
The practice of friendship	3:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Course review	3:45 – 4:00 p.m.

2. Supporting asylum seekers through their bail applications

Trainers : Fiona Ripley, Peter Morris, John Bingham
Course Duration : 9:00am – 4:30pm, unless stated otherwise
Course Fee: £15.00 payable on the day, unless stated otherwise

Date: To be confirmed. Contact the administrator for more details

Course Schedule
Registration and coffee What is a McKenzie Friend? Introduction and Context	9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Experience of being a McKenzie Friend	9:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Asylum Hearing : basic procedures	9:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Coffee	11:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Devising a chronology / questions for preparing a statement	11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch	1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Applying for bail	1:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Exercise on key documents	2:15 – 3:15 p.m.
The bail hearing, use of video link	3:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Concluding discussion on McKenzie Friends	3:45 – 4:00 p.m.