Portuguese Thetford - Links and Further Resources

Local Newspapers

EDP24 – The Eastern Daily Press is a local newspaper that covers the county of Norfolk. Its News Database search facility can be used to track reports on immigration, Portuguese, Thetford, etc.
Bury Free Press – The Bury Free Press is a local newspaper that covers West Suffolk and also includes reports for Thetford. It includes a news database search engine.

Explore Thetford – Local tourism website.
Keystone Trust – A local development trust for the Thetford area. The Information Pack targeted for Portuguese migrants in the Thetford area can be downloaded from its Equalities Team webpage, and a document entitled Health and the Portuguese Community can be downloaded from its Publications page.

Tugas.co.uk – A community-based website catering for Portuguese migrants living in the UK. Written in the Portuguese language.
Projecto Mentores – Community website for Portuguese youth living in the UK, with a focus on London. Written in the Portuguese language.
Vida Nova – The only Portuguese magazine published in England.
The Portuguese Culture Web – A personal view of small-town Portugal. This website is controversial for its use of stereotypes, and the disclaimer on the author's page should perhaps be read in advance.

EURES (The European Job Mobility Portal) – Information guide to working and learning opportunities across the European Union.
Working in the UK – Home Office, UK Government website. Entry into the UK for citizens of the European Economic Area.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Fourteenth Report – 10th September 2003. Deals with the question of gangmasters. Includes written evidence from the Citizens Advice Bureau with cited cases involving Portuguese immigrant workers, and written evidence from a Thetford GP.
Working in the United Kingdom – Department of Trade and Industry, online leaflet detailing employment rights, prepared for Portuguese nationals - in English (ou em português aqui). A leaflet for Lithuanian workers is also available, this time in PDF format.
The Portuguese Communities Foreign Policy – On the website of the Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros República Portuguesa.
Moving Here – The vision of Moving Here is to explore, record, and illustrate why people came to England over the last 200 years, and what their experiences were and continue to be.
Dave Renton's Homepage – Personal site which includes informative reports concerning UK migration, racism, and journalism.

Searchiberia – A guide to Portuguese cuisine.
Portuguese Recipes – You can buy almost any authentic Portuguese ingredients in Thetford.

Learning Portuguese – Brilliant resource site. This is the best site for exploring the European Portuguese language from a British perspective. Well done Russell!
BBC - Talk Portuguese – Good introduction to 'holiday' European Portuguese, complete with audio files.
Sonia-Portuguese – Online guidance. I find this site very useful, although I would point out that it teaches Brazilian Portuguese.
Short Portuguese Lessons – Introduction to European Portuguese.
Learn Portuguese Online – Covers both Brazilian and European variants.