ARC Blackburn
The Asylum and Refugee Community (ARC) Blackburn is a charity founded in 2004 that provides practical support to asylum seekers and refugees in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire. We pride ourselves on working in partnership with other local and national organisations in order to provide our service users with as many opportunities as possible. Phone: 01254 690 282 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Watford & Three Rivers Refugee Partnership (WTRRP)
Watford & Three Rivers Refugee Partnership (WTRRP) Watford & Three Rivers Refugee Partnership (WTRRP) offers support to refugees, asylum seekers and non-European migrants with no recourse to public funds in West Hertfordshire. Our mission is to help provide access to the advice and services needed, often providing long term support (i.e. basic needs including food, ESOL, befriending etc) until statutory services are in place. WTRRP does not provide accommodation but finds ‘ways and means’ to help source emergency accommodation. Phone: 01923 252434 Email: [email protected] Website
Action for Refugees in Lewisham
Action for Refugees in Lewisham (AFRIL) is a community organisation established in 2006, supporting asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in the boroughs of Lewisham, Southwark, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. AFRIL provides complex casework, advice and legal support to the community; destitution support through our foodbank for NRPF individuals; as well as holistic programmes such as our Allotment of Refugee and Rainbow Club Supplementary School. AFRIL also works with its members to translate casework into policy and advocacy, to create systemic change. Phone: 0208 297 4111 Email: [email protected] Website /Facebook Please note the pin does not reflect the accurate location of [...]
Penrith and Eden Refugee Network
Penrith and Eden Refugee Network (PERN) provides empowerment and support for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Cumbria, helping them to integrate into life in the UK and thrive. Our services include language classes, legal advice up to IAA Level 3, homelessness prevention, campaigning and community outreach. Particularly of note is our First Steps Housing service, which includes our ‘Rent a Room to a New Refugee’ scheme, where we connect socially-minded landlords and new refugees in both Carlisle and West Cumbria. We welcome enquiries to the email address below. Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook Please note the pin does not [...]
GARAS
GARAS opens the door to support those seeking asylum in Gloucestershire, providing a drop-in service for asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants. Here we provide level one advice in asylum and immigration. We help clients through their asylum claim, and into their settled lives. We provide ESOL classes three days a week to coincide with our drop-in days. One day a week we have psychotherapy for those affected by their experiences. GARAS is also the main organisation supporting families in Gloucestershire on the Vulnerable Peoples Resettlement Scheme. Phone: 01452 550 528 Email: [email protected] Website
Govan Community Project
Govan Community Project (GCP) provides services in the Govan and Cardonald area, including community social groups for men and women, a fresh food distribution service, free English language classes, and an advice and advocacy service for people in the asylum process, specialising in supporting people who are destitute or at risk of destitution. GCP works closely with the Scottish Refugee Council, the Refugee Survival Trust, the British Red Cross and other stakeholders. Contact: Traci Kirkland Phone: 01414 453 718 Advice Helpline: 0800 310 0054 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Sufra NW London
Sufra is a charity in North West London that prevents hunger, fights poverty and builds community. With the help of our volunteers and partners, we coordinate a network of food banks, kitchens, a community shop and café. These act as a gateway for guests to access more holistic support – including welfare advice, asylum support and our award-winning community garden. We aim to work with our guests to find solutions to their challenges together, whilst campaigning against the causes of hunger and poverty. Phone: 020 3441 1335 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Jesuit Refugee Service UK
The Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic organisation, working in more than 50 countries to accompany, serve and advocate for refugees and forcibly displaced people. JRS UK provides specialist advice, legal support, accommodation, food, clothing, toiletries, and financial assistance. We also run a befriending programme, a range of classes and activities, and outreach to people held in immigration detention. Phone: 0207 488 710 Email: [email protected] Website / Bluesky / Facebook / Instagram
Hope at Home
Hope at Home is a UK-wide charity fighting the cycle of modern day slavery and human trafficking, preventing re-trafficking and survivor homelessness by equipping people to host survivors in their homes and facilitating adult to adult voluntary living arrangements between hosts and survivors. Without this stable home, many survivors would be destitute and extremely vulnerable. We aim to give every survivor the opportunity to lead healthy, resilient, independent lives and become useful members of society. We train hosts, raising their awareness about modern day slavery and equipping them to set boundaries and welcome a vulnerable person into their home. Every [...]
C4WS Homeless Project
C4WS runs a winter night shelter from November to the end of March every year. We do not accept self referrals, but you can visit one of our partners who will take you through the processes of applying for a space based on suitability and availability. Please find details of where to go on the I AM HOMELESS page on our website. We also run a hosting scheme, which is only open to guests who have stayed with us at our winter night shelter. Email: [email protected] Website
Refugee Support Devon
Refugee Support Devon. We provide support to Refugees Asylum seekers and their families living in Devon, including; Education and employability support Immigration advice (up to IAA Level 2) Outreach support Drop-in services Refugee Resettlement Scheme Community Garden Phone: 01392 682 185 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Participation and the Practice of Rights
Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) seek to build collective power among asylum seeker and refugee communities to hold public bodies to account and to advocate for more progressive policies. We use the organising, policy, campaigning and communications expertise within our staff team in service of this objective. We would like to ensure that Northern Ireland is a place where migrant and diaspora communities are secure in the knowledge that their human rights, whether civil and political or economic, social and cultural will be respected, protected and fulfilled, without discrimination. Phone: 02890 313 315 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Thousand 4 £1000
Thousand 4 £1000 CIO is a discrete offshoot of Brighton Migrant Solidarity (BMS being focused mainly on campaigning). We are the only organisation in the Brighton area providing housing support to destitute migrants who are not allowed to work or have no recourse to public funds. We take referrals directly from organisations such as Brighton Voices in Exile. In addition to accommodation, we also provide financial, practical and emotional support to locally based migrants. Contact: Jenny Priestman Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Swindon City of Sanctuary
We are active in helping to make Swindon a welcoming place for people seeking sanctuary. We are happy to advise on anything hosting related but no longer can arrange accommodation for people. Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Open Doors International Language School
Open Doors International Language School (ODILS) is a faith-based charity that serves people living in the Plymouth area (including those who may travel to work in Cornwall) where English is their second language. We provide ESOL tuition, IELTS, teacher training and employment mentoring for refugees and asylum seekers. Telephone: 01752 258 770 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Action Foundation
Action Foundation is the only organisation in Tyne and Wear specifically set up to provide supported accommodation for destitute asylum seekers who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). We lease properties from private landlords and sublet them free of charge to vulnerable asylum seekers with NRPF. We also provide supported, private rented accommodation to new refugees in Tyne and Wear who become homeless following their positive asylum decision. We currently operate in Newcastle, Gateshead. For our residents and any other migrants that cannot access English Language (ESOL) classes, we also provide free English, employability, and digital teaching. Phone: 01912 [...]
Asylum Link Merseyside
Asylum Link Merseyside provides a drop-in Service for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, offering welcome and friendship. A broad range of services from tea/coffee/meals and social activities to ESOL, clothes and casework (OISC1/Social Work), to housing and food for the destitute. Contact: Ewan Roberts Telephone: 01517 091 713 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Boaz Trust
The Boaz Trust is a Manchester based charity committed to ending destitution amongst refugees and asylum seekers who have become homeless through the asylum process. We provide accommodation alongside practical and pastoral support in the Greater Manchester area. Boaz was established in 2004 to see an end to destitution for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. We provided shared accommodation and specialist one to one support for people who have become homeless due to their insecure, unclear or recently changed immigration status. This includes people with refugee status and people who have had their asylum claim refused as well as [...]
Immigration and Asylum Support Kirklees
Immigration and Asylum Support Kirklees (formerly DASH - Destitute Asylum Seekers Huddersfield) provides support to asylum seekers including case work and helping prepare appeal applications, immigration advice, welfare support, volunteer mentor and integration projects and outreach projects. We're a dedicated, multicultural team of experts helping people navigate their asylum journey. Phone: 07707 382 647 Email: [email protected] Website
Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre
Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre offers advice and support, access to employment, education, training, basic life skills and volunteering, alongside an in-house supported housing scheme. The Coventry Destitution Fund offers practical help to people suffering extreme hardship, including food, clothes, night shelter and travel. Contact: Geoff Manns Phone: 02476 227 254 Email: [email protected] Website
Refugee Sanctuary Scotland
Refugee Sanctuary Scotland provides practical support to refugees living in Scotland who are at risk of homelessness and/or destitution. Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Green Pastures
Green Pastures empowers churches and Christian organisations nationwide to house the homeless. Through our partners we house & support over 1,500 formerly homeless people across the UK. Phone: 07857 694 829 Email: [email protected] Website
HopeWorks
HopeWorks (formerly King's Arms Project) is a charity supporting people at risk of homelessness in Bedford. We provide support services and short-term supported accommodation, and have a dedicated refugee and migrant service. Our casework team supports clients with things like registering with a GP, applying for schools, supporting them with their landlord, finances and employability. We help people to build a life in the UK. These families come from war-torn countries and are here because it is not possible for them to continue living where they are. Our English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) team provides trauma informed ESOL [...]
One Roof Leicester
One Roof Leicester is a consortium of independent faith, community and voluntary sector organisations. We provide support and accommodation to the homeless, refugees, asylum seekers and the destitute in Leicester. Phone: 0300 102 0068 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Open Door North East
Open Door North East provides accommodation for destitute asylum seekers through our housing scheme. We provide accommodation for refugees, having a mixture of family houses as well as shared houses. We provide supporting services including drop-in sessions for asylum seekers to access support, advice and guidance. We assist refugees to access mainstream benefits and employment. We are able to offer a wide variety of volunteering opportunities across the charity. Contact: Anna Lewis Office: 01642 213 634 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Praxis Community Projects
Praxis works with vulnerable migrants in London- including asylum seekers and refugees- providing specialist advice (including immigration advice up to IAA level 2), advocacy, group work, ESOL classes and interpreting. Praxis is also a member of London Hosting. Email: [email protected] Website
Communities and Sanctuary Seekers Together (CAST)
Communities and Sanctuary Seekers Together (CAST) is a Southend-based community group, committed to bring an end to destitution amongst asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants with no recourse to public funding (NRPF) living in Southend. The organisation is made up of asylum-seekers, refugees and the wider community, and supports destitute and homeless asylum seekers by providing resources, advice and accommodation. CAST also builds links between sanctuary-seekers and longer-established communities to nurture integration and community cohesion. Phone: 01702436659 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.castsanctuary.com/ Social Media: Facebook | Twitter
Refugees At Home
Refugees at Home is the UK's largest independent hosting charity which connects those with a spare room in their home to refugees and people seeking asylum who are in need of somewhere to stay. We want to support a society where everyone looking to rebuild their lives in the UK can do so in safety and without the risk of homelessness. Email: [email protected] Website / Instagram / Facebook
Upbeat Communities
Upbeat Communities exists to help refugees settle and rebuild their lives. We want to see strangers become neighbours. We offer befriending, English classes, community building activities, enterprise and employment training, and run a hosting scheme. We also deliver refugee resettlement contracts on behalf of a number of local authorities. Phone: 01332 916 150 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook