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
Fatima House
Fatima House Fatima House project is a partnership between different organisations of the Catholic Church in Birmingham which provides free of charge temporary accommodation to destitute asylum seeker women. We receive referrals only from organisations which have signed a memorandum of understanding with Fatima House. Contact: Mauricio Silva Phone: 01217 730 504 Email: [email protected] Website
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
Home4U
Home4U is a volunteer-run, Registered Charity based in Cardiff offering accommodation to a small number of asylum seekers who are destitute. It works closely with Space4U, a separate Charity which is a Drop-in Centre with a variety of services for people who are asylum seekers and refugees and also prioritises support for those who are destitute. Contact: Renee Bolton Phone: 07878 173 681 Email: [email protected] Website /Facebook
Hope Projects (West Midlands)
Hope Projects challenges flawed refusals of asylum. Working with a network of partner charities across Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country we provide housing, financial support and legal advice and representation along with peer support activities. Phone: 07779 980 899 Email: [email protected] Website
International Care Network (ICN)
International Care Network (ICN) provides a range of services for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Dorset, including the teaching of English, a drop in and phone support service giving advice and help with immigration matters, welfare support, finding accommodation and employment etc. In addition, in the community, a conversation class and homework club with a creche are provided for mums with preschool children. ICN also looks after Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and vulnerable families from Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the Local Authorities in Dorset. Phone: 01202 589395 Email: [email protected] Website/ Facebook / Instagram
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 [...]
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network (LASSN)
Leeds Asylum Seekers’ Support Network (LASSN) works with refugees and asylum seekers living in Leeds, offering befriending and support to learn English. The Grace Hosting project links local volunteers with a spare room with asylum seekers and refugees who have nowhere to stay. Phone: 0113 373 1759 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Housing Justice
Housing Justice brings together communities and finds solutions to homelessness by building personal connections, a sense of belonging, and creating justice in the housing system. We train and support volunteers to offer various accommodation options while building a network of local support. Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Giuseppe Conlon House
Giuseppe Conlon House Giuseppe Conlon House (formerly London Catholic Worker) operate a night shelter and a community house for male asylum seekers and migrants with no recourse to public funds. It is run by a community of volunteers. Phone: 0208 348 8212 Email: [email protected] Website
Depaul UK
Depaul UK provides emergency accommodation to homeless clients, including those who are destitute, in the homes of approved and trained volunteers. The scheme is open to anyone over the age of 16. Clients are risk assessed on an individual basis and access accommodation on a night by night basis. The service is available on a short term basis only, but can provide much needed respite for destitute clients. Phone: 0207 278 4224 Email: [email protected] Website
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
Open Doors Project (Hull)
Open Doors Project works with asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants, enabling them to integrate into the local society. We offer a range of services including accommodation, drop-in service, befriending, interpreting, food parcels, hardship funds, employment support basic English classes, Sport/social/music activities, Social and Health wellbeing Service and IT basic lessons and IT facilities. Contact: Jones Okolie Phone: 07561 103 961 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
The Night Shelter Coventry
The Night Shelter provides temporary short stop rooms to asylum seeking and migrant women with no recourse to public funds in partnership with local advice agencies. Pin does not accurately reflect the location of this project. Email: [email protected] Website
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
Southampton & Winchester Visitors’ Group
Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group (SWVG) is a group of volunteers who befriend and support refugees and people seeking asylum in the Southampton and Winchester area. We run a drop-in centre, help guide people through the asylum system, give financial assistance to people who are destitute, teach English, organise trips, and run a cooking group and a bike hub. We work with many other local charities, visit schools, and advocate for a fairer asylum system. We help people with Leave to Remain find housing and enter the job market. Email: [email protected] Website
EYST
SHARE Tawe is a project of the Ethnic minority and Youth Support Team (EYST), seeking to offer hospitality through accommodation, meals, welcome and solidarity to destitute asylum seekers in Swansea. . We do this through volunteers who offer a room in their home, or who support the scheme in other ways. Email: [email protected] Website
St Augustine’s Centre
St. Augustine's Centre is a Halifax-based community centre that welcomes the vulnerable and cares for all, including destitute asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants. We enable individuals to access support and advice to help with basic needs, build confidence and prevent isolation through community participation. Contact: Becky Hellewell Phone: 01422 352 492 Email: [email protected] Website
St Monica’s Housing Ltd
St Monica's Housing St Monica's Housing are based in Leeds, providing short-term housing for destitute female asylum seekers. All are given support by PAFRAS/Red Cross in their asylum claims whilst accommodated. Contact: Tony O'Brien Phone: 07967 477 336 Email: [email protected] Website
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