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. Contact: Aliya Khan Email: [email protected] Website
Sanctuary Hosting
Sanctuary Hosting (formerly Host Oxford) is a project which matches destitute sanctuary seekers to those people with spare rooms and open hearts in the community who are prepared to allow someone to stay with them rent free for a pre-defined period of time. Email: [email protected] Website: http://sanctuaryhosting.org/ Social Media: Facebook
King’s Arms Project
Contact: Laura Alshaltan Phone: 07999045189 Email: [email protected] Website Social media: Twitter / Facebook
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. Contact: Jo Carter Phone number: 07927 808372 Email: [email protected] Website| Twitter | Facebook
Housing Justice
Housing Justice train and support night shelters, run a pan London hosting scheme for asylum seekers and forced migrants, and provide mentoring and befriending training and support. Website / Twitter / Facebook
London Catholic Worker
London Catholic Worker Contact: Martin Newell Email: [email protected] Website
One Roof Leicester
One Roof 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: 0116 44 22 007 Website Social Media: Twitter | 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 213634 Email: [email protected] Website /Facebook / Twitter
Open Doors Project (Hull)
Open Doors 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: Cecil Jones Phone: 07986314490 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook / Twitter
The Night Shelter Coventry
The Night Shelter provides emergency bed spaces to migrants and refugees with No Recourse to Public Funds. A hot evening meal, breakfast, storage for bags, and access to washing facilities are provided, and it provides quick access crisis support while people work on longer term solutions. Pin does not accurately reflect the location of this project. Contact: Beth Ash Phone: 07443428916 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 OISC level 2), advocacy, group work, ESOL classes and interpreting. Praxis is also a member of London Hosting. Contact: Maria Iglesias Email: [email protected] Website
Refugees At Home
Refugees at Home runs a matching service for hosts around the UK willing to offer a room, without charge, to asylum-seekers and refugees. We have a network of hosts who are seen by professional but volunteer Home Visitors before they start hosting. We are building “hubs” so hosts and guests can support each other in their area. Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook / Twitter
Sanctus St Marks
Sanctus is a support group for refugees and people who are seeking asylum in the UK. We aim to walk alongside people who find their way to us, from all around the world, in a non-judgemental and safe environment. Contact: Sally Smith Phone: 01782 266066 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sanctusstmarks.org
Southampton & Winchester Visitors’ Group
Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group (SWVG) is a group of volunteers who befriend and support asylum seekers and refugees in the Southampton area. With the help of many generous donors, we offer financial assistance to those who are homeless and destitute. Through our legal justice project we have access to advice from a leading immigration solicitor. We try to give asylum seekers a voice by reaching out to churches, schools and community groups and we campaign for a fairer asylum system. Email: [email protected] Website
EYST
SHARE Tawe is a project of 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. Contact: Sophie De Marco 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, and build confidence and prevent isolation through community participation. Contact: Becky Hellewell Phone: 07743045625 Email: [email protected] Website
St Monica’s Housing Ltd
St Monica's Housing St Monica's are based in Leeds and are currently housing female destitute asylum seekers in a formerly Roman Catholic church presbytery. Contact: John Battle Phone: 07764580154 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 Contact: Einir Cooper Phone: 07595231342 Email: [email protected] Website / Twitter / Facebook