Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum provides support to refugees and asylum seekers in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. We believe everyone deserves a chance to feel safe and live with dignity. We provide a welcoming community space and offer specialised advice and support to families and individuals who seek asylum or live as refugees. We run several projects such as our Community Café and Community Garden, and our specialist advice team provides support on a variety of issues including housing for refused asylum seekers, support for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, those who are in initial accommodation or newly dispersed. Phone: 0115 960 1230 Email: [...]
Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID)
The Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID) is a national network of visitor groups to immigration detention. We work with locally owned initiatives to end the human suffering caused by detention. We exist to enable and support the vital role of visitors to people detained whilst providing a platform for collective action amongst UK visitor groups, providing essential practical and emotional support for visitor groups, influencing detention policy and practice and of raising awareness of the human impact of detention. We have 14 member groups representing over 500 volunteer visitors, who visit inside every detention centre in the UK, [...]
Heart 4 Refugees
Heart for Refugees provides wellbeing support for asylum seekers and refugees on the Wirral. Our services are designed to help refugees fully integrate into our community, helping them to build new, successful lives and relationships. We offer English classes, hot food, gardening, art-based therapy, early years outreach support, playgroup, clothing, household items, and food hampers. Contact: Katherine Vesey Phone: 07868 208 769 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Humans for Rights Network
Humans for Rights Network is a needs-led human rights organisation, established to facilitate safety and dignity for people forced to migrate, to advocate for a rights-based approach to the movement of people throughout Northern Europe, and to represent humans whose rights are violated. We are led and informed by the migrants we work with and collaborate to address mistreatment and challenge systemic and structural racism and discrimination and their harmful impacts. We provide support to migrants under 18 across the UK, and migrants of any age who find themselves in a camp or detention centre. Contact: Maddie Harris Phone: 07967 357 723 [...]
West London Welcome
West London Welcome is a community centre run for and with refugees, migrants, people seeking asylum and other locals living in West London. We provide a food bank, social and advice drop-ins, financial, legal and casework support. Contact: Leyla Williams Website
Ekaya Housing Association
Ekaya Housing Association is a BME landlord, provides general needs housing, supported housing, temporary accommodation and shared ownership. Phone: 020 70 911 800 Website
Nomad Opening Doors
Nomad Opening Doors is a homeless charity that helps single, non-priority people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to access either supported accommodation or private rented accommodation. We also own two letting agencies. Contact: Karen Awdhali Email: [email protected] Phone: 01143210262 Website | Social media
Refugees Welcome North Somerset
Refugees Welcome North Somerset. Empowering and enabling asylum seekers and refugees in North Somerset to find safety, friendship and opportunities in order to thrive. Running Welcome hubs, Coordinating donations and delivering Housing and homeless prevention advice and practical support. Website Social media
Merseyside Refugee Support Network
Merseyside Refugee Support Network provide practical help and support to refugees moving-on from the asylum system and enable their onward social and economic integration into life in Liverpool, and beyond, reduce homelessness and financial crisis. Our work is based on our core charitable objective that is the relief of poverty of refugees and asylum seekers. Phone: 01517 097 557 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
The Cotton Tree Trust
The Cotton Tree Trust was founded in October 2016 to provide support and assistance to refugees and asylum seekers in the United Kingdom. Charities and legal firms seeking to provide immigration advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers are seriously overstretched, with many more demands for assistance than they can possibly meet. Cuts to legal aid funding and the merits test have exacerbated this situation. Many vulnerable asylum seekers who have a strong and honest case are at risk of being detained or deported. Some have already entrusted their savings to unscrupulous or unqualified advisers in exchange for a [...]
Rainbow Migration
We provide practical and emotional support for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum to help improve their confidence and self-esteem and reduce isolation. We provide specialist legal information and advice, and campaign to improve the treatment of people seeking asylum. We also provide legal advice and information to LGBTQI+ people who want to live in the UK with their partners. Phone: 0207 922 7811 Email: [email protected] Website
Micro Rainbow
Micro Rainbow provides housing and social support for LGBTQI refugees and asylum seekers. Phone: 0800 358 5851 Email: [email protected] Website
RAY (Refugee Action York)
Refugee Action York (RAY)'s vision is for all refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to be welcomed and fully accepted into local and regional communities, where they can feel safe and empowered to rebuild their lives. RAY works with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants from within and around the City of York. We provide a safe meeting point where people can seek information and support, learn new skills and languages and form lasting friendships. Through providing this support we hope to empower individuals to assist them in rebuilding their lives. Phone: 07355 598 866 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Booth Centre
The Booth Centre provides a warm welcome, an opportunity to belong, to gain a purpose and rebuild lives. Our programme includes activities such as volunteering, creative projects and sports, as well as training and help to gain employment. We also support people to improve health and wellbeing, to access emergency accommodation, and to secure and maintain a permanent home. The Centre is run in partnership with the people who attend and they apply their skills and experience to influence strategic change. Contact: Alix Moreleigh Phone: 0161 835 2499 Email: [email protected] Website
Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex & London
Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (RAMFEL) is a charity that supports vulnerable migrants to access justice and provides vital support in moments of individual crisis. We are a not for profit organisation, running a busy client facing service. We provide immigration advice (OISC level 3) and generalist advice in a range of areas to support our clients. This goes alongside destitution services and support to build a new life in the UK, with ESOL classes and referrals for support accessing work. Our wide range of experience, drawing on the daily insights from those we work with, as [...]
Oxfordshire Homeless Movement (OHM)
Oxfordshire Homeless Movement is a partnership of the many organisations helping those who are homeless in Oxfordshire. We all work to ensure that nobody should have to sleep rough on our streets. If you think of these organisations as a community, then think of us as the Community Centre! We bring greater visibility to all of the county’s work in this area, signposting volunteers, supporters and those experiencing homelessness to the actions and services they’re looking for. OHM's project work fills the critical gaps in services that others can’t, and always working in partnership means that we have the best [...]
Community Infosource
Community InfoSource works with marginalised communities in Glasgow, primarily with asylum seekers and refugees, to put their ideas into action and to secure their rights. Our organisation is human rights and equalities based and community led. Email: [email protected] Phone number: 0141 258 2773 Website / Facebook
Saint John of God Hospitaller Services (SJOG)
SJOG provides safe houses to victims of modern slavery and those with no recourse to public funds. SJOG and Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) are also part of the Community Sponsorship movement in the UK offering a matching, training and support service to sponsors and guests under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. Contact: Jamie MacKrill Email: [email protected] Website
Migrant Centre NI
Migrant Centre NI was established to protect the rights of migrant workers in Northern Ireland, tackle racism, eliminate barriers against migrant workers, advance education and raise public awareness about their rights. Phone: 0330 088 0464 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Hope Into Action UK
Hope into Action is a registered charity whose unique purpose is to enable churches to house the homeless. Contact: Ed Walker Email: [email protected] Phone: 01733558301 Website | Facebook
Signposts (Luton)
Signposts is here to help people who are homeless in Luton and Dunstable, Our aim is to help clients achieve their own maximum potential to live and develop in the community Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook / Twitter
Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support (DCRS)
Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support (DCRS) supports people seeking asylum and refugees in Devon and Cornwall. We advocate around their immigration cases up to OISC level 1. We also support around integration into the local community, run activities and provide English classes. Phone: 01752 260471 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Housing Justice Cymru
Housing Justice Cymru runs a Wales-wide Hosting project for people with fragile immigration status. It works in partnership with local organisations. Hosts are needed in Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Wrexham. Housing Justice Cymru works with Welsh Government in their commitment to becoming a Nation of Sanctuary. Contact: Romy Wood Email: [email protected] Website / Twitter / Facebook
Hope for Southall Street Homeless
Hope for Southall Street Homeless: Enabling people to take ways out of Rough sleeping which result in them leading fulfilled lives. We can only support individuals verified through Ealing Rough Sleeper Agent, St Mungo's. Contact: John Murphy Phone number: 07983 505 138 Email:[email protected] Website / Instagram / Facebook
LEDAS
Leeds Destitute Asylum seekers Support (LEDAS) run two houses which each house up to 4 destitute asylum-seekers with No Recourse to Public Funds. We work collaboratively with Leeds City Council who provide grant support, and with PAFRAS who provide referral and case-work for our residents. Our aim is to provide family-style housing, in which the residents have dignity and independence. Housing essentials, food and an allowance are provided. The five LEDAS Trustees run the houses on a voluntary basis. Email: [email protected] Website
Kairos Housing
Kairos Housing provides safe accommodation and holistic support to refused asylum seekers and refugees who find themselves homeless within Blackburn with Darwen. Contact: Lisa Norcross Phone 07877972373 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook | Twitter
Connection Support
Connection Support are part of a partnership project across Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire to provide housing, legal advice and support to those who are homeless, refugees and people with NRPF. Phone Number: 01865 711 267 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
NOAH Enterprise
NOAH's mission is to help in alleviating poverty, bringing hope and helping people who have no where to turn to; particularly those who are temporary or entrenched rough sleepers, and those who are marginalized and socially excluded, or have simply fallen into poverty. NOAH takes a holistic approach to homelessness and exclusion and no matter which service a person comes to first they are encouraged to make use of as many areas of NOAH as necessary to enable them to reach their potential. Our services are focused on Luton and the wider Bedfordshire area. We provide accommodation for people [...]
Starling Collective
Starling Collective is a new organisation based in Belfast that helps refugees and asylum seekers. We are an unincorporated association with Charitable status pending. Starling Collective founders have over 25 years’ experience of working with refugees and asylum seekers in Belfast. We established Starling Collective Collective because we felt that there were needs among the refugee community that we were not able to meet in the previous organisation. Contact: Ryan Doherty Email: [email protected] Social Media: Facebook Website
Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance (REMA)
REMA is the infrastructure support organisation for the Black and Minority Ethnic Voluntary and Community Sector of Rotherham. REMA is an independent charity that supports the development of a vibrant, effective and influential BME Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector locally (VCFS). We support destitute people by providing food parcels and immigration advice. Contact: Sithule Mguni Office: 01709 720744 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rema-online.org.uk Social Media: Twitter and Facebook