Coventry Migrant Women House
Coventry Migrant Women House is an accommodation service for forced migrant women without any source of income in the Midlands. The project has been established since 2016 and works closely with other NACCOM Members in the area. 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
Abigail Housing
Abigail Housing is a West-Yorkshire based charitable company dedicated to providing support and homes to refugees and asylum seekers who find themselves destitute on our streets. This includes those who have been refused asylum but cannot reasonably return to their country of origin (our Destitution Project in Bradford) and those given refugee status who have to leave their Home Office housing (our Refugee Project in Leeds). Contacts: Leeds Refugee Project: Email: [email protected] Phone: 07743 189 314 Bradford Destitution Project: Email: [email protected] Phone: 07547 238 162 CEO: Email: [email protected] Phone: 07908 364 112 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 [...]
ASSIST Sheffield
Since 2003, ASSIST Sheffield has provided accommodation, bespoke casework service and welfare payments to people forced into destitution by the asylum system. Offering a period of relative stability from which clients can begin to rebuild their lives and pursue their legal rights, ASSIST fosters an atmosphere of welcome in Sheffield, and works to challenge the policies of destitution and the hostile environment. Phone: 0300 201 0072 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
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 [...]
Voices in Exile
Voices in Exile work with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants with no recourse to public funds in East and West Sussex and Surrey. We offer practical and legal support including generalist advice and specialist immigration casework (up to IAA Level 2) for those who would otherwise be unable to access justice. As part of our holistic approach we also offer practical support including a weekly food and toiletries bank for those who are destitute; and also advocate for, accompany and enable people to access services, build community, and develop their own potential through a programme of learning and creative [...]
Bristol Hospitality Network
Bristol Hospitality Network (BHN) extends solidarity to people seeking asylum and experiencing destitution through accommodation and creative community involvement. BHN provides full board accommodation in host households or in its large house for men in Bristol, as well as community volunteering opportunities and social enterprise in solidarity with both male and female asylum seekers experiencing destitution. BHN also offers a weekly welcome centre for over 100 asylum seekers and refugees and a solidarity fund for those with no other money. Contact: Laura Chester Phone: 07544 971 885 Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
Refugee Support Group
Refugee Support Group helps refugees and asylum seekers to rebuild their lives in Berkshire. Started in 1994 by a group of refugees, we now provide services to hundreds of families and individuals across all of Berkshire. We support refugees from more than 50 countries who have escaped war, violence, persecution and modern slavery. Many have been victims of human trafficking. Some have been tortured. Some have No Recourse to Public Funds. We provide a safe space, IAA accredited advice, practical support and social activities. We run English classes and assist with accessing education, volunteering and employment. We empower our community [...]
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
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
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
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
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
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