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, [...]
Humans for Rights Network
Humans for Rights Network (HfRN) is a need-led human rights organisation working in solidarity with people forced to migrate. We exist to facilitate safety and dignity, to document and challenge human rights abuses within asylum and border systems, and to advance a rights-based approach to migration across the UK and Northern Europe. We are led and informed by the people we work with. Through investigative casework, cross-border collaboration, survivor-led witnessing and strategic advocacy, we seek both individual remedies and systemic change, confronting structural racism, discrimination and the violence embedded in hostile border regimes. We provide support to migrants under 18 [...]
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. We provide legal advice and representation to legal aid eligible asylum seekers for initial asylum claims, asylum appeals, and fresh claims. 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 [...]
Refugee Action
Refugee Action helps people who’ve survived some of the world’s worst regimes. We get them the basic support they need to live again with dignity. Then we help them build safe, happy and productive lives in the UK. Our vision is that refugees and people seeking asylum will be welcome in the UK. They will get justice, live free of poverty and be able to successfully rebuild their lives. We are based in several locations: London, Manchester, Bradford and Birmingham. Email: [email protected] Website / Refugee Action Good Practice Website
Rainbow Migration
Rainbow Migration provides practical and social support to improve self-esteem and confidence, reduce isolation, and help access health services and housing. They run in-person men’s, women’s and trans support groups in London every 2 weeks. They also give specialist legal information and advice to LGBTQI+ people who are seeking asylum or making partnership applications to live in the UK with their partners. They have partnerships with several law firms to whom they can refer service users for quality legal representation. You may find their guide on how to apply for asylum here. It is available in English, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, [...]
Micro Rainbow
Micro Rainbow provides housing and social support for LGBTQI refugees and asylum seekers. We also provide move-on support for LGBTQI refugees, training and coaching, as well as advocacy work to promote the rights, safety and inclusion of LGBTQI people seeking sanctuary. Email: [email protected] Website
Breaking Barriers
Breaking Barriers We welcome refugees into meaningful employment with advice, experience and education. We believe in the power of responsible business to change society for the better through our innovative partnerships. Contact: Carmen Chapell Elkin Email: [email protected] Website / Twitter / Facebook
Saint John of God Hospitaller Services (SJOG)
SJOG’s Modern Slavery Services provide accommodation in safehouses and outreach services to support victims of trafficking or modern day slavery. Working in partnership with The Salvation Army as part of the Government’s Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC), SJOG teams across the country provide specialist support to help people to recover and rehabilitate from their experiences. Phone: 01325 373 700 Email: [email protected] Website
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
Welcome Churches
Welcome Churches exists to see no refugee alone in the UK. We do this by inspiring, equipping and resourcing local churches across the UK to welcome refugees and asylum seekers in their local community. Our main project, Welcome Boxes, gives an intentional welcome to newly-arrived refugees and asylum seekers within the first three months of arrival in a new place. Our Welcome Network also profiles refugee-welcoming churches across the UK so that they can find a 'welcome' from local people when they first arrive in a new community. Office: 01332 498 041 Email: [email protected] Website /Facebook
National Zakat Foundation
We are a charity that provides financial grants to people in need. This is done through the following funds - hardship relief, housing, work and education. Website: National Zakat Foundation - Zakat charity in the UK (nzf.org.uk) Social media: Facebook / Twitter
Crisis
Crisis works directly with thousands of homeless people every year. They provide vital help so that people can rebuild their lives and are supported out of homelessness for good. They offer one to one support, advice and courses for homeless people in 12 areas across England, Scotland and Wales. How Crisis helps someone depends on their individual needs and situation. It could be with finding a home and settling in, getting new skills and finding a job, or help with their health and wellbeing. Crisis uses research to find out how best to improve their services, but also to find [...]
Refugee Council
The Refugee Council works directly with thousands of refugees each year. The charity supports them from the moment they arrive in the UK. They provide crisis advice and practical support, help them to integrate into their new communities and offer mental health counselling to help them come to terms with the trauma so many of them have experienced. The Refugee Council is the only organisation providing a national service in support of refugee children and young people who arrive in the UK alone. They also speak up for refugees using their work as an evidence base and ensure refugees have [...]
Migration Foundation (Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing)
Migration Foundation The Migration Foundation has a 1 x 10 bedroom house in Derby, East Midlands for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers with no recourse to public funds. The property belongs to Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, with the service fully funded by the Migration Foundation (a restricted fund of MTVH). We take referrals from local charities and take a holistic approach to support our clients. We offer small hardship grants, receive food donations from local businesses, support residents who want to volunteer or access employment, and offer opportunities for clients to socialise, play sports, etc. Most clients already have legal [...]
Together With Migrant Children
Together with Migrant Children works with children, young people and families who are migrants, refugees or asylum seekers. We work nationwide, with the majority of our work in London and the South East. We are a small team of social workers, youth workers and other family practitioners. We provide holistic support for families, support with safeguarding, work and advocacy with families with No Recourse to Public Funds and carry out assessment work for a wide variety of different purposes. We also run activity days for destitute migrant children and their families. Phone: 01865 528 658 Email: [email protected] Website
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 [...]
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
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