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
Ark of Hope Foundation
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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
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
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
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
West End Refugee Service (WERS)
At West End Refugee Service (WERS) our mission is to achieve positive change for asylum seekers and refugees through our direct support services, by creating opportunities for people to engage and thrive in their local communities and through our work raising awareness, promoting good practice and challenging injustices in the system. We will become a platform for the voice of the people we support and will ensure their lived experience shapes the work we do. Contact: Andy Durma Email: [email protected] Phone: 0191 273 7482 Website | Twitter
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
Hope Into Action: Southampton
Hope into Action: Southampton is a project of City Life Church Southampton. It is a franchise, and part of the wider Hope Into Action UK network – a Christian housing project set up to help break the cycle of housing poverty. Website
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
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
Refugee Welcome Homes
Refugee Welcome Homes links newly granted refugees with lodgings in family homes across Bristol. We provide ongoing support and signposting to landlords and lodgers to enable refugees to resettle in Bristol. Contact: Nese Davidson-Birch Email: [email protected] Website / Facebook
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
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
Unity in Poverty Action
At UPA we run the Leeds Homeless Charter Migration and Homelessness Group. We are a networking organisation and don't provide any front line services, apart from delivering some food parcels. Contact: David Paterson Phone: 07903 123 283 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
Holy Family of Bordeaux
We reach out where possible to destitute asylum seekers. Contact: Maria Crowley Email: [email protected] Phone: 07907625366