We are a supported housing scheme for single homeless people, situated close to both Manchester City Centre and Salford Shopping City.

Our accommodation is varied but consists primarily of single rooms with cooking facilities, all within a 2-mile radius of the office.

Comprehensive support is provided to each service user with weekly support sessions by our dedicated support staff.

George House Trust has been providing HIV support, advice and advocacy services to improve health outcomes since 1985. We are a service user centred organisation, with a diverse team of highly trained and knowledgeable staff and volunteers.

At George House Trust we offer 1 to 1 services for everyone and as someone living with HIV, you can talk to an adviser on any issue that may concern you and they will advise, signpost or advocate on your behalf.

Our advisers can also signpost you to other organisations if you have a specific need, which may not be directly related to your HIV health.

The Greater Manchester ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Advice Service helps people in Manchester, Salford, Rochdale, Bury, Trafford, Oldham, and Tameside improve their English. They work with local authorities and offer various ESOL courses at different levels. You can access help through online assessments or by contacting them directly. They provide both classroom-based and online learning options, and help with practising English outside of formal classes.

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit is a voluntary organisation supporting people subject to immigration control for over 25 years.

We offer free legal advice, representation and support services to people seeking asylum, refugees, children and vulnerable adults.

The GM Migrant Destitution Fund (MDF) provides cash grants for people forced into destitution by their immigration status. 

We operate a “fund-plus” model. Beyond our grants programme, we also: 

• Signpost where possible for additional support and pathways out of destitution
• Develop partnership working between frontline organisations across GM  
• Advocate for change to build towards a society where no one is made destitute because of where they come from.  

GMYN is a charity that helps young people. Our Being Together programme is specially for asylum-seekers and refugees who arrived in the UK under 18 without parents/guardians. We work with these children and young people up to age 21, in partnership with GMIAU. We offer: Weekly groups in different areas of Greater Manchester, after school/college. These groups are a fun social space where young people can try activities like art, cooking, sport, volunteering, or learn about life in the UK.

At Golden Centre of Opportunities we offer training and support in a variety of courses.

We support in Housing, Schools, Social Services, Appeals & Advocacy Service, Utility Bills & Issues. We also do a Homework Club in English, Maths & Science, ages 8 - 16 year olds. 

Some of the courses we offer include:

• ESOL
• Information, Advice & Guidance
• Work Club
• Basic IT
• City & Guilds short online courses for Childcare, Safeguarding and Health & Social Care
• British Sign Language

We enable the people of Greater Manchester to campaign for change as well as to provide access to free and independent legal advice and representation for people who could not otherwise afford it.

Our friendly and dedicated front-of-house reception staff will try to help you with all your enquiries – on the phone or face to face. To use our services, you need to be resident in Greater Manchester. If we are able to deal with your enquiry, we will arrange an appointment with one of our case workers or monthly legal advice clinics.

At Greater Together Manchester we build effective partnerships in communities to bring about positive change by tackling poverty and transforming lives throughout Greater Manchester and Rossendale.

​We enrich, inspire and equip communities with the skills, knowledge and confidence to bring about change in their localities, to help tackle social injustice and ensure that everyone can enjoy life in all its fullness.

​We help relieve financial hardship, by providing our own services where necessary, as well as providing information, advice and infrastructure support for other community projects.

We are a large resilient community of asylum seekers and refugees and dedicated volunteers centred around our thriving allotment site in Levenshulme, Manchester. We welcome people from across Greater Manchester to our garden to give and access support and create a relaxing, therapeutic space to enjoy together.

We develop therapeutic horticulture projects with and for our members, meeting members needs through signposting, referral and the provision of individualised support and building community and networks of solidarity, mutual aid and peer support.

Guidance Hub is a community-focused organisation based in Manchester. Our work revolves around three key pillars: education, spirituality, and community service. By providing essential services and fostering a culture of compassion and growth, we aim to positively impact the lives of individuals and families across the region.

Through our educational programs, spiritual guidance, and community initiatives, we strive to equip individuals with the tools they need to live fulfilling, purposeful lives.

Sure Start is the government programme to deliver the best start in life for every child.

Sure Start Children's Centres are places where children under 5 years old and their families can access a wide range of support services and information including early education, childcare, health and family support.

Hazelhurst Solicitors has a Private immigration team which assists clients from all over the world to navigate the complex UK immigration laws. Solicitors from our Immigration department can give advice to individuals or families if:

• Migrating to the UK
• Already in the UK, but seeking to regularise their immigration status, o
• Applying for further leave to remain, or settlement in the UK

Heart4Refugees is a charity that support refugees to fully integrate into our community, helping them to build new, successful lives and relationships.

We provide practical assistance, advocacy, and community integration services for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
We offer support through our drop-in centre and community activities such as Art Therapy and Bicycle club.

At Heart and Parcel We work with people learning English to recognise, celebrate and develop their existing rich skills and knowledge, so they can communicate confidently and live fulfilling lives.  

We do this by supporting learners to flourish in their local communities and forge connections by developing English language and communication skills through the medium of food.

Supporting People seeking Sanctuary – a Place of Welcome, Safety and Hope Our project has grown out of Hill House, a much loved family home, which is now used as a rest and retreat venue in particular for refugees, asylum seekers and survivors of trafficking or torture. The house is also available for others who are seeking short periods of restoration, or to pursue a particular creative interest, either as individuals or in groups.

Holy Trinity Church & Community Centre (HTCCC) is a dedicated community hub that partners with Tameside College to deliver educational and enrichment programs, particularly for local, hard-to-reach women.

We offer Pre-Entry level ESOL courses designed to boost confidence and foster connections among women. Our friendly and supportive learning environment covers a broad ESOL curriculum, including phonics, everyday life skills, and health and wellbeing topics.

Home-Start HOST is a local charity of trained volunteers and dedicated, experienced staff.  We help families with young children flourish during the years of early childhood, supporting parents across Tameside, Oldham, Stockport, Bolton & Glossop.

We offer a range of support, from one-to-one support in the home to specialist early learning, breastfeeding and perinatal support.

Hope Cafe is a place for asylum seekers, refugees and their families to receive support in many ways from reading letters, emailing and phoning to having access to food, household items and clothes. We want every person to feel valued and to integrate into life here. The team give time to help people to learn English, run an allotment and to play football together.

We also have a Bible study for Farsi speakers, and for more than a year now we have been delivering food to homes. Contact us for more details, we want to help however we can!

We connect socially isolated asylum seekers and refugees with volunteer befrienders. We operate in London, Greater Manchester and Tyne & Wear.

Through careful matching with friendly residents, we aim to give refugees a positive experience of our cities, a pathway into our communities and a relaxed space for practising English.

image is a Christian charity whose core belief is that everyone has worth and value from the beginning of life to its natural end. We are committed to treating everyone equally, regardless of religion, race, background, beliefs, age or sex and work with the general public from all walks of life.

For parents on little or no income, we provide a service of baby clothes and equipment at our office in Manchester.

The Pregnancy Helpline work has had a compassionate focus on those considering or who have had an abortion. Support has now been extended to cover other areas of pregnancy and child loss. We also offer practical and emotional support to families of young children who are in financial hardship.

At the Immigration Advice Service our lawyers specialise in a wide range of UK visas, nationality and asylum applications and have represented clients in various successful complex and high-profile cases.

We offer professional assistance for several immigration processes, such as:

• Entry clearance, leave to enter and leave to remain
• Applications under the points-based system
• Marriage and Family visas
• Permanent residency and British citizenship applications
• Work permits and employment immigration services
• Deportation appeals, bail and detention matters
• Refugee and humanitarian protection enquiries
• Appeals and judicial review challenges

Integrated Sexual Health Services provide free and confidential sexual health services. This includes information and advice on all types of contraception, STI testing and treatment. Our service is confidential, non-judgemental and for people of all ages, genders, and orientations.

Everyone is welcome and you don’t need to see a GP first.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) offers services to support refugees and asylum seekers into work in the UK. These include a comprehensive Job Readiness course, which helps individuals find jobs, create excellent applications, build interview skills, and understand their legal rights in the workplace.

*This organisations programmes are no longer taking referrals*

The Working Well Work and Health Programme, in partnership with the DWP, is a tailored service to support you back into employment, with help from employment specialists, health professionals and community organisations.

We are a charity providing free English language support to refugee and migrant children in Bristol and Oxford. We help children and young people from refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant communities in deprived areas of Bristol and Oxford. The children and young people we support are a wonderfully diverse group, representing many different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The thing they have in common is that they speak English as an additional language and their school teachers know that they would benefit from the extra support we offer - perhaps because they lack confidence, are struggling at school, or have just arrived in the UK and are new to English.

Jigsaw Foundation is an exciting new £450,000 fund to support local projects run by charities, resident and community groups, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and partner agencies.

Julian House is a charity that supports vulnerable and at-risk individuals. These include adults and young people experiencing homelessness, escaping domestic abuse, adults with learning difficulties and people who need support after leaving prison.

At Kalsi Legal Aid, we are committed to providing compassionate and expert legal assistance to asylum seekers.

Our dedicated team of legal professionals offers comprehensive services, including application assistance, document preparation, interview coaching, support for those in immigration detention and representation at all stages of the asylum process.

We also support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children providing comprehensive legal representation, support in navigating the asylum process, and collaboration with social services to ensure the best possible outcomes for these vulnerable individuals.

At the Kashmir Youth Project we help individuals obtain the services and skills they require to meet and fulfil community and personal needs. We offer a high level of practical and lived experience, know-how and a network with long established partnerships.

In line with our aims, we provide an on-site Nursery (Little Gems) as well as an Elders Day Care Centre (Apna Ghar). KYP also offers business support by providing excellent affordable managed workspace for new start-ups and growth companies.

KYP also provides a bi-lingual Welfare Advice service for those that struggle to access the support they need due to language barriers.

We have state of the art conference and training facilities as well as community facilities for residents, community groups and other organisations for hire.

Kids In Need Of Defense UK protects undocumented children in the UK.

We provide free legal help to children, young people and families as they navigate the UK immigration system. We partner with lawyers and law firms across the country to ensure the best quality legal advice and representation.

We protect the rights and wellbeing of undocumented children and young people.

We campaign for systemic change to ensure that all children are safe and able to thrive regardless of their immigration status.

Learning Unlimited is a not for profit social enterprise that specialises in adult and family learning, ESOL and integration, literacy, numeracy and teacher education.

We believe in learning as empowerment and engage adults and families in local communities who face a wide range of issues and barriers to social inclusion. We also train the volunteers and professionals who work with and support them.

Here at Lei Dat & Baig Solicitors our Immigration solicitors have an outstanding reputation for acting on behalf of individuals with highly successful results.

Our Immigration lawyers can assist you with your Asylum and Human Rights case no matter how complex it is. We are able to assist you with:

• Applications to the Home Office for asylum for any of the convention reasons
• Cases involving children, victims of torture and rape, domestic violence, trafficking, sexual orientation and gender related issues
• Human rights applications based on fear of torture, or cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment
• Human Rights applications on medical grounds of serious illness
• Human Rights applications on the basis of family or length of residence in the United Kingdom
• Representation at all levels of the appeal system;
• Judicial Review applications to the Administrative Court relating to Asylum and Human Rights matters
• Family reunion
• Representing those who face exclusion from the Refugee Convention

Inspire is a multi-purpose community venue based inside a former church, a thriving and and well-loved centre owned by the people of Levenshulme.

All the activities, classes and events that happen at Inspire aim to benefit local people through community activity, creativity, enterprise and fun. But we also aim to draw people in from further afield to take part in our activities, and to see how fantastic our neighbourhood is.

We’re able to hold such a diverse range of events because of our flexible facilities. Inspire has:

• An onsite café with room for around 50 covers, open from Monday to Friday 10:30am-2:30pm term time only. The kitchen and cafe can prepare food for on-site and External events.
• Three functions rooms of different sizes available for hire for classes, activities and meetings.
• Affordable office space to hire, plus meeting and consultation rooms for hire.

At Levy Old Library we strive to be:

• A community centre that all sections of the community can use
• A home for arts and cultural activities
• A home for performance, music and events that celebrate our community
• A youth-friendly space
• A home for learning and growing, where individuals can improve their lives
• A home for groups: Offices, meeting spaces, resources etc
• A building that pays its way whilst benefiting the aims above (such as through pop up cafés, exhibitions, a party venue and place for celebration)

We are a national charity with LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We celebrate and empower LGBTQ+ individuals and our diverse communities to realise their full potential, every day.

We provide services and activities that give a lifeline to those in need, offering hope and support on their journey towards achieving their aspirations.

Our services and activities include:

- A range of support groups

- Face-to-face counselling

- Helpline, email and pop-in service

- Befriending scheme

- Sexual health programme

- Substance-misuse project

- Organisational training

- A range of guides and resources

- National website

- Advice surgeries including legal advice

- LGBT infrastructure support

- Various research projects and policy campaigning

Each service has different access. Our befriending scheme, is self-referral. For other services please visit our website for updated information.

Lifeshare is a voluntary organisation established to help meet the needs of homeless and vulnerable people in Manchester and Salford. The first point of contact is with people on the streets, offering practical assistance, support and information.

From this point we offer continued assistance that enables people to secure suitable accommodation, support them in maintaining their tenancies, and help them to access initiatives that carry their lives forward.

Our NHS funded first-language mental health service is designed to support refugees and asylum-seekers in temporary hotel accommodation in Greater Manchester. We understand that refugees may experience various mental health challenges due to the stressful and traumatic experiences they have encountered in their home countries and during their journey to seek asylum.

At LHH we provide financial assistance to those who are in hardship due to illness or disability. This includes physical and diagnosed mental health conditions, learning disabilities and people caring for an adult or child with a disability.

We help those who are living on a very low income, receiving the appropriate welfare benefits and who have exhausted all other funding sources including statutory funding, occupational, local and specialist charities. 

Assistance is offered to all ages; help for children should be made with a parent/legal guardian as the lead applicant.

We can offer one-off grants, extended assistance and carers' breaks.

Our specialist immigration solicitors can advise people about their immigration and nationality status and the applications that they may be able to make to the Home Office.

• We have national expertise in Statelessness based applications – with full representation for applications for permission to stay and to register as British citizens on the grounds of statelessness.
• We advise and assist people with children who want to register as British, and can help with fee waiver applications.
• We can advise and assist refugees who want to naturalise as British Citizens.
• We can help with renewal of leave to remain on a discretionary or human rights basis.
• We can assist with SET(P) applications for refugees seeking Indefinite Leave to Remain.
• We can support individuals with Refugee status or Humanitarian Protection to obtain travel documents.

We support the homeless, isolated and vulnerable in Salford and the surrounding area.

We run a drop in centre which is open Monday to Friday 9am -12.30pm (afternoon opening for appointments and activity sessions only).

At the drop in centre we:

• Serve free hot meals with indoor and outdoor seating available.
• Can help with advice and referrals in to Housing, support with food, finances, health, accommodation and benefits  or we can get you in touch with lots of other services that can help you.
• Provide access to Salford Foodbank, advice, guidance and support appointments and access to the Homeless GP Service and Achieve Recover12.3

Our Skills for Life Centre is open daily

Monday - Drop in Arts and Craft Groups

Tuesdays - Housing advice and support drop in run by Salford Council

Wednesdays - Employability day actively supporting people in to employment and training

Thursdays - ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) take place in the mornings. In afternoon we run a basic to advanced IT and computer course.

Friday - Yoga classes

Longsight Children’s Centre provides high-quality, welcoming and accessible environments and support services that empower families to achieve their full potential.

The centre is in the same building as Longsight Nursery and Longsight School, and we all work together to provide seamless provision and support for children aged 0-11 and their families.

Our shared building ensures that families have a single point of contact and that services can be provided effectively and efficiently.

Manchester’s most diverse and bustling neighbourhood deserves a library to match. So if your morning paper is in Bangla or Urdu, we’ve got it. If you like your picture books in Polish, we have some. If you like your fiction in Farsi, we’ve got that too.

Upstairs we’ve got Adult Education classes to get you from beginner-level computing to vocational teaching assistant. All this and we have bookable rooms for events and community activities.

Make a Difference community group brings together and fosters understanding amongst local people from the diverse communities across Greater Manchester.

We facilitate promote, support and develop recreational activities, events, fundraising, and project planning support, catering, and trips out. We welcome and support people with special needs and disabilities from all backgrounds to all our activities and events.

Our wide variety of courses cover lots of subjects including essential skills, English, maths and digital, as well as vocational courses in health and social care, and education, which are aimed at helping adults gain qualifications to help them move closer to the jobs market.

We also have a programme for learners with additional education needs, a very large ESOL provision for speakers of other languages and community learning courses that encourage people to become engaged and active in their local community.

Most of the courses that we offer are free and we have a dedicated and accredited careers and progression service.

The Manchester Chinese Centre is a charity that supports the Chinese community in Manchester and surrounding areas. They offer various services aimed at helping individuals and families improve their quality of life. Their work includes providing advice on housing, immigration, and employment, as well as health and social services.

The centre runs English language classes to help members of the community improve their language skills, as well as an advice drop-in assisting with the relief of poverty covering: Welfare benefits Citizenship Housing Homelessness Consumer rights Bad debt Family and personal issues Employment Education Health.

We are a non-religious organisation who want to create a more inclusive and welcoming city to those seeking sanctuary who bring skills, enterprise, music, food and hard work to enrich our city.

We deliver a volunteer programme that develops skills, supports our events and activities and creates opportunities for people to get involved and give back.

We connect with organisations to become better equipped and aware of the challenges facing refugees and Sanctuary Seekers, so they can support them more effectively and their services are better set up for those seeking sanctuary to access.

We raise awareness of the challenges and barriers that Sanctuary Seekers face and how local public bodies can address these, awarding those who demonstrate this well.

With our focus on careers and a work-ready Greater Manchester, we’re creating greater opportunities in the heart of our city and leading the way in education.

With our state-of-the-art campuses, centres of excellence, specialist industry facilities, and incredible range of courses, we’re creating fantastic career opportunities right in the heart of our city. Whatever your background, whatever your age, and whatever your ability, we’ll inspire and excite you. We’ll change your future and send you on the path to a rewarding career - and a job you’ve always wanted - with our employment-focused courses.

Manchester Community Central is a website through which voluntary and community groups and social enterprises across Manchester can easily get the support, advice and information they need – everything from funding searches through to news about local strategic developments and the hot topics at the Voluntary Sector Assembly.

The Manchester City Council provides services for individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. They offer support to people of all ages, including families, young adults, and vulnerable individuals.

The service helps people find emergency accommodation, such as hostels or temporary housing, and provides advice on housing options. For example, they assist with applying for housing benefits and understanding rights as tenants.

Manchester Migrant Solidarity (Manchester MiSol) is a self-help group set up as a convergence space for all migrants including asylum seekers offering practical and social activities for mutual support, empowerment and solidarity with non-migrants to build a powerful political voice against the systematic mistreatment of migrants in the UK.

Here are some of what we undertake:

• Awareness raising of migrants and asylum seekers’ issues
• Workshops (appeals, legal, campaigning etc.)
• Language help/lessons
• Socials (cooking etc.)
• Anti-deportation mobilisation and detention support
• Film showings/talks/infosessions

Manchester Refugee Support Network (MRSN) is a grass-roots organisation directly managed by refugee communities in Manchester. We provide practical support to those fleeing persecution, conflict, and various forms of injustice and abuse.

Support - We support refugees to access services and opportunities on an equal basis, in order to prevent all forms of poverty and allow individuals to fulfil their potential.

Educate - We educate refugees and asylum seekers on their rights and responsibilities as active citizens, and contribute to positive media representation of refugees.

Empower - We empower refugees to establish strong community organisations and provide platforms for them to represent the needs and aspirations of their communities.

The MUD team make beautiful gardens in urban spaces, where people grow, cook and eat delicious, healthy food together. These gardens are hubs for thriving, connected communities, havens for nature, and visions of a fair and sustainable alternative way to supply the food we need to be part of a fairer food system.

WE’RE BUILDING ROUTES TO MARKET

This includes the MUD Kitchen, the MUD shop & the monthly Farmers Market at Platt Fields Market Garden.

WE’RE PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING

We’re teaching people how to grow and cook food. We have a mixed team of food growers, chefs, and STH practitioners who deliver free sessions such as our New Growers Programme and our Open Volunteering Days.

WE’RE PROTECTING AND DEVELOPING GREEN SPACES AND NATURE

We’ve worked on over 30 gardens since 2019. We design and build community gardens around the city and we maintain 3 large gardens in South, Central and East Manchester.

WE’RE GROWING, COOKING AND EATING TOGETHER

Our gardens are places where local people can participate in activities that support greater wellbeing such as cooking clubs and community lunches and volunteer lunches.

Sure Start is the government programme to deliver the best start in life for every child. Sure Start Children’s Centres are places where children under 5 years old and their families can access a wide range of support services and information including early years education, childcare, health and family support. Sure Start Children’s Centres offer a number of sessions, which provide young children with opportunities to develop and learn by good quality experiences.

Maternity Action is the UK’s maternity rights charity dedicated to promoting, protecting and enhancing the rights of all pregnant women, new mothers and their families to employment, social security and health care.

We a provide a variety of resources including:

• Information sheets
• Free legal advice
• Casework
• Peer support
• Free help for employers
• Reports
• Training

We also provide a NHS maternity charging service. Maternity Action’s NHS charging team is the only specialist advice service that provides free legal advice and representation to women who’ve been charged for their NHS maternity care.

The service is open to all women who have been charged, their partners, friends and family, midwives, other health professionals and advisers.

MRSN provide practical help to refugees “moving-on” from the asylum system and to support their onward social and economic independence for life in the Liverpool region and beyond.  Our service is person centred to meet client needs throughout their integration journey, underpinned by our health and wellbeing work. 

We offer casework and advocacy support to help clients with benefit applications,  support with applications for statutory housing services, emergency financial and destitution support.  Once out of crisis we can offer employability support when resources allow.  We also offer community support to refugee diaspora communities.

We are a Christ-centred congregation which serves, celebrates and affirms the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities of Manchester and North West England.

Our trans members play a full and active part in our ministry, leading worship, celebrating Holy Communion, welcoming others, preaching, and taking part in the government of church. People may dress as they please and we provide care and support for people at all stages in their journey. Our trans members are particularly skilled at helping and encouraging other trans people as they explore their identities. Our whole church welcomes everyone who comes without bias or prejudice. Many of our members are lesbian, bisexual or gay and know from their own experience about the pain of coming to terms with who they really are.

Micro Rainbow’s vision is to create a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people are free from discrimination, persecution and have equal opportunities in life, including in accessing employment, training, education, financial services, healthcare, housing, places of faith, and public services.

We do this by:

• Providing safe housing to LGBTQI asylum seekers 
• Facilitating access to employment, volunteering, training and education for LGBTQI refugees through our moving on programme
• Providing social inclusion activities to reduce the extreme isolation faced by LGBTQI people
• Advocacy – up to 6 tailored sessions with Outreach Officers to meet need and requirements, providing legal workshops and signposting and collaborating with relevant organisations

Manchester Immigration Detainee Support Scheme - visitors to immigration detainees held at Manchester Airport. We offer emotional and social support to try and improve the conditions of people held in detention. MIDST is a volunteer-run group and visits and supports men and women being detained at RSTHF302, a short-term holding facility at Manchester Airport. The group also visits and supports men being held post-sentence under immigration control at HMP Manchester. We provide information about detention, people's rights, and signpost people to relevant support.

MIDST visits the centre three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) between 10am-12pm. Usually it is just one member per visit. We introduce ourselves to anyone who is in detention and offer the opportunity to speak with us in private in the visitors room. If you would like to meet with us just ask a member of staff or speak to us when our volunteers come to visit. We can also be contacted via email. The telephone number provided is for AVID. MIDST do not have a direct telephone number.

Here at Migrant Help, we exist to protect people affected by displacement and exploitation, helping them thrive as individuals and recover from their trauma. We support those most in need and least likely to find support elsewhere, whilst aiming to bridge community gaps and bring services and support together.

Our core services include:

Asylum Support

Those seeking asylum in the UK can come to us to seek help with applying for accommodation and financial support, to report issues with asylum accommodation, and any other advice needed during their asylum journey. We also provide support during the post-decision period, whether the decision has been positive or negative.

Victims of Slavery and Human Trafficking Support

We provide specialist support and accommodation to victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, and their dependants. Our dedicated casework teams provide safe accommodation, develop support plans and facilitate access to key services in order to empower clients as they recover from trauma.

Refugee Resettlement

In September 2015, the Government committed to bringing 20,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees into the UK under the SVPR scheme by 2020. We work alongside local authorities in East Kent to assist refugees resettled in the area. We support the individuals and families as they settle into their new communities, helping them to cope with trauma with the help of specialist services, learn English and access healthcare, education, employment opportunities and other key services.

EU Settlement Scheme

We are committed to advising and supporting vulnerable people in this process, including those who are part of Gypsy, traveller or Roma communities, homeless, elderly, disabled, adults who have left care or victims of domestic abuse, modern slavery or human trafficking.

Clear Voice Interpreting Services

Clear Voice offers high-quality interpreting and translation services throughout the UK and is the only social enterprise service of its kind. All of Clear Voice’s profits are donated back to Migrant Help to support our work.  

We have launched a dedicated Migrant Women Housing and Support Advice Service for pregnant women and new mothers across the Greater Manchester and Cheshire East region. We can provide advice on a range of issues including:

• Housing and support for asylum seekers including who qualifies and how to apply
• Advice on what to do if there are delays in receiving Home Office support
• Advice for women who have No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)
• Advice on maternity provisions, maternity grants and other payments for migrant and asylum seeking women
• Advice for women who are survivors of trafficking and domestic abuse
• Advice on adding a new dependent to a person’s Home Office support
• Advice for pregnant women who are living in unsuitable Home Office accommodation or in hotels
• Advice about NHS charges for maternity care and children’s care

The service provides free and confidential advice on entitlements to housing and support for migrant and asylum seeking women in Greater Manchester and Cheshire East.

We support migrants on their journey to integration and independence and work to foster a more welcoming environment for migrants in the UK. We do this by supporting migrants to teach cookery classes to the general public. Our training programmes are designed to support refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants facing challenges integrating in the UK. We offer a nurturing community, empowering you to share your culinary heritage, stories, and authentic dishes from your homeland.

Our local Minds offer help and support to those who need it most. There's more than 100 local Minds across England and Wales, offering specialised support and care based on the needs of their communities.

We change minds across England and Wales by making mental health an everyday priority. By standing up to the injustices – in healthcare, in work, in law – which make life harder for those of us with mental health problems.

We support minds – by offering help whenever you might need it through our information, advice and local services.

And we connect minds. Bringing together an unstoppable network of individuals and communities – people who care about mental health to make a difference.

Sure Start is the government programme to deliver the best start in life for every child.

Sure Start Children's Centres are places where children under 5 years old and their families can access a wide range of support services and information including early education, childcare, health and family support.

At Mustard Tree we create opportunities to help improve economic wellbeing and find settled homes. We do this through community shops, training placements, support services, gifting schemes, vocational training and creative classes – offering a consistent, warm welcome to all. 

Sure Start is the government programme to deliver the best start in life for every child.

Sure Start Children's Centres are places where children under five years old and their families can access a wide range of support services and information including early education, childcare, health and family support.

Nightstop Greater Manchester and Cheshire East places young people aged 16-25 in the homes of volunteer hosts. We are an emergency accommodation service delivered by Depaul UK and covers Greater Manchester and Cheshire East.

Nightstop hosts provide a private room, a warm meal and somewhere safe to stay for the night, whilst Nightstop helps to find a permanent solution to a young person’s homelessness.

We are a black-led charity and for over two decades, we’ve been dedicated to providing mental health assistance, particularly to adults from Black, Asian, and Minoritized Communities. Our therapists offer various talking therapies that are sensitive to different cultures and responsive to individual needs, aiming to lessen the impact of emotional mental distress. Additionally, our practitioners are committed to offering comprehensive support and advice tailored to each person’s unique situation. How to Refer For Professionals: If you think someone you’re assisting might benefit from Nilaari’s services, please touch base with us before directing them our way. By doing this, we can share more about what we offer and you can inform us about the individual’s specific needs. For Individuals: If you’re facing challenges and think Nilaari could help, don’t hesitate to reach out directly. Just give us a call on 0117 952 5742, and we will arrange an initial meeting with one of our practitioners.

We support with asylum applications, evisa, travel documents, citizenship, indefinate leave, DV and other .We also provide employment, welfare and benefits support, digital training and all assisted digital support, ESOL classes, arts and crafts and many other classes and course, pre employment accredtied courses, Cohesion events- work from 12 venues across north Manchester

NCA is run with an emphasis on relieving poverty, promoting health & wellbeing, advancing skills & learning and enhancing the quality of life for the people who engage with us and use our services – this is a reflection of our mission and volunteer designed and community endorsed logo. 

The majority of services we offer are free of charge so we rely on many different sources of funding to keep the services open; we also host a range of other free services that are delivered by other local charities or partner organisations.

Services we run out of our centre include:

• Homework clubs
• Community diner
• Stay and play for ages 0-5
• Self-help groups and 1:1s
• Talk English
• Knit, craft and chat
• Next steps project - Support for 16+ with benefits, housing, finances and online courses

Oldham Council provides a range of services to support its residents. These services include housing assistance, social care, education, and benefits. They work with individuals, families, and local organisations to ensure people have access to the help they need.

The Council housing team provide advice and information about housing and homelessness.

Examples of their work include helping individuals with housing deposits, arranging temporary shelter, and offering personalised housing plans to meet each person’s specific needs

Every year thousands of adult learners join us to start or re-start their learning, learn a creative skill or to improve their health and well-being. Some want to gain new qualifications to help them obtain a job, progress in their work, or make a change in their career. Others want to improve their reading, writing, speaking, maths or computer skills because not having these skills is causing them problems in the job market or in their everyday life.

We understand that many people joining us may not have studied for many years or may not have had the best experience of education in school.

We strive to provide the right learning experience for adults as we work together to provide a supportive learning environment to meet the needs of all our learners. We can offer as much information, advice, guidance and support as you need, when you need it, including guidance from The National Careers Service and Get Oldham Working Team.