First Asian Support Trust (FAST) – CoGS (Community Guidance Service)
Everybody is welcome to ask for our help.
Our IAG Workers are trained to understand a wide range of community difficulties and are skilled at referring to specialist support agencies. The Service is supported by the Cheetham Advice Centre.
CoGS provides one-to-one confidential information, advice and guidance. Bi-lingual Support Workers are available to address language and cultural barriers.
Practical help people typically ask us for includes:
• Housing
• Benefits
• Contracts of work
• Debt
• Asylum
• Abuse
• Lack of skills and qualifications
• Letters
The kinds of referrals we make include helping people with:
• Self-harm and suicide
• Family conflict
• Domestic abuse
• Homelessness
• Modern day slavery
• Hate crime
• Alcohol and drug abuse
How to access:
Drop into our centre or call us
- Education and Training
- Employability
- English Language
- Homelessness and Destitution
- Drop In
- Phone
- Digital Support
Community Point Resource Centre, 551 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, M8 9HZ
0161 740 3399
0161 795 9513
Service is operating at normal capacity.
(last updated - 25/02/26)
Drop-in
Monday to Friday
Hours: 10:00 - 17:00
Immigration Status: All
Minimum Age: 19
Region: Cheetham, Longsight, Central Manchester
Asylum Seekers must have been in UK for over 6 months for accredited courses.
None available