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If you have recently been granted leave to remain, we can provide advice and support around rights and entitlements in the move on period, including help with applying for benefits, exploring housing options, information about and support to access healthcare, education and employment, and additional services such as applying for travel documents.

You can get anything from Manchester Libraries’ vast lending collection delivered here to Nuthurst Road, just off Broadway. If you don’t fancy the latest blockbuster, why not try Byron’s poetry - the great poet’s ancestors were once neighbours of ours when Moston Hall stood nearby. Our volunteers make sure we have regular events and there’s free wifi and internet computers with reading groups and children’s activities.

Services include:

• Books for loan

• Free wifi

• Computer facilities and internet access

• Health Information Point

• Printing

• Talking books for loan

There may be a charge for some services see fines and charges

How to access:

Join, search and reserve
https://manchester.spydus.co.uk

New Roots is a safe and friendly group for refugees and people seeking asylum. We are growing new roots in a new place, finding community and strength together.

Building community, supporting each other, learning, relaxing, and getting creative.

This service is free to attend. Friday mornings twice a month, at Stretford Public Hall.

How to access:

For more information please email us

New to Leeds is here to help people who are new to Leeds. It helps you find your way around and shows you how to get support.

Some examples of topics covered include: Transport, Health, Education, Housing, Banks and Money, Work, Caring for Your Family, Staying Safe, Living in your Neighbourhood, and Immigration.

Please remember:

This website does not give immigration advice. To get immigration advice, you must speak to a trained adviser who is registered with the Immigration Advice Authority.

Newton Heath has a mighty industrial past as the engineering powerhouse of Manchester. We’re still a powerhouse – of story sessions for tiny tots, job advice for ambitious locals, knitting groups for the creative and thrifty , and a Saturday Club , Code Club and Chatter books Reading Group for young people.

The library is situated in a lovely location next to the canal which attracts visitors who come to see the canal boats and resident Canada Geese. Come for a visit to see all the things you could do.

Services include:

• Benefit validation (10-12.30pm & 2-4.30pm Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat) & 2-7.30pm (Mon)
• Books for loan
• Free wifi
• Computer facilities and internet access
• DVDs for loan
• Exhibition space (small)
• Health information point
• Language courses for loan
• Local studies collection
• Meeting room
• Parent & carer information point
• Printing and photocopying
• Talking books for loan

There may be a charge for some services see fines and charges

How to access:

Join, search and reserve
https://manchester.spydus.co.uk

NHS Bury Talking Therapies is for people over the age of 16 years, who are registered with a GP in Bury.

We offer support and treatment if you're experiencing symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, low mood, stress, worry or anxiety, feelings of low self worth or panic attacks.

We can also help you to cope with the effects of a long-term health problem or chronic pain, post natal depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, eating difficulties and post traumatic stress reactions.

Our service is delivered by a range of professionals including therapists and counsellors, who will find a level of treatment that is right for you.

We also provide specialist support for those experiencing post-natal depression and for those with long term health conditions.

How to access:

Complete this self-referral form: https://www.iaptportal.co.uk/ServiceUser/SelfReferralForm.aspx?sd=41996d9a-373d-4aa9-925f-806ddcece1ea

Alternatively, you can speak to your GP or other health or care professional.

NHS Oldham Talking Therapies is for people over the age of 16 years, who are registered with a GP in Oldham.

We offer support and treatment if you're experiencing low mood, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief, and sleep difficulties.

We can help you deal with the effects of a long-term health condition, chronic pain, or post natal depression, We also offer couples therapy if you are struggling in your relationships, and psychosexual therapy for any intimacy difficulties.

Everyone who wishes to access the service will be invited to seminars to introduce the service and explain what we can offer, as well as learning strategies and techniques to use while waiting for treatment.

How to access:

Complete this self-referral form: https://www.iaptportal.co.uk/ServiceUser/SelfReferralForm.aspx?sd=d1691d22-8524-41cd-9a8e-405d6b2b035e

NHS Stockport Talking Therapies is for people over the age of 16 years, who are registered with a GP in Stockport.

We can help you to improve your emotional wellbeing in a safe, compassionate space, if you’re experiencing problems such as:

• low mood or depression

• anxiety disorders

• stress

• panic attacks

• sleep problems

• obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

• phobias

• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• We can also help you to manage the emotional impact of a long-term physical health problem, or chronic pain.

How to access:

Complete this self-referral form: https://www.iaptportal.co.uk/ServiceUser/SelfReferralForm.aspx?sd=0bcede30-1519-4d6b-a140-2a65658ae67b

If our service is right for your needs, we will offer you an assessment to see how our team of therapists and counsellors can help you to manage these feelings and symptoms.

Following your assessment, you may be offered our workshops, groups and online cognitive behavioural therapy. If these aren’t suitable for you we can also discuss one-to-one treatment options

NHS Tameside and Glossop Talking Therapies is for people over the age of 16 years, who are registered with a GP in Tameside or Glossop.

We offer a safe place and time to talk to someone who won’t judge you.

You might want to make sense of things or understand yourself better, resolve complicated feelings or recognise unhelpful patterns on how you act or feel.

We can help with:

• Depression and low mood

• Anxiety and worry

• Panic

• Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

• Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• Pre and post natal difficulties

• Social anxiety

• Phobias

• Long term health conditions

How to access:

You can access the NHS Talking Therapies service by completing this self referral form: https://www.iaptportal.co.uk/ServiceUser/SelfReferralForm.aspx?sd=cf125c66-c9bb-4b5a-b642-963d989045ff

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.

How to access:

If you are a young person in need of somewhere safe to stay tonight call us between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Since we opened, the light-converting panels on our roof and south wall have generated enough energy to power a street of 3-bed houses for 35 years. We share this dramatic and inspirational building – with North Manchester Sixth Form College and our stunning, modern atrium entrance now welcomes the whole community. Come and immerse yourself.

Services include:

• Books for loan including other languages: Polish

• Business information zone

• CDs for children for loan

• Free wifi

• Computer facilities and internet

• DVDs for loan

• Fax facility

• Health information point

• Local studies collection

• Meeting room to hire

• Newspapers and magazines

• Printing and photocopying

• Reading group

• Talking books for loan

• Visually impaired people unit

How to access:

Join, search and reserve
https://manchester.spydus.co.uk

Thanks to our volunteers we’re open 18 hours a week so you can order from Manchester Libraries’ vast lending collection of books. We’re now based at St. Wilfrid's Church Hall and there’s something for everyone here, including weekly story times for children and a monthly book-club.

Free I.T access is available using public laptops. Unfortunately, there are no printing facilities. Other libraries that do offer this service are Didsbury, Brooklands and Forum.

Services include:

• Books for loan

• Free wifi

There may be a charge for some services fines and charges

How to access:

Join, search and reserve
https://manchester.spydus.co.uk

We support with asylum applications, e-visa, travel documents, citizenship, indefinite leave, Domestic Violence 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 accredited courses, Cohesion events- work from 12 venues across north Manchester.

How to access:

Give us a call

Drop-in Job Club

The Oldham Bethel Food Club is a food security programme. 

How to access:

Membership is available for the food club by filling out an application form and paying a once-a-year membership fee of £5. This enables the member to “shop” at our food club.

The shopping fee of £3 provides between 12-15 of food items.

Membership for Bethel’s Food Club is open. You may request a membership form by emailing info@oldhambethelchurch.org.uk or drop by on a Food Club Saturday to fill out a membership form.

We focus on speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and also work on grammar, spelling and pronunciation. In addition we run specific courses at Level 1, combining ESOL with Hair and Beauty, Health and Social Care and Construction.

We also offer an Introduction to Asylum Seekers as a part-time course. ESOL courses are delivered during the day and evening at various times. We also offer specific courses in maths for ESOL learners.

How to access:

Please call or email us for more information

Get Oldham Working is a Council service that aims to help people find work and training opportunities.

Services include:

• Help if you are long-term unemployed or have limited recent work experience.

• Personal learning mentors to assist you with improving your job prospects

• Help with writing CVs and making job applications

• Help with getting a better job that makes the most of your skills

• Information about local jobs and training opportunities, including jobs fairs and other recruitment events

• A register you can join if you are seeking work.

How to access:

Complete the registration form on our website: https://www.oldham.gov.uk/forms/form/325/en/get_oldham_working_registration_form

The Oldham Homelessness service helps people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. They provide support to individuals and families in need, ensuring they have a safe place to live. The service works with various organisations, including charities, local councils, and housing providers, to find solutions for those in crisis.

In addition, the service offers information about housing options and rights. They also run prevention programmes to help people stay in their homes, such as mediation services for those facing disputes with landlords. Overall, the aim of the Oldham Homelessness service is to prevent homelessness and support people in finding stable and secure housing in the community.

How to access:

Contact by phone, email or complete and online referral platform: https://gm-ca.org/referral/FormPage.aspx

The Housing Options service will contact the applicant within 48 hours to offer them advice and, if required, an appointment to come and see a Housing Advisor.

We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

Our foodbank works using a voucher referral system.

Visiting a Foodbank: To access

Our foodbank works with a number of different agencies, such as Citizens Advice, children’s centres and health visitors. To find out more about the agencies that hold our vouchers and how you can get help, please contact us.

When you visit or call a referral agency they will take some basic details from you to complete the voucher.

Once you have been issued a voucher, you will receive 7 days of emergency food delivered to your address from Oldham Foodbank, or can redeem your voucher at Shaw & Crompton Churches Together.

Locations:

1) Shaw & Crompton Churches Together (OL2 8QY)
2) Oldham Foodbank (OL1 4ER) - no collection from this centre, only delivery*

Contact us:

Please complete this form to get in touch: https://oldham.foodbank.org.uk/contact-us/

Please phone the Crisis Hub on 0161 770 7007, or your case/key/social worker (if you have one) - who can assist with issuing a voucher for a food parcel.

Our service is confidential, non-judgemental and for people of all ages, genders, and orientations.

We provide free and confidential sexual health services. This includes information and advice on all types of contraception, STI testing and treatment.

We offer most forms of contraception and screening for sexually transmitted infections, particularly if you have no symptoms and need a check up. If you have symptoms get in touch with us for an appointment at one of our hubs, or call into one of our sit and wait sessions.

How to access:

Drop-in (or) book an appointment through our website (or) call us

We are an Adult Education provider (19 years and older) and offer English as a Second Language to residents across the borough in order to help learners to improve their English language.

Services include:

Oldham Lifelong Learning Service offer a range of vocational and non-vocational provision at Pre Entry, Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3 and Level 1.

Learners can work towards the Ascentis Award in ESOL Speaking & Listening, Award in ESOL Reading and Award in ESOL Writing across the academic year.

Courses are either one or two classes per week. Courses are four mornings or four afternoons per week. The provision is offered to Pre Entry, Entry 1 and Entry 2 learners who are actively looking for work.

How to access:

You can access this service via GM ESOL website or Job Centre coach.

All applications are processed through the centralised GM ESOL Service website - https://gmesol.org/take-a-test/. You will then be invited for an initial assessment on site at one of our campuses and placed on the waiting list.

Job Centre Plus learners can be referred for an initial assessment via their work coach by contacting Margaret Manning on 0161 770 1531.

We are an Adult Education provider (19 years and older) and offer English as a Second Language to residents across the borough in order to help learners to improve their English language.

Fully accredited IAA (formerly ESOL) qualification from Entry 1 to Level 1 in speaking, listening, reading and writing. You can learn and practice skills needed for work.

Some courses offer an award in Employability.

How to access:

You can access this service via GM ESOL website or Job Centre coach.

All applications are processed through the centralised GM ESOL Service website - https://gmesol.org/take-a-test/. You will then be invited for an initial assessment on site at one of our campuses and placed on the waiting list.

Job Centre Plus learners can be referred for an initial assessment via their work coach by contacting Margaret Manning on 0161 770 1531.

We are an Adult Education provider (19 years and older) and offer English as a Second Language to residents across the borough in order to help learners to improve their English language.

Fully accredited IAA (formerly ESOL) qualification from Entry 1 to Level 1 in speaking, listening, reading and writing. You can learn and practice skills needed for work.

Some courses offer an award in Employability.

How to access:

You can access this service via GM ESOL website or Job Centre coach.

All applications are processed through the centralised GM ESOL Service website - https://gmesol.org/take-a-test/. You will then be invited for an initial assessment on site at one of our campuses and placed on the waiting list.

Job Centre Plus learners can be referred for an initial assessment via their work coach by contacting Margaret Manning on 0161 770 1531.

Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is ideal if you don’t have time or want to travel. Our sessions are accessible via smartphone, tablet or home computer, any time of day or night. This treatment option is designed to work around your schedule. What’s more, service reviews prove this option is just as effective as face-to-face treatments. What can online therapy treat? Depression Low mood due to a physical condition (such as diabetes or pain) Excessive worry or anxiety Panic attacks Sleep problems Stress Phobia(s)

Drop-in and community space providing immigration support from CIAC, housing support from British Red Cross and benefit support from Hull City Council.

Food and social activities also available.

Organic Soul Food supports the homeless with hot food provision, clothing, sleeping bags and other vital items, signposting people to appropriate services and advocating on their behalf.

Services include:

• Food bank, soup kitchen and community cohesion

• Carry out soup runs in the Manchester area to address issues caused by homelessness

• Give practical outreach support to people who are homeless or on low incomes in the Manchester area

• Our team goes into the city centre serving hot food, and hot drinks and making new friendships

• Also deliver food parcels and other essential items to those in need in Bury.

• Organising regular events throughout the year with different communities from different faiths or no faith, different cultures and backgrounds, working to building stronger communities.

How to access:

Email referral

Unseen’s outreach services provides practical and emotional support to survivors living in the community, from accessing health services, to help navigating the immigration and asylum system. Some will be moving on from our safehouses and need support to resettle and integrate. In order to access our services, survivors must first be referred into the National Referral Mechanism by a First Responder. Please see our website for more information.

Our weekly outreach cookery classes are run specifically for people who experience marginalisation from society. This time in the kitchen provides an opportunity for people to learn and share skills around food, build connections, create and share food and feel at home. Each class is run and organised in partnership with Bristol-based drug and alcohol services, mental health organisations, refugee and asylum seeker groups.

Bristol Refugee Rights have an outreach team who regularly visit IA hotels in Bristol. We offer signposting and advice on issues relating to asylum claims and asylum support, as well as workshops on integration and knowing your rights. For information such as when we visit, please contact Tara.

PAFRAS offers casework support to asylum seekers and refused asylum seekers who live in the Leeds area every Wednesday from 9.45am at St Aidans Community Hall in Harehills. Our weekly drop-in is extremely busy and we can only see a limited number of people every week. We recommend arriving as early as possible to give yourself the best chance of being seen.

At the drop-in we provide:

• Advice and casework

• Food parcels and toiletries

• Specialist casework support to people who are destitute, or at risk of destitution

• Immigration advice (IAA L1 and L2)

• Non-complex advice e.g. HC2 forms, etc.

• Mental health assessments and mental health support.

• Specialist casework for young unaccompanied people age 16-24

• Support with age disputes

• Support for people experiencing domestic abuse

This six week course of webinars is specifically designed to assist patients experiencing feelings of panic or intense anxiety attacks.

At Manchester Women's Aid, we have a partnership with Manchester City Council to help deliver programmes of support for families seeking help in refuge.

Our Children and Young People’s Service consists of a team of therapeutic play specialists offering a range of services for children and young people between the ages of 0-18 years, that enable and support their recovery from domestic abuse and violence.

Service includes:

• Early Years Groupwork- designed for children under 5 years old and their parent

• Healing Together- This course is for children aged 5-10 years old

• Living Life to the Full- This course is for CYP aged 11-17 years old and

• You, Me and Mum- This course is for mothers, and it explores the effects of domestic abuse on women as mothers and on children and young people.

• Open Play sessions in Refuge
• Heuristic Play
• 1:1 Play Therapy

• Trips Out

How to access: Is this referral for yourself or someone else?

(1) This referral is for someone else:

If you are an agency making a referral for a client, we cannot accept this without a referral form. Please email referrals@manchesterwomensaid.org instead and we will send you a different referral form

(2) This referral is for me:

Please continue with the form by clicking NEXT: https://www.manchesterwomensaid.org/get-help-form

Need help? If you need support filling in the form or have any questions about the support we provide, please call our helpline on 0161 660 7999.

Manchester Women’s Aid provides services so that domestic abuse survivors can live a life free from the fear of domestic violence and abuse.

Our helpful staff will listen to you and be able to point you in the right direction: whether fleeing domestic abuse is the most appropriate course of action or whether you can be supported in the community with outreach services.   

Calling the helpline or reaching out with an email is a hugely important step and we understand that every situation is unique. Our helpline staff will be understanding and give you advice on safety planning, point you to benefits advice and other resources.   

How to access:

You can call 0161 660 7999 or email referrals@manchesterwomensaid.org on Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 4.30pm

Manchester Women’s Aid has six refuges and four dispersed properties across Manchester catering for up to 38 families in crisis. We will help in any way we can to facilitate a move-on to permanent housing.

In our ASHA refuge, we can offer accommodation to 3 single women with No Recourse to Public Funds and unsettled immigration status.

Service includes:

• Support groups

• Access the refuge user-directed Move On Health & Wellbeing programme

• Receive signposting to partner services e.g. to family and/or immigration solicitors

• Support to access Children’s Centres/local colleges/community groups and to attend external courses linked to employment, training and education.

How to access: Is this referral for yourself or someone else?

(1) This referral is for someone else:

If you are an agency making a referral for a client, we cannot accept this without a referral form. Please email referrals@manchesterwomensaid.org instead and we will send you a different referral form

(2) This referral is for me:

Please continue with the form by clicking NEXT: https://www.manchesterwomensaid.org/get-help-form

Need help? If you need support filling in the form or have any questions about the support we provide, please call our helpline on 0161 660 7999.

The women’s drop-in at the Pankhurst Centre on a Wednesday from 12-2 pm welcomes women of all ages and backgrounds.

It’s your chance to pop in, free of charge, to a relaxed, friendly environment to meet new friends and have fun.

As well as a delicious and nutritious vegetarian lunch, you can enjoy wellbeing workshops, creative activities and talks and discussions.

There is a family law advice clinic on alternate weeks and a Shelter and Housing Benefits adviser once a month.

How to access:

Drop-in

Call or email us for more information

Our suicide prevention helpline, HOPELINE247, is a free, confidential, non-judgmental space to talk openly about your thoughts of suicide with our trained advisers.

We work with young people, concerned others and professionals via phone, text, email and webchat, every day.

We also offer a range of tools on our website, such as a suicide safety plan, information, and guidance.

How to access:

Call, text or email our HOPELINE247 service during our opening hours, or visit our website for tools and information.

Call: 0800 068 4141

Text: 88247

Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org

Webchat: Available on our website: https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

Pathways to Work is a project providing pre-employment support to refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants across England. This is a digital service and all your sessions will be delivered via Microsoft Teams/ Zoom (the video meeting service).

Services include:

• An eight-week employability group programme

AND/OR

• 1-2-1 employment support.

You will need:

The ability to communicate in English without an interpreter. Your English level needs to be Entry 3 upwards. We can assess your English language level if you are unsure.

Employment-related aspirations or goals (for example, you want to get a job, work experience, start a training course, explore further education or secure a volunteering opportunity)

How to access:

Complete self-referral form online: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/pathways-to-work-self-referral-form/

We bring people from different cultures and faiths together around a meal, to learn about one another’s experiences, traditions and viewpoints, build understanding, and create spaces where friendships can grow. Peace Feasts celebrate the diversity of our cultures by sharing a meal, listening to great music and exchanging stories that help us to start to see the world through someone else’s eyes.

You can participate in guided group support with others who face similar challenges, available both in person or online.

As part of The Staffline Group, we use our experience to support hundreds of thousands of people each year.

Our committed teams work across Britain to deliver a range of public services, including employment support, skills training, independent living, prison education, starting a business, and support to help employers grow.

Services include:

• Support to find employment

• Skills training,

• Self-employment support

• Website resource

• Interview skills

• Courses / training

• Self employment/business support

How to access:

Contact us via email or phone

A free swimming initiative aiming to give immigrant males 14+ an accessible, supportive activity targeting inclusion, mental/physical health, and a confidence boost.

Whilst also opening future opportunities and career paths.

The number of participants will be 30, completing 1-hour sessions 5 days a week.

Swimming will help teach them life-saving skills, provide them with social inclusion in the local community, and help them reduce stress through exercise.

How to access:

Call or email for more information

Room for Refugees is a discreet and confidential hosting network providing safe matching of refugees and asylum seekers with households across the UK.

The hosting process gives an invaluable opportunity for refugee support agencies to work on cases and stabilise clients so that they are able to re-access public funds or even resolve their case so that the right to live in the UK is granted to them.

We also work with social workers from local authorities seeking loving homes for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children.

Our online system – REFER – lets caseworkers from refugee and migrant support organisations quickly find suitable hosts for their clients. For more information about this process, please view our website.

How to access:

Apply for an online caseworker account using the link at the bottom of the page - https://www.roomforrefugees.com/caseworker-account

Once the account is approved, usually within a day or so, read all the guidance and make your first referral. (For especially urgent vulnerable cases, email home@positiveactionh.org first to say you need an account quickly). We will then assess the referral and search for suitable hosts.

We take old bikes, clean them up and then our volunteers and groups of young people fix them, gaining AQA qualifications in the process. The newly-refurbished bikes are then donated to local families, used in conjunction with the Transport for Greater Manchester or sold with all profits being churned directly back into the Positive Cycles project to buy better equipment and parts.

The workshop is also used by the Oldham Youth Justice Service as part of the unpaid community work of young offenders. The young people are involved in cleaning and fixing donated bikes and making sure they are roadworthy and ready to be resold. In doing this they gain valuable experience and qualifications. We also offer AQA-accredited Bike Maintenance courses to individuals and groups.

How to access:

If you would like to donate an old bike, or purchase a refurbished bike, please get in touch.

Pride Without Borders is our support group for Bristol-based LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum and those with refugee status. We meet every 2 weeks and spend time together. We support and listen to each other and enjoy celebrating our identities and cultures together. We sometimes go to fun nights out and events.

We aim to connect with Bristol’s great LGBTQ+ community. The manager and our great team of volunteers can give you support and advice so you can stay safe and get what you need. This includes help understanding the asylum system, accessing housing and finance, supporting you if your housing is not safe or you are at risk of homelessness.

LGBTQ+ people aged 13 to 25 could join another group called Freedom Youth. You don’t have to be an asylum seeker or refugee.

The Haven is a specialist primary healthcare service for asylum seekers and refugees who are new to Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Our team of staff consists of a GP and nurses who will assess and meet the initial health needs of asylum seekers and new refugees. We also help people to access health services and other services they need.

The Haven can offer:

Help for people to register with a local GP practice

Information about how to use the NHS

Comprehensive and holistic health assessments

Medical management of current health problems

Confidential interpreting during consultations

Vaccinations and screening for transmittable diseases

We regularly work with people who have experienced traumatic events. We have pathways and can sign-post to other helpful services such as counselling and refugee support organisations. Our appointments are long enough to give us time to respond to complex needs. We are able to work with people over several appointments according to their individual needs before discharging them to the care of a GP practice.

Primus Solicitors is an established, niche law firm specialising in UK Immigration and nationality law. We are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We also deal with Family law matters, personal injury, civil litigation and debt matters. We also specialise in human rights cases involving ECHR articles and their breaches.

Services include:

• UK Partner Visas

• British Citizenship

• Indefinite Leave to remain (ILR)

• UK Visit Visas

• Appeals

• Immigration Judicial Review

• Asylum applications

• Human Rights applications

• Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery cases

• Immigration Bail

• Deportation

How to access:

Please call or email us for more information

Book your appointment today via: https://primussolicitors.com/contact-2/

The Blossom Project stands as an unwavering beacon of empowerment for refugee women. With a resolute commitment to fostering their growth and self-discovery, we transcend stereotypes and limitations, guiding these remarkable individuals towards a future defined by resilience, creativity, and renewed hope.

Through a kaleidoscope of self-expression avenues, from artistic crafts to cultural exchanges, cooking events to sustainability initiatives, we pave the path for them to embrace their narratives, shatter misconceptions, and flourish against all odds.

Blossom is not just a project; it is a testament to the strength and potential inherent in every refugee woman, igniting a transformation that resonates far beyond their personal journeys.

How to access:

For more information about events and workshops please check our social media: @blossomenactus on Instagram.

If you are on a low income, Down to Earth can support you to find a meaningful funeral that is more affordable.

Services Include:

• Online information and guidance regarding keeping funeral costs down and raising money towards them.

• Digital eligibility checker for the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment from the DWP (England and Wales) and Department for Communities (Northern Ireland)

• Funeral costs helpline, for those who need more support. Available only before a funeral has taken place.

• Bespoke training for bereavement professionals available.

How to access:

Visit downtoearthsupport.org.uk

Advice and casework drop-in for refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants. On our drop-in days you can also join our English classes, ask for IT skills support, have a hot drink and meet other people take part in activities, and enjoy a hot lunch.

Social space with activities, lunch, and creche. Food and toiletries, cash payments, bus fares, support to move out of destitution for those with no access or entitlement to other support.

An NHS Mental Health practitioner from the Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies service attends Rainbow Haven once a week to deliver a clinic (by appointment only and only available for those registered with a GP in Manchester borough).

How to access:

Access by drop-in, referrals, self referrals.

IAPT Mental health support is by appointment only.

Rainbow Haven have a variety of activities including:

• ESOL
• Digital skills

• Well-being activities
• Mother and baby groups
• Gardening
• Volunteering opportunities
• Refugee and mentors led work and skills club

How to access:

To learn more about our classes and clubs, please email info@rainbowhaven.org.uk and we’ll get you signed up.

Rainbow Hearts is a weekly group for women seeking asylum in Leeds and is supported by Leeds City Council.​ At Rainbow Hearts, women of all ages come together to give and receive emotional support from other women who have had similar experiences. Health and social support information sessions are offered around topics such as self-care, well-being and healthy eating. We offer creative sessions such as therapeutic art activities, singing and movement.

Rainbow Hearts offer:

• Support with transport

• Interpreters

• Support with learning English

• Access to donated clothes, shoes and bedding

• Breakfast, fresh fruit and other refreshments

Direct Contacts:

Emily Lawson - 07909407814 emily@womenshealthmatters.org.uk

Hala Wadi - 07719819245

hala@womenshealthmatters.org.uk

Rainbow Noir is a volunteer-led social group, we celebrate, elevate and advocate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Intersex People of Colour (LGBTQI PoC).

We are committed to creating a space of our own, places to feel safe, where LGBTQI people of colour can meet, hang out, form friendships and find community. We facilitate a bi-monthly social space in person and a lively WhatsApp group chat.

The group is a space for socializing, discussions, activism, community organizing and ensuring a presence and that LGBTQI people of color’s voices are heard in Manchester.

How to access:

Contact us through the form on our website.

RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Participatory Action Research) is a human rights organisation based in Manchester, UK, which is primarily concerned with displaced people, and issues relating to displaced people.

Our casework very often involves us using our interpretation and translation skills to enable communication, for instance in the following areas:

• Deportation

• Education

• Employment

• Family Reunion

• Financial hardship

• Health

• Housing and Destitution

• Learning opportunities

• Volunteering opportunities

How to access:

Call us to make an appointment or leave a message on our website.

Offices are wheelchair accessible

A safe, male-only environment where men of color can candidly open up to each other, RAW Talk encourages discussions about emotions, feelings, and subjects that are important to them.

REACHE North West carries out training and offers pastoral support, provides facilities for study and runs additional projects for Refugee Healthcare Professionals (RHPs).

All classes are free for REACHE North West members. In addition, members have access to a number of resources to support their studies:

Services include:

• Pastoral Support
• English Support
• Medical Examination Preparation
• Tutor Support
• Work Placements

How to access:

If you meet the requirements and would like to enquire about joining REACHE, please enquire about membership via: https://reache.org.uk/app/register/

(OR)

Email reache@manchester.ac.uk

We are dedicated to improving the lives of those in our community and provide emergency clothing support and more to those who need it the most.

The REEL Rack, provided clothing & essential items to those who need a helping hand during a difficult time.

How to access:

Contact us via email

Our Asylum Crisis Project works with asylum seekers, refused asylum seekers and those seeking to claim asylum, who are based in Greater Manchester, to understand their entitlements to accommodation and support, to access that support and to challenge barriers to that support, through advocacy, appeals and legal challenge.

Asylum Crisis also seeks to ensure that the support provided is suitable and adequate for the needs of our clients. Asylum Crisis strives to ensure our clients are aware of and able to access a range of services including legal advice, health and social care, education, community groups, charitable support social and well-being opportunities.

How to access:

Please contact by phone, email or webform: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/project/asylum-crisis-project-2/ to refer yourself or others.

No drop-in available

Refugee Aid (Chorlton) is a charity based in South Manchester. We are all volunteers and work with partner organisations to provide a range of practical items for asylum seekers and refugees across Greater Manchester.

We deliver to the client directly. What we can provide for your clients:

• Good quality (sometimes new) upcycled items for adults, children and babies covering:
• Clothes, shoes, new underwear and socks
• New toiletries
• Small toys, games, DVDs, craft materials and stationery for school/college aged pupils
• Baby equipment e.g. pram, buggy, stroller, Moses basket filled with clothes, toys, sling and new born nappies, bath
• Bikes, with lock & helmet, and scooters. We also provide mechanical help for clients who have a bike that we have provided.

How to access:

Referral only from registered partner agencies.

Referrals come to us from 5 main sources, Manchester Refugee Support Network, M/c City of Sanctuary, Rainbow Haven, Serco and Refugee Action for the refugees and asylum seekers placed in rooms and those who have been already housed in rented accommodation across Greater Manchester.

Held in a family friendly social space hosted by North East Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum who run the Cafe Aspire space.

Friendly and helpful advice and support is available for asylum seekers and refugees in North East Lincolnshire.

Support at the drop-in includes: access to English classes, courses and education, volunteering opportunities, housing advice, employability support and access to technology with Solidaritech.

Welcome House charity based in Hull city centre, British Red Cross, and Target Housing also attend this drop-in.

Other local services attend including North East Lincolnshire Council's Home Options Team.

The Refugee Council’s Children’s Panel provides advice and support to separated (unaccompanied) children and young people seeking asylum. The Children’s Panel is funded by the Home Office but we are a fully independent organisation and provide independent advice.

The Children's Advisor, can offer:

• Advice about the asylum process and related matters to separated children and professionals involved. All Children’s Advisors are registered with the IAA (formerly OISC) at Level 1.

• Advocacy for the young person in the form of acting as appropriate/responsible adult during meetings and interviews (e.g LAC reviews, Home office interviews, age assessments).

• Referrals to other services (e.g immigrations/welfare solicitors, Red Cross family tracing, social clubs).

• A means of linking up different professionals involved in the care and support of separated asylum seeking children and young people.

How to access:

Make a referral through the helpline - 0207 346 1134

Young people can contact the freephone helpline 0808 175 3499 or message via Whatsapp 07888 866 615

Paper referral form available for professionals on request.

Infoline is a source of information and support for people seeking asylum.

What is this service? Our team can provide information and support on many topics, including:

• Services who offer help and what they do

• How to find out about the asylum system

• How to find immigration advice

• Getting Home Office housing and financial support (asylum support)

• Problems with Home Office housing and financial support

• What to do if you are asked to leave Home Office accommodation

• Your rights and entitlements

Who can use this service:

• Adults seeking asylum in England
• Adults living in Home Office accommodation in England who have received a decision on their asylum claim.

How to access:

Please call us or use the contact form via: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-help/infoline/

My View is a talking therapy service aiming to stabilise and improve the psychological and emotional well-being of separated asylum-seeking children.

What we offer:

• Up to 8-12 one to one therapy sessions - face to face or remote.

• Psycho-social groups

• Creative Wellbeing Techniques

• Psychoeducational workshops for clients upon request (i.e. sleep hygiene, trauma, drug awareness)

• One off 3 crisis sessions

• Workshops for social workers, foster carers, teachers, mental health services and other mainstream service providers (upon request, within our strategic areas) to raise awareness regarding the specific needs of young refugees.

• We can offer support in remote locations

How to access:

Referrals via the form on our website.

The Refugee Integration Service (RIS) is a programme delivered by Hull City Council.

It is to support individual refugees who have been granted leave to remain during the last 2 years for those aged 16 years and up in Hull.

The support provides access to services such as:

housing, benefits, English skills -ESOL, health and wellbeing, family reunion (referrals to appropriate organisation), employability, integration

The Refugee Integration Service can be contacted using an online form - see website on the right for access.

Refugee Legal Support works in solidarity with people who migrate. We advocate for the promotion and protection of people’s rights throughout the migration process.

We can support with:

• Family reunification with a family member in the UK; and

• Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) applications where the applicant is in Afghanistan or the surrounding region.

How to access:

If you would like to register your case in the event we can assist in the future, please complete the client registration form below – please note we cannot consider queries which have not completed a form: https://refugeelegalsupport.org/legal-info/for-people-from-afghanistan/

You can find more information in our FAQs and self-help guides, available in multiple languages.