Organisations that can help
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In the Various organisations and individuals have assembled lists and we aim to provide links to these lists and to key organisations here. Many projects are pleased to recruit volunteers to help with their work.

Citizens Advice provides links to information about a wide range of useful topics.

The Refugee Council provides practical support and advice on matters such as health, finance, housing, education and training. Asylum seekers are directed from a network of regional offices to offers of counselling and English classes and Destitution Support via practical advice, pastoral care, emergency provisions and time limited projects. Their Services Directory lists organisations providing specialist advice, or campaigning or advocating on their behalf of refugees and asylum seekers, or which link to broader debates on migration and human rights. (The Directory is too large for convenient browsing and it's best  to use the site's search engine to check its scope – instructions are provided using the search facility!).

The Community Sponsorship Scheme is a pathway that the government offers to community groups who want to become involved in supporting the resettlement of vulnerable families fleeing conflict.

Citizens-UK runs a variety of projects, and topics for action appear on a series of changing illustrations (if you wait and watch) at the top of this page. Its initiatives include Refugees Welcome.

Safe Passage is organising legal action to compel the government to live up to its obligations under the 2016 Immigration Act and the EU Dublin Convention, reuniting families who have members settled in the UK and admitting vulnerable young people under the "Dubs Amendment". They need to hear from people who know of potential candidates whose cases are not being processed.

City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Their goal is to create a network of towns and cities throughout the country which are proud to be places of safety for people seeking sanctuary and helping them integrate with their local communities.

Housing Justice operates a Hosting Scheme and also convenes the London Hosting Network, with which it organises regular Open Evenings for people to find out more about hosting.

Refugees at Home is a charity aiming to connect those with a spare room in their home with asylum seekers and refugees in need of accommodation across the UK.

RefuAid can provide interest free loans to pay for the cost of completing the licensing or training tha refugees may need to return to work in their fields.

The Red Cross supports refugees in a wide variety of ways, such as offering emergency food, clothes or small amounts of cash  to those facing severe hardship, as well as helping refugees to access services and offering friendly advice to the most vulnerable. They take a particular interest in family reunion, with qualified caseworkers in several parts of the UK who can help

Sources of Support and Advice for Newly Arrived or Dispersed Asylum Seekers. The following organisations and groups can help with advice, advocacy, food and clothing, English classes and social isolation, in the Initial Accommodation Cities that asylum seekers who need accommodation get sent to for a period, immediately after registering a claim.

Toolkit for asylum seekers: www.righttoremain.org.uk/toolkit/

Link to list of refugee support centres:
www.facebook.com/groups/PeopletoPeopleSolidarityActioninUK/permalink/1708693102702355/


FAITH GROUPS

The Catholic Church provides suggestions of organisations – not exclusively from the Church – that need funds to help refugees of all faiths at home and abroad, or encourage aid and advocacy for those stuck in northern France, or offer shelter, time, skills or advocacy in the UK. There is also a list of local contacts in each diocese around England and Wales. Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) provides links to its member organisations who are concerned for migration issues.

The Church of England has a series of Refugee Resettlement Factsheets, which include links to local and national initiatives. Also, guidance on supporting people applying for asylum, and links to asylum campaigns.

CTBI offers information on organisations that are registering offers of accommodation and helping those who are matching offers of hosting with local needs. This is alongside more general reports of practical action.

The Joint Public Issues Team (Baptist, Methodist, URC, Church of Scotland) offers guidance for those called to provide evidence to support applications at asylum tribunals. It also has produced a document about how many people each council has relocated under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme over the last two years – and you can congratulate them or urge them to do more, as appropriate.

The Salvation Army offers a specialist support programme to preserve the dignity of survivors of human trafficking, to protect and care for them in safe accommodation, and provide access to confidential client-based support services such as counselling and advice on legal matters, health and education. The Medaille Trust also seeks to empower women, men and children, who have been freed from human-trafficking and modern day slavery in the UK, enabling them to regain their dignity and self-worth. They can provide safe housing in safe locations across the country and offer opportunities for physical and psychological healing, rehabilitation and victim protection.


SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR NEWLY ARRIVED/DISPERSED ASYLUM SEEKERS
The listed organisations and groups can help with advice, advocacy, food and clothing, English classes and social isolation. These are both in the initial accommodation cities that asylum seekers who need accommodation get sent to immediately after registering an asylum claim, to stay for a short period of time before being moved on, and in towns in the NASS dispersal areas and elsehere.

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