What services are available to help me throughout the asylum process as a sanctuary seeking student?
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THE REFUGEE COUNCIL
Address: PO Box 68614, London, E15 9DQ
Phone: 020 7346 6700 Contact: http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/contact
The Refugee Council is one of the leading charities in the UK working directly with refugees, and supporting them to rebuild their lives. We also speak up for refugees using our direct work as an evidence base, and ensure refugees have a stronger and more influential voice in decisions that will affect them. We work with a range of partners and in collaboration to ensure we can best support our clients.
The charity was founded in 1951 in response to the UN Convention for Refugees, which was created after World War II to ensure refugees were able to find safety in other countries. Since then, the Refugee Council has provided practical and emotional support to refugees from across the world to help them rebuild their lives and play a full part in society.
The Refugee Council receives funding from local, central and European Government to deliver some services, however it is reliant upon voluntary income – including grants from trusts and foundations, corporate support and donations from individuals – to deliver a range of specialist projects that support refugees. This includes: employment and move on advice; therapeutic support; destitution services; support for separated children whose special needs are not covered by mainstream services; and our work to achieve a fairer and more humane asylum system.
SALFORD REFUGEE FORUM
Website: http://www.salfordrefugeeforum.org.uk/
Address: Salford Forum For Refugees and People Seeking Asylum, Spiritan Youth Centre, Northallerton Road, Lower Kersal, Salford, M7 3TP.
Email: wilson@salfordrefugeeforum.org.uk
The seeds of Salford Forum for Refugees and People Seeking Asylum were planted in 2009 when Salford CVS came together with Community Pride Unit in order to explore the possibility of establishing a refugee and asylum seeker network in Salford.
During the autumn of 2009 Salford CVS delivered a series of workshops to all known refugee and asylum seeker groups in Salford. These workshops concentrated on identifying the ways in which these groups could be brought together so that they could support each other as a network.
The meetings organised by the group are listed below:
- Happy Homes.
- Salix/City West.
- UPM.
- Priority Properties.
- Manchester Refugee Support Network.
- Police and housing providers to talk about training.
Under the umbrella of the network, three subgroups were also set up to further develop the network and to promote it in a wider area in Salford. These subgroups are as follows.
- Funding group.
- Network meetings group.
- Partnership working group.
SALFORD CITY COUNCIL ASYLUM SEEKER SERVICE
Website: https://www.salford.gov.uk/social-housing.htm
Address: Unity House, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5AW
Email: housing.advicecentre@salford.gov.uk
Salford Home Search Telephone Number: 0161 909 6514
As part of the national dispersal programme for asylum seekers, Salford City Council entered into a contract with the National Asylum Support Service (known as NASS and is part of the Home Office). The city council's housing support service, is responsible for managing this contract which covers 30% of the asylum seekers in Salford with the remaining 70% being housed by private landlords.
BRITISH RED CROSS
Website: http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Refugee-support/
Address: British Red Cross, UK Office, 44 Moorfields London EC2Y 9AL
Email: information@redcross.org.uk
Phone: Tel: 0344 871 11 11 (+ 44 2071 3879 00 from abroad)
The Red Cross has a long tradition of providing practical and emotional support to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. We often need to respond quickly and effectively to crises such as supporting large-scale arrivals or giving emergency provisions to those facing severe hardship.
ASYLUM AID
Website: http://www.asylumaid.org.uk/
Address: Asylum Aid, Club Union House, 253-254 Upper Street, London, N1 1RY
Email: info@asylumaid.org.uk
Phone: (020) 7354 9264
Asylum Aid is an independent, national charity working to secure protection for people seeking refuge in the UK from persecution and human rights abuses abroad. We provide free legal advice and representation to the most vulnerable and excluded asylum seekers, and lobby and campaign for an asylum system based on inviolable human rights principles.
REFUGEE ACTION
For thirty years, we've been standing up for people who've fled persecution, violence and harassment. Find out more about who we are, how we support refugees and how you can help.
Website: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/
Address:Victoria Charity Centre, 11 Belgrave Road, LondonSW1V 1RB
email :MAGV@refugee-action.org.uk
Phone: 07810 637464