Jayne Mercer 24 th November 2015
Provide you with information about services working with refugee women:- ◦ What services they provide ◦ How these services might be useful ◦ How to access the services ◦ Contact details
Helps people fleeing war, conflict, mass migration and natural disaster to locate family members Family Travel Assistance for refugee family members Red Cross messages Welfare messages Attestation of detention Contact: Laura Wilson /
Provides information and advice to asylum seekers, refugees and EU migrants Food vouchers for destitute refused asylum seekers Thursday mornings at Open Doors from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Multicultural volunteers with a range of language skills Contact: Jayne Mercer
Provides counselling/psychotherapy Youth engagement project to support refugee children Builds trust with traumatised refugees and their families Builds bridges between refugees and services to facilitate engagement Contact: Tel: Website: hull.org.uk/ Haven Project
Community ‘umbrella’ organisation Victim support Race equality in BME mental health acting as facilitators for access to mental health services Hate Crime reporting centre Contact: Tel: Website:
Information, advice and guidance to minority ethnic communities in Hull Advice provided on housing, employment, health and welfare and community involvement Three weekly advice sessions (Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:00am to 1:00pm ) Contact: Tel:
Generalist and immigration drop in sessions on a Monday 1:30 to 4:00 pm English classes (Women only Friday morning) Safe Spaces (in partnership with Haven Project) HARP supporting access to health services Job Club on a Wednesday Contact: Tel: Websites:
Based at Prince’s Avenue Methodist Church Thursday: social, food parcels, lunch, advice, Volunteer Interpretation and Translation Service IT, job search, music, allotment, English Contact: Tel: Website:
In Hull, they only give support to clients arriving through the Gateway Protection Programme Work in partnership with many other organisations to give 12 months support and advice in employment, education, volunteering, housing, budgeting & finance, community development, health, legal processes, etc. Support 90 people each year Based in Centre 88, contact Contact:
Accommodation provider under contract with G4S on behalf of Home Office Asylum support accommodation is provided fully furnished. Cots, bedding, steriliser and high chair provided Applications for additional payments are made by support workers to Home Office Contact: Tel: Website:
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