Skills Enterprise
Skills Enterprise supports Newham’s residents experiencing barriers, from homelessness, debt, language and food insecurity, to unemployment, low income digital exclusion. We predominantly serves BAME residents, and also helps them address the racial discrimination they face when seeking support.
We do our work through one-to-one appointments, classes, workshops, individual support and celebrating together as a community.
Citizens Advice Croydon
Citizens Advice Croydon is a free, confidential and independent advice service for anyone living, working or studying in Croydon. We offer advice quality standard accredited advice on:
housing, welfare benefits, money/debt, employment, health/community care, family/relationships, tax/utilities, and other legal issues.
Contact details can be found on their website
The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
A family of several charities based around the country.
https://www.dcsvpservices.org/our-charities
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
They provide legal advice on many aspects of immigration.
https://www.jcwi.org.uk/Pages/Category/legal-advice
The Unity Project
They support people to remove no recourse to public funds conditions from their leave to remain.
They run weekly casework sessions every Tuesday where they provide appointments and workshops for people with NRPF to help make ‘Change of Conditions’ applications for recourse to public funds. This means that people can access the welfare safety net in times of crisis or hardship.
https://www.unity-project.org.uk/about-tup
Santé Refugee Mental Health Access Point
Santé's mission is to support refugees and asylum seekers in the London region, particularly those with mental health issues, to gain equal access to health and other essential services.
https://www.santeproject.org.uk
South London Counselling Service
Provides impartial and confidential services in guidance and free therapeutic counselling services for children, young people and adults on means tested basis. For those living working, training or studying in South London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, Lambeth and Southwark.
Off the Record
Youth counselling service for young people aged 14 to 25 including a specialist service for young refugees.
Kiran Project
Provide a safe space where Asian women and their children living in and around Waltham Forest and overcoming Domestic Violence can identify options and develop skills that enable them to take control of their lives.
Traveller Movement (N)
Information, advice and a specialist domestic violence service for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.
Harrow Association of Somali Voluntary Organisations
Dedicated to supporting Somali residents in Harrow. Supplementary school, advice and information.
Refugee Action Kingston
A local charity, supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the Kingston area.
Migrant Advocacy Service
Advice and guidance to vulnerable migrants in and around Kingston, especially from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
London Irish Centre
Provides specialist information and advice on welfare related issues including housing, benefits and passports for the Irish community.
Bengali Workers Association
Provides services and support that enables local Bangladeshi people to manage their lives more effectively and to assume greater responsibility for their communities.
Renewal Programme
Support for those, in Newham, who are facing multiple challenges; whether they’re a carer who needs wellbeing support, a migrant or refugee without access to public funds, an individual suffering with homelessness or experiencing poverty or a young person without direct access to learning pathways.
Abuse Never Becomes Us
Supporting domestic, sexual and child abuse survivors from the Tamil community. London wide
Afghanistan and Central Asian Association
Women's Project, Skills Workshops, Family Support, Welfare and Housing Advice for the Afghan community.
IKWRO
Culturally specific support, advocacy and counselling for women and girls from the Middle East and Afghanistan,
Romanian Culture and Charity Together
Supporting the Romanian community in Barnet and Harrow including food provision, health and welfare rights advice.
Asian Women's Resource Centre
Support services for victims of Domestic Abuse in the following languages: Bengali, Guajarati, Hindi, Hinko, Konkani, Marathi, Pashto, Patwari, Punjabi, Urdu, Farsi, Portuguese, Italian, Kurdish, Turkish & Azerbaijan. Service ensures cultural sensitivity, confidentiality and listening time in a safe, non-judgemental environment. Open door policy to all women in need, from all ethnicity and backgrounds.
Migrant Women's Rights Service
Advice and training for those supporting or advising vulnerable migrant women who are pregnant or new mothers including housing and health.
Gujarati Samaj (Bexley)
To assist the Gujarati community with education in field of language, health, welfare rights, housing, immigration
Belvedere Asian Women's Group
Open to all Asian women living and working in the Borough of Bexley. It provides an opportunity for women to meet to discuss issues of concern to them and share their experiences, to socialise, access information and advice on a range of issues and to have some time for themselves.
London Black Women's Project
Work with black, Asian and visible minority ethnic women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse. Provide accommodation, legal advice and therapeutic services,
Fern Street Settlement (All Hallows Bow)
Through activities, working for a better Bow where families live life to the full, children thrive and our community is strong
West London Equalities Centre
Provides advice and advocacy in both generalist and specialist areas in conjunction with the Community Advice Programme (CAP) and retain the pro-bono services of both solicitors and qualified barristers to provide free legal advice.
Ubele (N)
African Diaspora led intergenerational social enterprise founded in 2014, with the purpose of helping to build more sustainable communities across the UK
UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group (N)
Provide free legal advice regarding the asylum process and practical welfare support.
Tower Hamlets Law Centre
Free and independent legal advice on social welfare issues including housing, debt, immigration and employment.
Springfield Advice and Law Centre
Free and independent legal advice on social welfare issues including housing, debt, immigration and employment.
South London Refugee Association
Provide practical support to those building new lives. They provide practical assistance as well as advice and information
South West London Law Centres
Free and independent legal advice on social welfare issues including housing, debt, immigration and employment.
Single Homelessness Project
Single Homeless Project, a London-wide charity working to prevent homelessness and help vulnerable and socially excluded people to transform their lives.
Shoreditch Trust
Focus is on working with people who experience health, economic and social inequality.
Red Cross
Offers support including help with emergency food,bedding and travel as well as a family reunion service.
Rainbow Across Borders
Croydon based group providing support and friendship for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
North Kensington Law Centre
Free and independent legal advice on social welfare issues including housing, debt, immigration and employment.
Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network
A partnership of organisations providing local immigration support and information
IRMO
Community-led organisation that provides Latin Americans with tools and information in an empowering process to build secure, independent, and integrated lives in the UK. Support in English, Spanish and Portuguese
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
Provides a sense of belonging and practical support including English Classes for refugees living in the borough
Islington Law Centre
Free and independent legal advice on social welfare issues including housing, debt, immigration and employment.
Jesuit Refugee Service
For destitute asylum seekers both in and out of detention, legal and welfare advice and support
Haringey Law Centre
Free and independent legal advice on social welfare issues including housing, debt, immigration and employment.
Ealing Advice Service
A local service working to provide the people of Ealing with access to high-quality advice.
Doctors of the World
Have translations to their health information leaflets into community languages and have some video spoken alternatives
Croydon Refugee and Asylum Centre
Offers a drop-in social support group and local advice and information for refugees and asylum seekers
Chinese Information and Advice Centre
Provides immigration and other advice for the Chinese community in London
Causeway Irish Housing Association
Based in Haringey and supporting the Irish community and other migrant communities with housing and employment issues.
Camden Law Centre
Free and independent legal advice on social welfare issues including housing, debt, immigration and employment.
CARAS
Tooting based practical support organisation for refugees and migrants serving South West London
Cardinal Hume Centre
Advice service including employment support and advice, family support, welfare rights
Barons Court Project
Support people that are on low income, homeless and/or vulnerable to mental health issues.
Baobob Centre
A psychotherapeutic community that enables child and adolescent asylum seekers who have experienced trauma in their home communities and on their journeys to thrive in the UK
African Refugee Community (ARC)
Specialised services to French speaking asylum seekers and refugees based in Barnet in particular and in London in general
AFRIL
Education support for the children of refugees living in Lewisham aged 4 – 11. Food Bank for refugee families. Group support.