Daytime Places to go… - City of Sanctuary



LOCAL RESOURCES

(at 9.14)

NB. This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge. Please email Will Sutcliffe at chair@bradford. if you discover any errors.

*See also:

A) BRADFORD

1. Accommodation & Help for Homeless

2. Advice

3. Drop-ins, Clubs

4. Education & Training

5. Health

6. Legal Assistance

7. Practical Help

8. Other

1. ACCOMMODATION & HELP FOR HOMELESS

ABIGAIL HOUSING

Destitution Project: housing in Bradford for asylum seekers made homeless by negative asylum decisions. Contact: 07908 364112; asylumseeker@.uk

Refugee Housing Project: Temporary accommodation, currently only in Leeds, for those with leave to remain whose Home Office support has just ended, and then help in finding suitable longer-term accommodation. Contact: 07743 189314; refugee@.uk

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BEACON Hosting Project provides short, medium and longer-term accommodation for destitute asylum seekers within the homes of volunteer hosts

Will Sutcliffe: host.beacon@; 07505 053149



BEVAN HOUSE HOMELESS AND NEW ARRIVALS HEALTH TEAM

Our work is mainly outreach in people’s homes or where they are staying. We provide holistic health interventions for individuals and families which help and engage people to use mainstream services. Key parts of our work are TB screening and education about TB and mental health interventions by qualified practitioners.

152 Sunbridge Road

Bradford BD12HA

 FAX  01274 227927

TEL  01274 227554 (Fiona Lerner) or 227555



BRADFORD CITY CENTRE PROJECT (BCCP)

Helping young people (16-25 yrs) in housing and other social needs

What we offer

Immediate advice and practical help for individual homelessness

Housing options

BCHT appealing decisions

Benefits advice / claims

Help with personal issues

Hate crime reporting facility

Job Advice and employment support

Self-help and mutual support groups

4th Floor, City House, 27 Cheapside, Bradford, BD1 4HR

Tel: 0845 141 6666

Fax: 01274 254845

e-mail: headoffice@

Mon-Fri (ex. Wed) 12.30-15.30

BRADFORD DAY SHELTER

16-20 Edmund St.

Mon: 9.30-4pm

Tues + Thurs: 9.00-4pm

Weds: 9.30-3pm

Sun: 9.00 – 3pm

+ throughout Christmas

Manager: 01274 393234 dayshelter@hortonhousing.co.uk

KEYHOUSE Refugee Service. Supported housing for those newly granted leave to remain in the UK

01274 738 954

NIGHTSTOP

Bradford Nightstop provides free emergency accommodation for young homeless people aged 16-25 in the homes of trained volunteers or in a room at a local hostel. Our accommodation is for one night at a time. Young People are provided with an evening meal and the chance of a bath or a shower.

Unit 86

Carlisle Business Centre, 60 Carlisle Road, Bradford, BD8 8BD

01274 776888. admin@.uk

2. ADVICE

BRADFORD ACTION FOR REFUGEES (BAfR)

• The ADVICE SERVICE provides advice and assistance to refugees and asylum seekers who reside in the Bradford District on a number of issues such as housing, employment, health and wellbeing, integration and welfare benefits.

|Monday |10am – 1pm |2pm - 3:30pm |

|Tuesday |10am - 1pm |2pm - 3:30pm |

|Wednesday |CLOSED |CLOSED |

|Thursday |10am - 1pm |2pm - 3:30pm |

|Friday | See below* |2pm - 3:30pm |

•  Women Only/Friendly Drop in Service. Fridays 10.00 – 12.30pm

• CHILDREN AND FAMILIES PROJECT:

After school clubs:

➢ Adventure Tuesdays. 4:00 - 5:45pm every other week.

Various activities in different places across the city for those who cannot access other groups. Bus ticket paid. Ring for more details.

➢ BD5 Group. 3:30 – 5:30pm every Wednesday

St. Stephen’s Community Hall, St. Stephen’s Road, BD5 7BH. Opposite Newby primary School

➢ Reading Club. 4:15 – 5:45pm Every other Tuesday at Bradford Central Library (Children’s Area). Bus ticket paid. Ring for more details.

Read together, play word games, visit local places, story time.

➢ Allotment/Garden. 10:30 – 12:30pm Tuesdays at Scotchman Road, BD9 5DD

Bus ticket paid. Meet there at 10:30, or at BAfR offices at 10am. Get outdoors, exercise, grow food, take fresh fruit and vegetables home with you.

➢ Big Meet Cook and Eat, and skills share. Monday once a month 10.30-12.30 at BAfR office. Come together to cook, share food. Bring along your knitting or other skills to share. Toys for the kids too

Bradford Action for Refugees

40A Piccadilly Bradford BD1 3NN

01274 762 100 .uk

BRITISH RED CROSS Refugee Support Service

Destitution Drop-in. A welcoming and safe space for asylum seekers to get advice, use computers and meet others.

Every Tuesday at Bradford Resource Centre 17-21 Chapel Street, Little Germany, BD15DT 10:00 – 14:00.

Contact the coordinator (Pascale) on 07730090864, 0113 2015290 or pgayford@.uk for more information (Monday – Thursday) or contact the office on 0113 2015240 and ask to speak to Refugee Support on Fridays.

We assist asylum seekers and refugees to find a route out of destitution by:

• Providing short-term emergency provisions in the form of food vouchers, food parcels, toiletries and clothing.

• Reading through client’s paperwork and suggesting a course of action

• Referring/ Signposting to solicitors and volunteer organisations that help people with asylum applications (and family reunion and welfare advice)

• Referring/ Signposting to asylum support organisations (BAFR, Asylum Help)

• Referring clients to emergency accommodation providers (Hope Housing, Nightstop, LASSN Shortstop, Inn Churches)

• Referring/ Signposting to Healthcare providers (GPs and dentists) and Mental Health Services and volunteer organisations promoting mental well-being (Bradford CMHT, Solace)

• Referring to orientation and befriending organisations (HALE, BAFR)

• Referring to specialist organisations who provide support for refugees and asylum seekers (Bradford Women’s Aid, Bradford Rape Crisis)

• Providing advice on volunteering opportunities with the Red Cross and signpost to Bradford Volunteering Centre

• Advice on English Classes and other Educational courses in Bradford (Bradford College, BIASAN, BAFR, Landmark Centre)

• Information about and referrals to other Red Cross Services such as International Family Tracing and Family Reunion Travel Assistance

Trained volunteers help:

• Filling in forms and providing information about housing, benefits, and asylum

• Making phone calls

• Finding a doctor, dentist or solicitor

• Providing information about jobs and courses

• Using libraries, museums, etc

• Using public transport

• Issuing food parcels and sleeping bags to asylum seekers and refugees who are destitute.

3. DROP-INS, CLUBS

 

BIASAN (Bradford Immigration and Asylum Support & Advice Network)

Thursday Drop-In. Held 6 to 7.30pm at Bradford Resource Centre,17-21 Chapel St (in Little Germany), BD1 5DT.. A good meal is provided and donated clothing and goods are often available. Members are signposted to relevant agencies and other sources of support. On the first Thursday of the month there is an Open Meeting with interpreters to plan future activities, air views and disseminate information. There is no distinction between 'client' and volunteer, between continuing and 'failed' asylum seekers and successful refugees - all are seen as members.

Women's Club. For women and their children. Held at Bradford Resource Centre,17-21 Chapel St (in Little Germany), BD1 5DT from 1-4pm every Thursday. The Club provides opportunities for women to socialise as well as arts and other activities. Playworkers provide activities on some weeks for children. There are also periodic visits from BafR’s befriending co-ordinator; a representative from McKenzie Friends (see above, under BEACON); Horton Housing’s HOSTS project (see below) and other services.

English Lessons. See ‘Education & Training’ section below

Special Events including an August Bank Holiday day trip to the seaside.

NB. Entirely volunteer-run: no office base or ‘phone number.

Email: maggie.barry@hotmail.co.uk

BRITISH RED CROSS Refugee Support Service

- See ‘Advice’ section above

LANDMARK CENTRE @ All Saints Church. Little Horton

Green Light: Monday evening 5pm-7pm

Green Light is run by volunteers and is open to all refugees and asylum seekers. We offer support and signposting and a very warm welcome.  Come and join us for a freshly cooked hot dinner served at 6pm. It’s a great place to meet people and make friends. So whether you’re new to the city or have been here for some time, come along and join us.

Children are welcome, we have crafts and activities to keep them busy whilst you have a coffee and catch up with friends and improve your English with our spotlight English classes.

We welcome all members of our community to join us for dinner.

Little Horton Green, Bradford, BD5 0NG

All Saints is located just off Little Horton Lane, opposite St Luke’s Hospital (Horton Wing). You can reach us on public transport using buses 640 and 641.

01274 733798 / 07722 134544

info@allsaints-landmark.co.uk



ONE BREAD – Breadmaking, soup and chat + creative spirituality

Tuesdays 10.00 – 2pm at St. Augustine’s Church café, Otley Rd, BD3 0DJ

Tel. Ann on 07832 293751

4. EDUCATION & TRAINING

ANCHOR PROJECT Spotlight English Club

Every Thursday at 1pm during term-time. Aimed at those wanting to practise their English. Pre-school children catered for. St Clements Church Barkerend Road BD3 9DF

Contact either Nick Mangeolles or Indi Elcock at the Anchor Project,

Tel: 01274 743054

Email: spotlight@.uk

CHAT (BEACON) Spotlight English Conversation Class.

Every Weds 10.00 – 11.30 at Thornbury Methodist church, Leeds Old Rd, BD3 8JS (opposite Phoenix House Asylum Tribunal Court). Contact the CHAT Coordinator on 07783 766524.

chat@

BIASAN English Lessons. Run by volunteer teachers on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Beginners: 3.45-6.30 Weds; 3.45-6pm Thurs. More advanced: 4.30-6.30 Weds; 4.30–6pm Thurs at Bradford Resource Centre, 17-21 Chapel St (in Little Germany), BD1 5DT.

FORSTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ESOL*, ESOL + ICT; housing, benefits and career advice and guidance.

Travel expenses, registration and exam fees are covered.  The classes are majority asylum

seekers from a wide range of backgrounds.

*ESOL courses are free for asylum seekers once they have been in the UK for 6 months and those on Section 4 (sadly not for those whose claims have failed). Reduced fee for those in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance or Working Tax Credit.

Tel: 01274 308707.

KIRKGATE Spotlight English Conversation Club.

Kirkgate Centre, 39a Kirkgate, Shipley, BD18 3EH.

Every Tuesday: 10.00 – 11.30am

Tel: 580186

LANDMARK CENTRE IT CLASSES

Classes are on a ‘drop in’ basis, so there’s no need to book

Mondays 1:30pm-3:30pm: IT Skills for work

Getting the most out of essentials like Word, Excel and email

Thursdays 10am-12pm: Beginners’ IT

From first principles with a computer, or come in with your

smartphone, tablet or iPod for an introduction

Thursdays 6pm-8pm: Social Media Surgery

Everything from keeping your child safe on Facebook and Skyping with

family abroad, to starting and running a blog

All Saints Church. Little Horton (opposite St Lukes Hospital)

Tel: 733798; 0772 134544

it@allsaints-landmark.co.uk

allsaints-landmark.co.uk

RETAS (Refugee Education + Training Advice Service)

|Tuesday drop-in at the Palm Cove offices (see above) for those recently awarded refugee status: | |

|Ladywell Mills, Mill Lane, BD4 7DF | |

|Ring for an appointment : Tel: 07545 211637. .uk/ | |

5. HEALTH

BEVAN HOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

152 Sunbridge Road, BD1 2HA

Phone: 01274 322400. Fax 322401

bevanhealthcare.nhs.uk

Reception times

Monday, Tues, Fri

09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:30

Wednesday

09:00 - 13:00

Thursday

09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 16:30

Surgery times

Monday, Tues, Thurs, Fri

09:30 - 12:00, 14:00 - 18:00

Wednesday

09:30 - 12:00

Pathway Homelessness Team

Dr Hayley Rees: Specialist GP

Hayley.rees@bradford.nhs.uk

Helen Phelan – Pathway Nurse

07587 165570

BISCIT (Horton Housing)

BISCIT is a new service in Bradford supporting Third Country Nationals with long term health

conditions to integrate into the UK. BISCIT is funded until June 2015 to provide:

Wraparound floating support ; ESOL lessons; Cultural Orientation; Employability skills

Citizenship; Immigration advice; Support with managing long term health conditions; Self Employment Academy

You can access BISCIT if:

• You are a Third Country National (you have come to settle in the UK from outside the European Union. For example, you have Discretionary leave to remain, Humanitarian Protection or spouse visa)

• You have a long term health condition (for example diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, mental health problems or heart disease)

• You live in the Bradford district and are aged 18 years or over

What can we help with?

• Assistance with setting up or maintaining a home or tenancy

• Assistance with maximising welfare benefits income

• Providing tailored support to help improve and / or manage health conditions

• Access to ESOL (English as a Second Language) and other training courses

• Training in Cultural Orientation and other integration related courses

• Training to become self employed via the Self Employment Academy

• Training in employability skills and signposting to vocational training

• Participating in voluntary and community activities to support integration

• Support to obtain Citizenship

• Referral to a registered immigration firm for such things as a family reunion application

Contact: 07852 041420 or email us at biscit@hortonhousing.co.uk

|BRADFORD RAPE CRISIS & SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS SERVICE (BRC&SASS) |

|Women and girls only |

|c/o BCVS, 19-25 Sunbridge Road, |Helpline: 01274 308270 |

|Bradford |Helpline Opening Hours: |

|West Yorkshire |Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday afternoons Wednesday & Thursday evenings |

|BD1 2AY | |

|Email: info@.uk |Phone Number(s): |

|Fax: 01274 308497 |Office - 01274 723896 |

| |Referrals & Appointments - 01274 308271 |

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| |*Advocacy, support & drop-in service 3 times a week |

| |at Bevan House primary care centre (see above) for women, |

| |including homeless, asylum seekers and refugees* |

| |Referrals via Bevan House. |

HILLSIDE BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE

Open 8am – 8pm 7 days/week. Anyone can just turn up to see a GP or a nurse, whether a patient of the practice or not. No appointments needed.

4 Butler St West (off Otley New Rd) BD3 0BS – 800m from City Centre.

0845 121 1024 (24hrs)

‘OUR’ PROJECT

‘Our’ is a Bradford based community service working with people living with HIV. The focus is to offer a quality service to all people living with HIV or AIDS in the Bradford Metropolitan District.

Advice and Support: Offers advice, information and support on HIV testing. Also offers pre-testing support. For more information please ring 01274740548 or email our@mesmac.co.uk

HIV Positive: Community project working with people infected and affected by HIV including counselling, complementary therapies, advice and support. We offer one to one and group support. For more information please ring 01274 740548 or email our@mesmac.co.uk

Support and Social Groups: We have a drop in session every Thursday from 3pm to 6pm. For more information please ring 01274 740548 or email our@mesmac.co.uk

Courses: We offer training on transmission, treatment and living positively with HIV. For more information please ring 01274 740548 or email our@mesmac.co.uk



SHARING VOICES

Sharing Voices Bradford is a Community Development Mental Health Organisation and primarily works within the inner city areas of Bradford comprising over 50% of Black Minority Ethnic Communities

Sharing Voices promotes self-help and mutual support, through community development.

Groups are a large part of helping members to develop collective action.

Participation in activities of their own choice including fitness, music and faith groups as well as activities around art and which are gender specific.

99 Maningham Lane Bradford BD1 3BN. Tel:01274 7311 66

Email:info@.uk



SOLACE - Surviving Exile and Persecution

 Solace is a charity which provides individual counselling and pain/stress management to asylum seekers and refugees in the Yorkshire region. Solace in Bradford is based at Bradford Action for Refugees, where the service is available on Monday afternoon and all day on

Wedn​esday. We plan to run a Solace Stress Management Group in the Spring of 2015. Referrals for our Bradford service should be made to Solace's Leeds office: Suite 2, Bank House, 150 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 5LJ; tel. 0112 249 1437; fax. 0113 249 1765; email info@solace-.uk. To discuss any aspect of Solace's work in Bradford, please contact Lead Therapist Ian Fairley on 07722707561 (Weds only) or at ian@solace-.uk

6. LEGAL ASSISTANCE

(NB. This is not a comprehensive list…)

BRADFORD LAW CENTRE

| |Drop-in sessions at the Law Centre on Mondays 10am – 1pm. |

|31 Manor Row |Phone consultations on Tuesdays between 10am - 1pm. |

|Bradford BD1 4PS |Appointments to be made by telephone on Tuesdays, between 10am - 1pm.|

|01274 306 617 |Clients with prior appointments can then be seen on Mondays – |

|Fax: 01274 390 939 |Fridays. |

|Monday – Friday 10am – 1pm | |

|bradfordlawcentre.co.uk/ | |

CHAMBERS.

37 Grattan Rd, BD1 2LU

Freephone: 0800 977 5281 Tel: 01274 301450

IMMIGRATION LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE

…. provides affordable immigration legal advice and representation covering a wide range of immigration and asylum matters. We are a Community Interest Company and we operate on a “not for profit” basis. The fees we charge are to cover the running costs of representing your case. Any profits that are made will be used to provide pro-bono work for those least able to pay. 

2 Wellington Place, Leeds,LS1 4AP

0113 366 2097

info@.uk



MANUEL BRAVO PROJECT

The Manuel Bravo Project is a new charitable organisation which is starting to help asylum seekers who are unable to find adequate legal representation. The Project is volunteer-based with barristers, solicitors, law students and lay volunteers giving their time to assist people. Any immigration advice is provided by the solicitor or barrister as an individual rather than from the Project.   

Following a referral, the papers are reviewed by an immigration specialist. Clients are invited to attend an advice session - usually a Tuesday evening. Teams of qualified lawyers from Leeds law firms then help the client to prepare their case for hearing on a pro bono (free) basis under the supervision and guidance of specialist immigration barristers.  

Volunteers ensure the smooth running of the sessions, carry out country information research, undertake administrative tasks at sessions and support the client through the process. We do not currently have resources to represent clients at the hearing itself.

The Manuel Bravo Project. Cordelia House, 45 Westfield Rd, Leeds, LS3 1DG.

Tel. 0113 350 8608

Fax 0113 320 8608

office@.uk

.uk

MCKENZIE FRIENDS (BEACON) are trained volunteers who provide moral support and informed help for those without access to legal representation appealing against asylum decisions.,

BEACON office: 32 Merton Road, Bradford. BD7 1RE, 01274 727525 (721626) beacon@

McKenzie Friends mobile: 07531 576330

NBS SOLICITORS (formerly Barry Clark)

10 Mornington Villas

Bradford

BD8 7HB

Main 01274 544 844

Fax 01274 488 505

info@nbssolicitors.co.uk

Free Legal Services Commission asylum advice & representation on immigration and asylum matters.

Opening times: Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm

Drop-in: Weds 10.00 – 12.00

How to access: Call in, phone or write for an appointment

SWITALSKI'S

2a Darley Street Bradford BD1 3HH

Main 01274 720 314; Fax 01274 721 206. Email: help@

Website

Free Legal Services Commission advice & representation on immigration and asylum matters.

Opening times Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm

Phone for an appointment.

UK Immigration Advisors

4 Mornington Villas, Manningham, BD8 7HB Tel: 01274 499994 Fax: ..same ……..

Drop-in Mondays and Tuesdays 11.00 – 1pm; other times by appointment.

7. PRACTICAL SUPPORT

HALE: Welcome To Bradford Refugee & Asylum Seeker Scheme

Our specialist Welcome To Bradford Coordinator works with refugees and asylum seekers who need support to get out and about in their community.

If you are a refugee or asylum seeker, or know of someone who is feeling isolated, needing help in accessing services or just finding out what’s available in your area we can help. 

This could be help to access local courses or groups, find appointment locations, or even working out which bus routes you need to take. 

The Welcome To Bradford scheme is FREE and runs citywide, in conjunction with Keyhouse, who can help Asylum Seekers who are awarded Refugee status to find accommodation. 

Download a leaflet about the scheme here.  You can read a case study here.

The Welcome To Bradford scheme also includes WEAVe (We Enable Active Volunteers) whereby refugees and asylum seekers are supported by our WTB Coordinator to volunteer as peer mentor/befrienders to other people who are in a similar situation.

If you would like to know more, are interested in volunteering, or if you know someone who might benefit from a Welcome To Bradford Coordinator, please contact us.

Hale can be contacted at 01274 271088. 



|HORTON HOUSING – Crisis Support Service | |

|Provides interventions for individuals and families in crisis. The work is a mixture of ongoing, | |

|longer term support, or short term interventions(depending on client need) | |

|Issues addressed : homeless/housing issue; benefit issues; mental health; substance misuse issues; physical | |

|health etc.  | |

|The service is very responsive, and if necessary can see people the same day they were referred. | |

|Telephone: 01274 768 035 | |

|Drop-in: Tues 2-4pm at Bevan House (see above) | |

|Fax: 01274 726 991 | |

|hortonhousing.co.uk | |

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8. OTHER

BEACON: CHAT (Care and Hospitality at Thornbury) offers a warm welcome and simple refreshments to asylum seekers waiting for their appeals to start at the Asylum and Immigration Hearings Centre at Phoenix House. chat@

BEACON office: 32 Merton Road, Bradford. BD7 1RE, 01274 727525 beacon@

BRADFORD REFUGEE FORUM

BRF provides a strong voice for the refugee and asylum community and achieves this by ensuring active representation of these communities at various strategic forums in political, economic and socio-cultural organizations.   Closely allied to this commitment, is the need for empowering these communities through effective learning and development and the delivery of wanted information to the right people, at the right time and place.

c/o Bradford Action for Refugees

40A Piccadilly Bradford BD1 3NN

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CITY OF SANCTUARY BRADFORD

City of Sanctuary is a national movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Its goal is to create a network of towns and cities throughout the UK which are proud to be places of safety, and which include people seeking sanctuary fully in the life of their communities. A ‘City of Sanctuary’ is a place where a broad range of local organizations, community groups and faith communities, as well as local government, are publicly committed to welcoming and including people seeking sanctuary.

Amongst other things, in Bradford we run regular events, engage with the Council and its partners to improve services for those seeking sanctuary, work with local media to get accurate and positive coverage of asylum issues.

c/o Touchstone, 32 Merton Rd Bradford BD7 1RE. Tel: 07505 053149;

chair@bradford.

bradford

CENTRE RESOLUTION CONFLICTS

CRC is a community-led peace and conflict resolution-training centre. It is based in Bradford to serve all communities of Bradford District, mainly the Refugee Communities, but also, through Internet, all community’s victims of conflict around the world.

c/o All Saints Church, Bradford, BD5 0NG, Tel: 07500410772  



    

GATEWAY PROTECTION PROGRAMME – Horton Housing

In partnership with Bradford Council, Bradford and Airedale PCT, Education Bradford and Manningham Housing Association, Horton Housing delivers support services in this successful humanitarian programme in Bradford on behalf of the UK Border Agency and European Union.

Bevan House Primary Care Centre, 152 Sunbridge Road, BRADFORD, BD1 2HA

(01274) 768035

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HOPE FOR JUSTICE

Hope for Justice is an anti-human trafficking organisation working to uncover and abolish the hidden crime of modern-day slavery. As a non-governmental organisation (NGO) we gather intelligence and assist in the process of removing victims from exploitation within the UK. Human trafficking is not someone else’s problem, it’s happening in our communities, in our neighbourhoods, in our country. Hope for Justice was created to be the practical solution to human trafficking with four areas of operation:

• Investigate & Rescue

• Assist Aftercare

• Perpetrator Accountability

• Campaign

Hope for Justice have a team in Bradford

T: 0845 519 7402

W. .uk; Twitter hopeforjustice

STAR (Student Action for Refugees)

Bradford University group:



VOLUNTEERING BRADFORD –opportunities for asylum seekers & refugees.

Drop-in Tues 10.00-12.00 + Thurs 1.00 – 3.00 at 19-25 Sunbridge Rd, BD1 2AY

Tel: 725434 / 720779. info@.



B) HALIFAX

St Augustines Centre 

The Centre provides a range of activities and resources, including child-care, adult education, community support, advice and guidance covering such areas as education, employment, adapting to UK culture, citizenship and immigration.

St Augustine's Community Support has been set up to provide help for asylum seekers, refugees, EU migrants and to all those resident in the local community who require assistance

Hanson Lane

Halifax

HX1 5PG

Main Centre 01422 352492

Manager denise.keenan@.uk

Early years karen.hammond@.uk

Support centre 01422 342719

info@.uk

 

C) KEIGHLEY

LEGAL ADVICE:

Citizens’ Advice Bureau Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley BD21 3JD.

Drop-in service Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9.30 to 1.30.

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BRADFORD LAW CENTRE Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley BD21 3JD.

Free legal advice and representation. Alternate Thursdays. Tel. 01274 306617 to make an appointment.

SALVATION ARMY, High Street, Keighley Tel. 01535 603494. Closed till 6.9.12!

For those without means: on Tuesday morning, 10 - 12.00, and Thursday afternoon 1 – 3, free food parcels are available; Tuesday evening, 7pm, a free meal is served. The Salvation Army is a Christian Church open to all.

Lilies of the Valley, 72 Cavendish Street, Keighley

Drop in: free coffee, cake and play. .

Mothers with babies and toddlers.  Mondays 12.30 - 2.30 pm;  Wednesdays 12.30 - 2.30 pm;  Fridays 10.00 - 12.00 noon.  

English classes

Mixed (men and women):  Tuesday 1 - 2.30 pm.

Men Thursday 10 -11.30am

Women Thursday 1 - 2.30pm

D) LEEDS NB. Not recently updated

ABIGAIL HOUSING

Refugee Housing Project: Temporary accommodation, currently only in Leeds, for those with leave to remain whose NASS support has just ended, and then help in finding suitable longer-term accommodation. Contact: 07715 561981; refugee@.uk

.uk

AJAR (Asylum Justice And Release)

The aim of our charity is to work with asylum seekers in detention/removal centres and prisons to secure bail in appropriate circumstances and to provide support before and after release. We have no paid workers: all work is carried out by volunteers.

Email: ajarleeds@

Phone: 07538 758513



THE COMMON PLACE, Wharf Street, Leeds Asylum rights activities

Regular activities include ;

*** Leeds No Borders Anti-Deportation Drop-In

*** United Refugee Organisation

*** Leeds No Borders organizing meetings

*** Common Conversation

*** Women's Group

For details. go to "Events Calendar" on

EAST LEEDS GET TOGETHER GROUP (Mental Health Drop in)

Free food and activities

Tuesdays 12.30 – 2.30pm

5&6 Boston Towers, Lincoln Green, LS97PB

Ring Tom or Richard on 0113 248 4880

ESOL (English) CLASSES

run by Park Lane College, Leeds. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10.00am – 12.30pm

Partnership with the Leeds Health Access Team, offering health screening.

ESOL – ‘Echo’ Class

Esol class for ladies only

Tuesdays 9.30 – 12 noon

IT class for ladies only

Mondays 1.00 – 3.00pm

Upstairs/Pakistani Centre, Conway Road, Harehills, Leeds LS8 5JH

01132497762

HAREHILLS AND CHAPELTOWN LAW CENTRE

Offers free and confidential legal services to disadvantaged communities. Specialises in such areas of the law as housing, welfare rights, immigration, and mental health

263 Roundhay Road Leeds LS8 4HS

Telephone: 0113 249 1100 Fax: 0113 235 1185

Email: admin@.uk

LASSN

Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network is a small local charity aiming to make a positive contribution to the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds. We provide:

* one-to-one befriending and English at Home tuition using trained volunteer befrienders and tutors

* community initiatives which involve and benefit refugees and asylum seekers

* a volunteer hosting scheme to support destitute asylum seekers and refugees

1st Floor, Ebor Court, Westgate, Leeds LS1 4ND 

Tel: 0113 373 1759; Fax: 0113 373 1758 

Office opening hours are Monday to Friday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm. 

Please note that we do not operate a drop-in service, visitors are advised to telephone or email first to make an appointment.

Languages spoken include: French, Dari, German, Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu

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MANUEL BRAVO PROJECT

The Manuel Bravo Project helps asylum seekers who are unable to find adequate legal representation. The Project is volunteer-based with barristers, solicitors, law students and lay volunteers giving their time to assist people. Any immigration advice is provided by the solicitor or barrister as an individual rather than from the Project.   

The Manuel Bravo Project. Cordelia House, 45 Westfield Rd, Leeds, LS3 1DG.

Tel. 0113 350 8608; Fax 0113 320 8608

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FREEDOM FROM TORTURE

Roundhay Rd Resource Centre

233/7 Roundhay Rd, Leeds, LS8 4HS, 0113 887 9502



THE MEETING POINT, Christchurch, Armley Ridge Road, Armley, LS12 3LE

• Weekly Drop-in, Mondays (term time) 3pm – 6pm @ Christ Church. We provide a weekly drop which provides a range of enjoyable activities in a safe environment including computer and internet use, football sessions, children’s activities and crafts, a hot meal and food packages. We also offer various services, including a nearly new shop, help desk and English classes.

• Appointments: Every Wednesday 10am – 2pm - If you would like an appointment with one of or workers for help or support with anything please contact us.

• Support and Advocacy Work. Staff and volunteers work to support and empower service users to access services and entitlements, we run the appointment service on a Wednesday and can do home visits and accompany people to appointments on request.

meetingpoint.leeds@live.co.uk. Contact: 0113 2796700



PAFRAS

Weekly drop in centre:

Support – One to one support for clients with experienced staff and volunteers.

Food and Other Essential Items – Hot meals and fresh fruit are available to everyone and access to toiletries, clothes and blankets. Food parcels are available to take away for people most in need.

Social Activities and volunteering – opportunities to take part in various activities including conservation, arts and community projects in partnership with other organisations.

The drop-in is held on Thursdays between 10:00 and 13:20 at St Aidan’s Community Hall, off Roundhay Road, in Harehills, Leeds. Click here for a map. Tel: 0113 262 2163. .uk.

PREGNANT ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES DROP-IN IN LEEDS

Mondays 10:00am to12:00 noon, starting Monday 23rd April.  At Sure Start Chapeltown, Children & Family Centre, 62 Leopold Street, Leeds, LS7 4AW.  

* Advice & Support around pregnancy

* Information about local services

* Make Friends

* Refreshments Available

* Children's Clothing Exchange

* Internet Access

This will be an opportunity for midwifery care, signposting, and networking for women. It will run alongside an existing HAT drop-in. I hope that in time we can offer other facilities.

Contact : Sarah Bennett, SureStart Midwife, on 0113 2007969

RETAS (Refugee Education Training Advice Service)

RETAS aims to provide information, advice and support to help refugees and asylum seekers overcome difficulties in accessing education, training and employment, including supporting people through professional re-qualification and facilitating volunteering.

RETAS aims to build confidence and self esteem in all service users, and instill them with a sense of hope for the future to encourage participation and integration

The Roundhay Road Resource Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Road, Harehills, Leeds, LS8 4HS.  Tel: 0113 380 5630; Fax: 0113 380 5631



SOLACE – surviving persecution and exile 

Solace is a charity which provides counselling and psychotherapy to asylum seekers and refugees in the Yorkshire region. In Leeds Solace is based at Bank House, just off the Roundhay Road in the Harehills area. Most of the counselling is one-to-one, working with trained interpreters in about two thirds of the counselling sessions that take place. The service is also staffed by a pain/stress management therapist and a homeopath. Solace in Leeds has a small capacity to work with families, runs an ongoing Stress Management Group,and holds an Advocacy Drop-In every Thursday at Leeds Refugee Forum (Cromwell Street).

Solace, Suite 2, Bank House, 150 Roundhay Road, Leeds   LS8 5LJ 

Tel: 0113 249 1437. email: info@solace-.uk .

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ST. GEORGE’S CRYPT

Drop In. Mon, Thurs, Fri: 10.00 – 12.30 (General – mainly homeless)

Clothing Sessions. Mon; 2.00-3.00; Thurs 10-11. 00; Fri: 10.00-11.00 + 2.00 – 3.00

St George's Crypt; Great George Street Leeds LS1 3BR

Telephone: 0113 245 9061; Facsimile: 0113 244 3646

Email: arja.copperwheat@.uk



ST MONICA’S HOUSING

Supported housing for female refused asylum seekers in Leeds

Contact via Justice & Peace Office, Hinsley Hall.

0113 261 8055

WOMEN ASYLUM SEEKER WEEKLY DROP-IN

Every Thursday 4pm-7pm at The Common Place, Warf Street, Leeds - an opportunity to share stories, advice and to socialise.  Contact : Tash on tash_gordon@yahoo.co.uk

WOMENS HEALTH MATTERS

Rainbow Hearts Women’s Group  - a group for asylum seekers and refugees.

Every Tuesday 12.30 – 2.30 Bangladeshi Centre on Roundhay Road LS8 5AN

Ring Marianna on 0113 276 2851 or 07903089581 for more information.

YORK St. Health Practice

Our aim is to provide comprehensive health care to the single homeless population of Leeds.

The primary healthcare team is an extended one, providing services to a large number of patients with physical health issues, which often present in together with problems of substance misuse, mental health issues and/or disorder of self.

Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm

68 York Street, Leeds LS9 8AA. Tel: 0113 295 4840. Fax: 0113 247 0290. E: yorkstreet@

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