Resources
Resource List: Contact Addresses
Refugee Council
240 - 250 Ferndale Road, SW9 8BB 020 7346 6700
Advice Line 020 7346 6777
First stop for all refugee issues: direct advice for refugees, including translated information booklets, and a panel of advisors for unaccompanied children: 020 7582 4947
British Red Cross - Refugee Unit
54 Ebury Street, London SW1W 0LU 020 7730 5400
Tracing and Messaging Service 020 7235 5454
National Asylum Support Service (NASS)
http://www.asylumsupport.info/nass.htm
Quest House, 30 Wellesley Road, Croydon CR0 6ER 0845 602 1739
Government department responsible for supporting destitute asylum seekers
Citizen's Advice Bureau
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/ 0870 840 8080
Offers free, confidential and impartial advice. May have specialists in refugee issues.
The Refugee Legal Centre
http://www.refugee-legal-centre.org.uk/
153-157 Commercial Road, London E1 2DA 020 7780 3220
Provides free legal advice and representation.
Immigration Advisory Service (IAS)
County House, 190 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4XB 020 7967 1200
Advice Line 020 7967 1200
Gives free and confidential legal advice from offices all over the UK
Children's Legal Centre (refugee and asylum seekers)
Easily accessible advice relating the rights of refugee children
Asylum Aid
28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS 020 7377 5123
Provides free legal advice to refugees and asylum seekers
STAR (Student Action for Refugees)
http://www.star-network.org.uk/
STAR is an organisation giving university students and young people the opportunity to learn about and raise awareness of refugee issues, support refugees in their local communities in a practical way through volunteering, and campaign for the rights of refugees everywhere.
The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
http://www.torturecare.org.uk/
111 Isledon Road, London N7 7JW 020 7697 7777
Provides medical treatment and therapeutic support to survivors of torture.
The Place2Be
Wapping Telephone Exchange, Royal Mint Street, London E1 8LQ 020 7780 6189
Enables therapeutic and emotional support to children in schools
Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)
Lindsey House, 40-42 Charterhouse Street, London EC1M 6JN 020 7251 8383
May be able to advise about finding a solicitor.
Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit (RAGU)
Set up to help improve the employment prospects of refugees with higher level education or professional qualifications from their own country. Offers guidance and training, and a website explaining the education system in the UK.
Refugees into Jobs
http://www.brent.gov.uk/regen2.nsf/0/56268a32c377062380256e9a00596d11?OpenDocument
3-7 Carlton Avenue, Wembley, Middx, HA9 8UA 020 8908 4433
Provides training, assistance with job search, voluntary work placements, and support with traveling and childcare
Multikulti
This website aims to support citizenship through the delivery of culturally appropriate and accurately translated information in the areas of welfare law, debt, employment, health, housing, immigration ad welfare benefits.
Refugee Women's Association
http://www.refugeewomen.org/rwa.htm 020 7923 2412
Provides advice and guidance about education, training, health and social care.
Refed
To subscribe: e-mail to refed-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Free refugee education mailing and discussion list.
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