Warrington Youth Zone is an open access Universal service for children and Young People aged 7 -19 or up to 25 for those with additional needs. We have two elements to our work, universal and targeted programmes. Our targeted programmes provide focused support for individuals and small groups of children and young people
Support for asylum seekers varies from community to community. Some of the support our churches offer ranges from:
- English language classes at no cost
- Safe spaces to make new friends or to enjoy a meal
- Carer and toddler groups are open to everyone
- Sunday worship
- Midweek activities such as sports sessions or intergenerational activities.
- Practical assistance through food banks and baby banks
We offer stay and play groups for under 5s, counselling for over 18s, autism youth group for 11-25s, parent/carer coffee mornings and workshops, monthly family trips and family support workers.
We offer English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) lessons, wellbeing sessions, information and communications technology workshops, and women and youth sessions.
GMIAU host free immigration advice sessions on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, from 10:30am-2:30pm.
We have a range of employment, education and community services for Chinese men and women and other ethnic minority groups, including Somali, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian and many European nationalities. The Society aims to challenge all forms of discrimination and social exclusion through the provision of diverse and reactive services, delivered by a team of qualified social workers, nurses and other professionals.
Apart from providing health and social care to the Chinese community, we have children’s projects, youth projects, women and parenting projects, adult learning, mental health projects and elderly projects. Day care services for older people are also available as well as a luncheon club and meals-on-wheels. We also provide ESOL support, welfare advice, legal advice and cultural awareness talks.
Breaks and activities for all carers including young carers, elderly and those with mental health issues living in Manchester. Activities include Mandarin classes, pamper sessions, carers corner, outdoor activities, singing class, home visits, hospital visits and interpreting service.
We also hold ESOL classes at The Welcome Centre (18-32 Brentfield Ave, Cheetham Hill M8 0TW) for pre-entry to entry 2 level.
Classes run:
- Mondays 10am -12pm & 12.30pm – 2.30pm
- Tuesdays 10am -12pm & 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Venus is a service that supports women and children. They can provide counselling, support with housing, money and other family support.
The Charity promotes multiculturalism the Furness area. It does this through promoting multicultural events and providing access to services for BME people. It aims to re-establish a multicultural drop-in centre for people from all cultures to meet and celebrate each others’ cultures in comfort and safety. It runs a multicultural youth group for children and young people in the area.
GMYN’s programme is specifically for Unaccompanied Children ages 15-21 who are undergoing an individual asylum process for leave to remain. Over the next 3 years we will support unaccompanied children residing in the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester into a variety of fun and wellbeing focussed activities attached with skills development, social action projects and advice networks whilst they wait for their cases to be assessed. We are partnering with the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) who support people subject to immigration control with free advice, representation, and support services.