Wirral Multicultural Organisation (WMO) is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. Its purpose offer a range of professional and culturally sensitive services to improve the overall health and wellbeing for all people from Ethnic Minority backgrounds. A key focus is to support more vulnerable people from Ethnic Minority backgrounds. by providing language support, advocacy, social support and activities, assistance to access primary care services and including advice and education services.
Wirral Change is a multi-award-winning charity dedicated to empowering and improving the lives of all Ethnic Minority Communities across the Wirral through tailored support, guidance, and advocacy via a wide range of services such as interpreting, health, asylum support and more. We also offer ESOL classes to help you integrate and secure employment and training opportunities.
We have a range of classes rom pre-entry to level 1. Our helpful team will help your learn at your pace and grow in your confidence. If you would like to attend ESOL classes, please contact our team on 0151 649 8177.
British Red Cross Refugee Support, Liverpool City Region, helps people seeking asylum, refugees and other migrants on various issues including adjusting to life in a new country through casework support. The session offers the opportunity for people to meet new people and chat over hot drinks and snacks.
People can be helped with the following:
- Healthcare access and advice
- English lessons information
- Advice on community integration activities
- Information and advice on the asylum process
- Information on legal support
- Move-on support
- Family reunion
- Family tracing
We offer:
- Advocacy and advice across a broad area and Immigration advice (OISC1) and support, including student placements.
- Alleviation of destitution through the provision of food, clothing and housing. A Complex Needs Social Worker assists asylum seekers with needs additional to destitution.
- Working with the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, we provide Family Reunion Visa Applications and Further Submissions assistance.
- ESOL classes with two walk-in classes, one for conversation and one for women only at our site. We also hold 80 places for English classes across the week with enrolment each September.
- Access to 2nd hand clothing, shoes, kitchen-ware and other donated items, daily except Wednesday.
- Encouragement to asylum seekers and refugees to become volunteers and to engage with their new community.
- Social events to encourage integration and friendship – Refugee Week, Christmas, trips and visits to other venues, cycle programmes and hill walks and several football initiatives.
- Well-being projects: bicycle repair, gardening and allotments, cooking demonstrations with other local groups. A Women’s group and a Choir run on Thursdays. Action Asylum projects actively place Asylum Seekers in volunteering roles with non-asylum organisations including beach/park cleans, tree planting, creative writing projects, indoor climbing and arts projects. We now work in 5 other cities with this programme.
- Input from other agencies including the NHS Community Inclusion Team giving access to GPs and dentists. Access to other healthcare: Covid Vaccination, Sight Tests, Blood Pressure and AF Testing can be sourced through the centre. The Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Merseyside Refugee Support Network deliver advice from our building.
- Information and Research opportunities include working with Liverpool University on a Mental Health feasibility study and surveys for the NHS.
- The Asylum Information Roadshow, School Presentations and Social Work Training. These are wide ranging presentations to schools, voluntary sector groups, universities, local authorities, seminars and conferences.
MRSN Liverpool provide move-on support to refugees and others with leave to remain. We will help people throughout their integration journey for as long as help is sought. It is a person-centred service. We also support diaspora refugee community groups where possible.
We run an information sharing e-newsgroup and hold regular network meetings to share good practice and issues of concern. MRSN Liverpool also administers the Liverpool City of Sanctuary group.