Come and meet with others. There is an opportunity to buy cheap food, clothes and toiletries.
We also provide a free lunch.
Come and meet with others. There is an opportunity to buy cheap food, clothes and toiletries. Table tennis and pool available.
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.
- 80 places for English classes across the week
- 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.
A safe space where asylum seekers can meet, engage in social activities with each other as well as local, vetted people and so build a network of supportive relationships.
A free healthy lunch
SHARe Knowsley is a small local grassroots, charitable organisation that supports asylum seekers and refugees homed in Knowsley, giving practical, emotional and social support. Advice and support to help service users access local services and to familiarise newcomers with their local area. This often leads to further support outside of the drop-in, especially when people receive a decision about their asylum claim.
Opportunity to purchase food basics including fresh produce, other essential items such as toiletries, second hand clothing and household goods etc at a nominal cost.
Emergency payments of £10 per person to those whose benefits have been stopped as well as free food parcels etc.
Celebrations/social activities throughout the year outside the usual drop-in. We celebrate a range of festivals and during the Summer, we offer trips out as well as barbecues and fun days.
“We support and advocate for Ethnic Communities within Stockport including Refugees. Support with 1-1 advocacy, housing, Health, Employment Benefits. Culturally appropriate foodbank Activity based work, e.g. Sewing Club, Children activities, Volunteer Training, Drama, Women’s Group, Choir Black Mens group Conversational English session. Immigration Surgery
“4Wings is a charitable, grassroots women’s organisation whose mission is to engage, enable and empower survivors of abuse, trauma and/or displacement, in taking appropriate ‘next steps’ to move beyond the barriers they have faced, and reclaiming their lives.
4Wings has been working close to the ground alongside women successfully for 10 years, delivering activities and creative workshops that inspire our members to become civically and economically active, self-sufficient, and resilient. Women on our programs have reported improved self-confidence and self-efficacy, enabling them to go back into education, volunteering, employment or at the most basic level- become socially engaged with improved coping strategies.
Majority of 4Wings beneficiaries are migrants, asylum seeking and refugee women, many who besides experiencing abuse or trauma, additionally experience the loss of identity, home, and community. Thus, most subsequently face layers of discrimination and exclusion, further exacerbating their marginalisation and impacting their mental health.
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Altrincham Baptist Church are a large Christian evangelical church situated on Hale Road in Altrincham. In 2007 the church took over a large old community centre which it renamed ‘The Hub’ and repurposed as a new community base. We offer many activities for all ages throughout the week, from Art Class to Toddler Group, Knit and Natter to Journalling.