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There are women only ESOL classes at two centres which have creches for children:
  • Toxteth Tabernacle, Park Road, Toxteth, Liverpool, L8 8AN – Wed/Fri.
  • Earle Road Hub, 140 Earle Road, Liverpool, L7 6HH – Tues/Thurs.
Classes run in term time only. There is also a donations room where woman can choose pre-loved clothes for themselves and their  families.
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.
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