Christian charity that runs a homelessness drop-in, food, clothing, 1-2-1 advice and activities.
Specialist provider of Art Psychotherapy and lead arts organisation for displaced people in the region. Also running Festival 31; annually having conversations in the wider communities about displacement and resettlement through creativity. Supporting artists of displaced experience.
Health and social care to the African Caribbean community. They provide a range of services, including advocacy, arts and craft, career support, health promotion, lunch clubs, music therapy and a nurse drop-in clinic.
Ananna has empowered women for over 30 years across Greater Manchester. We provide meaningful activities, support, information and signposting, particularly for disadvantaged women that are survivors of domestic abuse or have struggled with mental health. We create a safe, welcoming and inclusive space that is led and run for women by women, keeping service users at the heart of decisions and developments. Ananna promotes social, financial, economic and political independence and minimises the adverse effects of deprivation. Ananna is proud of the community it serves and celebrates the diversity within it.
Every refugee deserves a friend. We vet and train good local volunteers to meet a local refugee or asylum seeker for 1:1 friendship. Our scheme supports well-being, loneliness and language skills.
Steered To Serve is an organisation that render community services to both the young and old in areas of Cultural education, Educational support services, Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse. We also support activities for religious organisations.
First Rise is a Community Champion Group formed by like-minded refugees and asylum seekers during the Pandemic Lockdown, empowering others with essential information so that they can be able to navigate around the UK asylum journey.
BRASS is a registered charity providing befriending and support services for refugees, asylum seekers and refused asylum seekers living in Bolton.
- Specialised advice on immigration and asylum, citizenship and rights under the law.
- Support and information to access public services e.g. Health, Housing, statutory agencies etc.
- English classes with trained ESOL tutors and volunteers. We offer
- Zoom ESOL classes
- Face to face classes
- Conversation cafes
- One to one help
- Single language classes to support communities
- Workshops to promote understanding of UK life, rights and responsibilities and community participation.
- Opportunities, training and support to develop skills as peer supporters and volunteers.
- Support to move into employment through skills development, job search, CV writing and confidence building.
- Reducing isolation and promoting well-being through creative, fitness, healthy eating and group activities and drop-in and befriending services.
- Signposting to appropriate agencies and organisations, locally and nationally.