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NATIONAL British Red Cross International Tracing and Message Service
www.redcross.org.uk/TLC.asp?id=76239 Enables families who have been split up by war or disaster to restore contact. For further information, please contact your local Red Cross office or see the website above. HARP (Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Portal)
Tel: 0778 900 67 24
Email: Pauline.Lane@nhs.net
www.harpweb.org.uk HARP provides social inclusion research and on-line health information for health professionals and voluntary agencies working with minority communities. We are public sector researchers. HARP has completed 13 government reports and developed websites for the Department of Health. Specific areas of expertise are BME and health, with a special interest in asylum seekers and refugees. Asylum Aid
253-254 Upper Street, London N1 1RY
Tel : 020 7354 9631
http://asylumaid.smartchange.org/ Asylum Aid is an independent, national charity. We work to secure protection for people seeking refuge in the United Kingdom from persecution and human rights abuses abroad. We aim: to provide free, accessible, high-quality legal services to asylum-seekers - responsive to their needs and sensitive to their experience - with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and excluded; to lobby and campaign for an asylum system based on inviolable human rights principles, ensuring that what we say is firmly rooted in the work we do, and to work with refugee and other community-based organisations, helping to enhance their legal services and learning from their experiences. icap: Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy
Tel: 020 7272 7906 (London)
Tel: 0121 666 7707 (Birmingham)
www.icap.org.uk icap (Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy) is a leading charity providing culturally sensitive counselling and psychotherapy to members of migrant communities. Adults of all ages over 18, of any socio-economic background, may access counselling through icap. icap operates nationwide. We have a London centre, a West Midlands regional centre in Birmingham, and a further network of 100 therapists throughout Britain and Northern Ireland. We also provide outreach services in North West London and a service dedicated to women at the London Irish Women's Centre. Praxis
Pott Street, London E2 0EF
Tel: 020 7729 7985; Fax: 020 7729 0134
Minicom: 020 7729 0154
Email: admin@praxis.org.uk
www.praxis.org.uk Praxis supports new residents to find their place in the UK and to facilitate the creation of new communities. Praxis aims to help new residents integrate in the UK, both to their benefit and that of their new community. These men and women often come to the UK as economic migrants, with the aim of finding work so that they can send money to their families at home. Praxis helps these people, who frequently arrive alone and with no knowledge of the English language, to cope with the most basic requirements of daily life such as putting a roof over their heads, the means to buy food until they can work and help in finding a job. Refugees On-Line
Email: enquiries_2007@refugeesonline.org.uk
www.refugees-online.org.uk Website provides information and support for anyone using online communications among refugee communities in the UK. SCOTLAND Amnesty International (Scotland)
9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ
Tel: 0844 800 9088; Fax: 0131 313 7000
Email: scotland@amnesty.org.uk
www.amnesty.org.uk Positive Action in Housing
Tel: 0141 353 2220; Fax: 0141 353 3882
Email: home@paih.org
www.paih.org Positive Action in Housing is a Scottish wide minority-ethnic led charity whose mission is to work with communities and others to enable everyone to have an equal chance to live in good quality, affordable and safe homes, free from discrimination and the fear of racial harassment and violence. The Frontline Housing Advisory Service has outreach surgeries throughout Glasgow. These drop-ins take place each day. The surgeries provide free, independent, multilingual and culturally sensitive housing information and advice. If you would like further information, please contact our casework team on 0141 353 2220. More surgeries will be set up in other areas in the near future. Scottish Refugee Council (Head Office)
5 Cadogan Square (170 Blythswood Court, Glasgow G2 7PH
Helpline: 0800 085 6087
Tel: 0141 248 9799; Fax: 0141 243 2499
Email: info@scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk
www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk Scottish Refugee Council is an independent charity dedicated to providing advice, information and assistance to asylum seekers and refugees living in Scotland. We also provide specialist services in areas such as housing and welfare, education and employment, family reunion, womens issues, community development, the media and the arts. Services are also offered in Edinburgh, at: Citizen's Advice Bureau, 58 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 6QZ, Tel: 0800 085 6087. ENGLAND Afghan Paiwand Association
Moran House, Second floor, Suite 7-9, 449-451 High Road, Willesden, London NW10 2JJ
Tel/Fax: 020 8459 6691
Email: info@paiwand.com
www.paiwand.com Organisation aiming to unite members of the Afghan refugee community in the UK. It provides advice about health, social services and education, as well as counselling, career advice, translation services, advocacy and assistance with legal matters. It also promotes Afghani arts, culture and traditions and the native Pashto and Farsi languages. Barnet Branch: 42 Church Lane, East Finchley, London N2 6DT, Tel: 020 8815 9111. Amnesty International (England)
The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Tel: 020 7033 1500; Fax: 020 7033 1503
Textphone: 020 7033 1664
Email: sct@amnesty.org.uk
www.amnesty.org.uk London: Barnet Refugee Service
2nd Floor Podium, Hyde House, The Hyde, Colindale, London NW9 6LH
Tel: 0208 905 9002; Fax: 0208 905 9003
E-mail: advice@b-r-s.org.uk
www.b-r-s.org.uk Organisation which supports refugees in the Barnet area, offering advice about health, benefits, housing, education and schooling, legal matters and practical support for those with little or no financial means. Social activities are also offered. Refugee Action - Head Office
The Old Fire Station, 150 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8SB
Tel: 020 7654 7700; Fax: 020 7654 0696
Email: info@refugee-action.org.uk
www.refugee-action.org.uk Refugee Action is an independent national charity that works with refugees to build new lives in the UK. With more than 27 years of experience in reception, resettlement, development and integration, we provide advice and support to asylum seekers and refugees in 11 regions across England. Refugee and Migrant Service (Head Office)
Nelson House, 153 - 157 Commercial Road, London E1 2DA
Tel: 020 7780 3200; Fax: 020 7780 3201
http://refugee-migrant-justice.org.uk Refugee and Migrant Justice, formerly the Refugee Legal Centre, are lawyers committed to securing justice for asylum seekers and other migrants in the UK. We are the largest specialist provider of advice and representation to asylum seekers and other migrants needing protection or other help to secure their human rights in the UK. Offices also in: Ashford, Bedford, Birmingham, Croydon, Dover, Hastings, Ipswich, Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham, Portsmouth and West London. Refugee Council (Head Office)
240-250 Ferndale Road, London SW9 8BB
Tel: 020 7346 6700; Fax: 020 7346 6701
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk Helpline for newly arrived refugees/asylum seekers, information and advice on a range of issues, including social security, family reunion, identity and travel documentation, education, housing, legal issues and information about refugee community organisations. Day centre provides free lunch, laundry and showers, clothing, baby and maternity supplies. Health and mental health advice. Also have offices in Brixton, Hounslow, Leeds, Ipswich and Birmingham. Education Action International
CC3.16 Kennington Park, 1-3 Brixton Road, London SW9 6DE
Tel: 020 7785 7217
Email: info@education-action.org
www.education-action.org Offers education, training and employment advice for refugees and asylum seekers. London-based drop-in and employment advice service. Business start-up and jobsearch courses. |
