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information about their campaign for Free School Meals for All. There are updates on the Scottish government's anti-poverty summit, the launch of the VCSE anti-poverty forum and new Household Support Fund briefing.
Caritas Shrewsbury work with children, families, communities and parishes to build stronger, supportive communities, wherever there is current disadvantage.
In September 2021, Caritas Shrewsbury were involved in the rapidly developing emergency work to welcome Afghan refugees. Initially the response involved providing food, mother and baby supplies, toiletries, phones, shoes and clothes to arrivals. After working with partners to meet these needs, their involvement evolved to meet the wider needs such as education, training, wellbeing and integration.
Refugee & Mentors CIC support refugees, people seeking asylum and vulnerable migrants to improve their employment prospects and collaborate with other organisations to offer inclusive employment opportunities.
Revive helps people establish safe new lives in Manchester after the trauma of fleeing their homelands. They offer immigration, housing, benefits and social care casework and an enrichment programme to reduce social isolation and support language skills. Their service users are disproportionately affected by the cost of living crisis - often having no recourse to public funds and being prevented from working. Those who can work tend to be in low paid employment because their qualifications and experience aren’t transferrable.
Bader and his family came to the UK after fleeing Kuwait. He is now looking to start his new life in Manchester and follow his aspiration of becoming a football coach.
Bader first came to the UK as an as asylum seeker, originally arriving in Liverpool. “I was born in Kuwait but had to flee after the government took support away from our family – including our right to work and basic services.”
Caritas Aspire Business offers two distinct services for refugees. The first service is called Up Collective, which is a 12-week course designed for early-stage refugee entrepreneurs. It provides them with foundational knowledge in business and offers a testing event where they can interact with real customers to receive feedback on their business prototypes. Additionally, participants receive personalised support from a business coach and mentor to refine their ideas and adapt their business offerings for the UK market.
Manchester City of Sanctuary offer a varied and dynamic programme of activities to refugees and asylum seekers that are engaging, fun and promote positive mental health and wellbeing. Their mission is to make Manchester a welcoming place for these individuals. The North West has the second highest number of asylum seekers of any UK region with 16 per 10,000 people. Volunteering is known to be beneficial for both individuals and the wider community.
Yaran Northwest was set up in 2014. They are a bilingual team of community health workers, psychologists, therapists, and community connectors who are specialists in working with BAME communities. They have a well-established reach into the BAME community, deep cultural understanding, and a wide variety of skills in languages other than English, such as Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and Kurdish. They have personal experience of immigration, dealing with mental health issues and being resilient.
Thank you for your interest in Conversation 2 Cash. This programme is now closed for applications. If you have applied, please bear with us while we review all the applications. The team will be in touch with all applicants no later than Friday 25 August.
Other help is available from Macc which you may be eligible for. Please have a look at our group support services and information here
Bike libraries are local hubs that will allow people to borrow a bicycle, like a book, to try out. They aim to boost access to cycles and give people a chance to give cycling a go.
Bike libraries are generally based in the heart of a community, within easy reach by foot, in places such as community centres, schools, village halls or local business premises.
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