
Government websites
Progress GB
Useful contacts in Plymouth
Information about benefits, employment, etc.
Information for refugees and asylum seekers
Migrant and refugee support organisations
Resources to improve your English
Workers' rights
Education and training
Government websites
General information - http://www.direct.gov.uk
Home Office - www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Immigration and Nationality Directorate - www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk
PROGRESS GB partnership in the UK
NIACE (National Institute
of Adult Continuing Education)
www.niace.org.uk
robert.gray@niace.org.uk
Birmingham University, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS)
www.bham.ac.uk
l.j.goodson@bham.ac.uk
Cambridge Independent Advice Centre (CIAC)
www.ciac.org.uk
iag@ciac.org.uk
Heartland Homes
forbesdavidh@yahoo.co.uk
Midlands Refugee Council (MRC)
www.mrcbirmingham.co.uk
david.forbes@mcrbirmingham.co.uk
The North East Consortium for Asylum and Refugee Support (NECARS)
nadeem.ahmad@newcastle.gov.uk
Plymouth & District Mind
www.plymouthmind.org.uk
progressgb@plymouthmind.org.uk
Sheffield College
www.sheffcol.ac.uk
andrew.oatridge@sheffcol.ac.uk
Ufi/learndirect
www.ufi.com
Useful contacts in Plymouth
Devon & Cornwall Refugee Support Council
7 Whimple Street
Telephone: 01752 265952 (tel/fax)
JobCentre Plus
2-4 Buckwell Street
Telephone: 01752 616000
4 Hoegate Street
Telephone: 01752 616100
PA 8 Project
35 Armada Street
Telephone: 01752 290015
mobile: 07867765714 or 07815664392
e-mail: amberinitiatives@yahoo.co.uk
Refugee Action
Prideaux Court, Palace Street
Telephone: 01752 235030
Refugee First
1st floor Anglia House, Derrys Cross
Telephone: 01752 242156
Time Together
Suzanne Shaw
8 Woodside, Plymouth & District Mind
Telephone: 01752 512284
e-mail: timetogether@plymouthmind.org.uk
Tomorrows People
The Basement, 5 The Crescent
Telephone: 01752 672200
e-mail: plymouth@tomorrows-people.co.uk
Information
about benefits, employment, etc.
www.adviceguide.org.uk
Information
for refugees and asylum seekers
www.icar.org.uk
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
www.employabilityforum.co.uk
Migrant and Refugee Support Organizations
Refugee Council
Head Office
240-250 Ferndale Road
London SW9 8BB
Advice line: 020 7346 6777 (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10.00am
- 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 4.00pm; Wednesdays 2.00pm to 4.00pm)
Refugee Council Yorkshire & Humberside office
Ground Floor
Hurley House
1 Dewsbury Road
Leeds LS11 5DQ
Advice line: 0113 386 2210 (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 9.00am
to 4.00pm)
Refugee Council Eastern Region office
First Floor
4-8 Museum Street
Ipswich IP1 1HT
Advice line: 01473 297 900 (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Friday 10.00am
to 1.00pm, 2.00pm to 4.00pm)
Refugee Council West Midlands office
First Floor, Smithfield House
Digbeth
Birmingham B5 6BS
Advice line: 0121 622155 (Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10.00am
to 12.00, 2.00pm to 4.00pm)
Refugee Council at the Oakington Detention Centre
Building 25 Reception
Oakington Barracks
Longstanton
Cambridge CB4 4EJ
Telephone 01954 789444
Refugee Action
Birmingham
The Wardlow Road Centre
Wardlow Road
Nechells
Birmingham B7 4JH
Telephone: 0121 464 3548
Bolton
2 Deane Walk
Bolton BL3 5DG
Telephone: 01204 365334
Bristol
9 Hide Market
West Street
St Philip's
Bristol BS2 OBH
Telephone: 0117 941 5960
Leeds
Suite 7, Floor C
Josephs Well
Hanover Walk
Leeds LS3 1AB
Telephone: 0113 244 5345
Leicester
Chancery House
7 Millstone Lane
Leicester LE1 5JN
Telephone: 0116 261 6200
Liverpool
64 Mount Pleasant
Liverpool LS3 5SD
Telephone: 0151 702 6300
London - Stockwell
240a Clapham Road
London SW9 0PZ
Telephone: 020 7735 5361
London - Waterloo
The Old Fire Station
150 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8SB
Telephone: 020 7654 7700
Manchester
4th Floor, Dale House
35 Dale Street
Manchester M1 2HF
Telephone: 0161 233 1200
Nottingham
Albion House
3rd floor, 5-13 Canal St
Nottingham NG1 7EG
Telephone: 0115 941 8552
Plymouth
Prideaux Court
Palace Street
Plymouth PL1 2AY
Telephone: 01752 235030
Portsmouth
Suite F3/4
2nd Floor
Venture Tower
Fratton Road
PO1 5DL
Telephone: 02392 857 561
The Monitoring Group
(supports victims of racist attacks)
National free help line:
0800 374 618
Head Office
The Monitoring Group
14 Featherstone Road
Middlesex
UB2 5AA
Telephone: 0208 843 2333
Midlands and North Office
Huntingdon House
278-290 Huntingdon Street
Nottingham
NG1 3LY
Telephone: 0115 993 4243
South West Rural Racism Project
Fredrick Douglas Centre
37 New Street
Plymouth
PL1 2NA
Telephone: 01752 664 501
Time Together
It is a programme that matches British citizens and refugees in a one-to-one
relationship. It supports refugees in education, employment and integration.
Click
here and you will find a list of places in the UK where the Time Together
programme is active.
Resources
to improve your English
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
www.grammarcat.com
Workers' rights
www.worksmart.org.uk
Education
and training in the UK
www.education-action.org
www.hero.ac.uk
www.educationuk.org
www.dfes.gov.uk/studentsupport
www.egas-online.org.uk
www.traininglink.org.uk