How Refugee Council Helps
Every year, 25K asylum seekers and refugees arrive in the UK. KPMG, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers are among the businesses who work with the Refugee Council to provide advice, guidance and mentoring to help refugees return to employment.
First, a few definitions.
Asylum seekers arrive in the UK from the world's most war torn and politically unstable countries, seeking a safe sanctuary from the danger they have faced at home. Most arrive in the UK alone, with few possessions and with limited or no understanding of English.
To aid them, the Refugee Council provides free information and advice sessions (59,216 in 2004-2005) as well as help with emergency needs such as food, clothing, laundry facilities, food parcels and showers.
Around 3,000 children arrive alone in the UK each year to seek asylum. The Refugee Council employs 25 specialist advisors who speak the child's language, and a specialist Young Women's Adviser who works with vulnerable girls and young women.
And every Tuesday, more than 100 children come to a social evening where they can meet others in the same situation and receive support and make friends.
For those who go on to gain refugee status, the Refugee Council provides support to help them begin to build new lives. This includes free English language courses, work related and IT training, job search workshops, work placements and career progression coaches.
The Refugee Council also provides support for refugee community groups, and works to help inform the public and government about the effects of policy on refugees and asylum seekers.
If you would like to find out about donating to The Refugee Council as an individual or corporation, click here.
If you would like to volunteer for the Refugee Council, click here.
- An asylum seeker is someone who is waiting to be told if the UK will offer them protection.
- A refugee is someone who has fled persecution and has been offered protection by the UK government.
- The Refugee Council is the UK's largest registered charity working with both groups.
Asylum seekers arrive in the UK from the world's most war torn and politically unstable countries, seeking a safe sanctuary from the danger they have faced at home. Most arrive in the UK alone, with few possessions and with limited or no understanding of English.
To aid them, the Refugee Council provides free information and advice sessions (59,216 in 2004-2005) as well as help with emergency needs such as food, clothing, laundry facilities, food parcels and showers.
Around 3,000 children arrive alone in the UK each year to seek asylum. The Refugee Council employs 25 specialist advisors who speak the child's language, and a specialist Young Women's Adviser who works with vulnerable girls and young women.
And every Tuesday, more than 100 children come to a social evening where they can meet others in the same situation and receive support and make friends.
For those who go on to gain refugee status, the Refugee Council provides support to help them begin to build new lives. This includes free English language courses, work related and IT training, job search workshops, work placements and career progression coaches.
The Refugee Council also provides support for refugee community groups, and works to help inform the public and government about the effects of policy on refugees and asylum seekers.
If you would like to find out about donating to The Refugee Council as an individual or corporation, click here.
If you would like to volunteer for the Refugee Council, click here.
