other organisations

Other Organisations

English Classes

The Friends Centre
Brighton Junction
One Brighton development
New England Street
(entrance on Stroudley Road)
01273 810210

Portslade Community College
Tel: 01273 422632

Varndean College
special courses for refugees and asylum seekers
Tel: 01273 508011

Cornerstone Community Centre
low-cost English classes for the over 60s
Friday mornings 10-12am
£10 per term
Church Road, Hove
(near Palmeira Square)
Tel: 01273 327757

City College
Pelham Street, Brighton
Tel: 01273 667788

WEA
women's classes, free childcare
Tel: 01273 470225

BHASVIC
205 Dyke Rd, Hove
Tel: 01273 552200

GEOS
English Academy
55 – 61 Portland Road
Hove
Tel: 01273 735975 / 721612

Free telephone advisory service in own language

The Refugee Council
The Refugee Council is now running an Own Language Telephone Advice Service or OLTAS for short. OLTAS offers clients a FREEPHONE (even from mobiles) telephone advice service for confidential advice, information and support. This service is operated by OISC accredited and qualified client advisors. OLTAS can help clients with information on: Asylum Support S95/98; Section 4 support; accommodation and support issues; ARC and Azure card queries; health, education, integration and Move On advice.
Tel: (freephone) 0 808 808 2255
Opening times: Monday – Friday 9am-5pm; Wednesday 9.30am-1pm; Saturday closed, Sunday closed.

Benefits

Welfare Rights Advice
The Cowley Club
12 London Road
Brighton
BN1 4EJ
Telephone number: 01273 696104
Mondays: 5 to 6:15 pm

Brighton & Hove Citizens Advice Bureau – CAB
1 Tisbury Road
HOVE
East Sussex
BN3 4AH
Advice Line: 0845 1203710
Link: www.adviceguide.org.uk

Brighton Housing Trust
Advice Centre
Tel: 01273 234737

Money Advice and Community Support Services (MACS)
at BMECP One Stop Shop for Refugees
BMECP Resource Centre
10 Fleet Street
Brighton
BN1 4ZE
Fridays 11am to 2pm

 

Legal

BHT
Immigration Legal Advice at Brighton Housing Trust
Community Base, 113 Queens Road
Tel: 01273 234755

BID
Bail for Immigration Detainees
Tel: 0207 247 3590
Link: http://www.biduk.org/

NCADC
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
0121 554 6947
Link: http://www.ncadc.org.uk/

Asylum Aid 
Tel: 0207 247 8741

NCADC
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
0121 5546947
E-mail:   ncadc@ncadc.org.uk

Migrant Helpline
www.migranthelpline.org.uk

Migrant Community Groups

MOSAIC - Black and Mixed Parentage Family Group
Community Base
113 Queen’s Road
Brighton BN1 3XG
Tel: 01273 234017

FFT
Friends, Families and Travellers
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton BN1 3XG
Tel: 01273 234 777
E-mail: fft@gypsy-traveller.org

rYico
Rwandan Youth Information Community Organisation
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton BN1 3XG
01273 234836
E-mail: info@ryico.org

Others

Brighton and Hove Unemployed Families and Children Centre
(Shanti) Tel: 01273 540717

Women's Refuge Project 
Tel: 01273 622822 or 01273 665538

BVIE
Brighton Voices In Exile 
Tel: 01273 328598
Link: http://brightonvoicesinexile.org/

RASP
Refugee and Asylum Seekers Project
Provides mentors to young refugees and asylum seekers
BHV, Level 2 Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG
Tel: 01273 234779 or 07500 271887

Refugee Radio
A weekly programme in Brighton and Hove on Radio Reverb.
Visit podcast here:
Link: http://www.refugeeradio.org.uk/

Brighton No Borders
The Cowley Club
12 London Road
Brighton BN1 4JA
E-mai: mailto: brightonnoborders@riseup.net
Link: http://nobordersbrighton.blogspot.com

Still Human Still Here
Link: http://www.stillhuman.org.uk

Brighton Women’s Centre
72 High Street
Brighton
BN2 1RP
Tel: 01273 698036
Link:  www.womenscentre.org.uk
E-mail:   info@womenscentre.org.uk

Sussex Interpreting Services
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton BN1 3XG
Tel: 01273 702005

Threshold Women’s Counselling for Refugees & Asylum Seekers (Créche Service available)
79 – 83 North Street
Brighton BN1 1ZA
Tel: 01273 827 001
E-mail: threshold@bht.org.uk
Link: www.thresholdwomen.org.uk

Sussex African Community Project (SACP)
A sexual health and HIV project for individuals
and groups from black African and
African Caribbean communities living in West Sussex
and Brighton & Hove
Tel: 01273 229002

Brighton and Hove Refugee Forum
Directory of Services
Link: http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1129243

Gatwick Detainee Support Group (GDWG)
The Orchard
1-2 Gleneagles Court
Brighton Road
Crawley
RH10 6AD
Tel: 01293 657070
Detainee freephone: 0800 389 4367
Fax: 01293 474001

For an update on organisations and services, please visit
Brighton & Hove City Council website:
Link: http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk

The Migrant English Project offers a welcoming environment to all migrants.
It is a completely independent initiative.