We run a weekly food bank for service users who are struggling across Brighton and Hove.
The food bank provides short-term support for destitute clients.
You can either refer yourself to the food bank or a professional or a friend can make a referral on your behalf. You can refer by:
We run three weekly groups to help people find their way around the city and its services, practice English and improve wellbeing.
Continue reading “ESOL and orientation groups”We work closely with families resettled in Brighton & Hove under various resettlement schemes including the United Kingdom Resettlement Scheme and the Afghanistan Resettlement Schemes (ARAP and ACRS) on behalf of Brighton & Hove City Council.
We meet families on arrival, settle them into their new homes and schools, and provide integration assistance, dedicated casework, ESOL classes, welcome and information groups and employability support during their first two years in the UK.
Our generalist advice and casework includes welfare benefits, housing and homelessness, asylum support, children’s and adult community care, and digital inclusion.
Generally, all our services are for vulnerable and/or destitute migrants, asylum seekers and refugees who are not eligible for legal aid and/or do not have the means to pay for private legal advice.
We are accredited to provide specialist immigration advice up to OISC Level 2. We provide advice & casework including initial applications to the Home Office and up to, but not including, appeals to the Tribunal.
The types of application we advise on include:
We also offer one-off advice via email, as well as immigration casework provided by our qualified caseworker.
I came to the UK five years ago after fleeing conflict in my home country of Sudan. Voices in Exile have been supporting me here in Brighton. I go to their English classes, and they have helped me with applying for refugee status, getting a job, and helping me to reunite with my wife. I had to leave her behind in Sudan and I didn’t see her for more than five years. She recently got her visa to come to the UK after Voices provided immigration advice and support and now, finally, she is living here with me.