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, usually with no recourse to public funds.
For a referral to the food bank, you can download our referral form here. If you are making a referral on behalf of someone else, we will need you to provide the client’s signed consent for you to do so. A request to self-refer to our food bank can also be made by phone or by email via our Generalist team.
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We run three weekly groups to help people find their way around the city and its services, practice English and improve wellbeing.
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Our Skills and Employability Caseworker for the Resettlement team supports refugees in their journey towards education and employment.
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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.
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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:
- Applications under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules on the basis of family life as the parent of a British citizen/child settled in the UK/lived in the UK for 7 years (with a fee waiver if necessary)
- Private life applications based on long residence (with a fee waiver if necessary)
- Refugee family reunion (including complex cases)
- Applications to change conditions – no recourse to public funds
- Registration of children as British citizens (especially if this enables other family members to make applications for status in the UK)
- No Time Limit/replacement BRP applications
- Applications under the EU Settlement Scheme
- Discretionary Leave
- Refugee and Home Office travel documents
We also offer one-off advice via our advice line or email, as well as immigration casework provided by our qualified caseworker.
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