How you can help in Newcastle
Newcastle City Council has put together a webpage of information about different ways to help refugees and asylum seekers and those being resettled due to conflict and persecution. This will be kept up to date.
Click here for ‘Refugees – how you can help’ webage
The webpage currently lists these ways to help:
- Offering a spare room
- Offering some accommodation
- Fostering a child
- Offering practical support
- Linking in with local agencies already providing support – as a volunteer, providing financial donations or donations of much needed items, sharing information and understanding what is on offer to help people, lobbying and advocating as part of campaigns supporting refugees and asylum seekers
Just the Ticket is a crowdfunding initiative running until 11th April to raise funds to support asylum seekers in Newcastle who are housed in temporary hotel accommodation to access services across the city, from health to legal support and language classes. Every £5 raised will provide a travel pass for vulnerable asylum seekers and every donation will be matched by the National Emergency Trust Local Action Fund. Click here to find out more and donate.
Whatever help people can offer is always welcome.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Newcastle
As well as hosting over 1000 asylum seekers in the city through the Home Office’s contracted dispersal programme, the city also delivers on other resettlement schemes, welcoming families from countries such as Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan and Syria, and since 2014, those who worked alongside the British Army in Afghanistan. Newcastle is also supporting Afghan families through the extended Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy for those at risk due to their work with the British military and UK Government.
Newcastle’s response
Individuals, communities and organisations in Newcastle have been responding for years to support those who have come to live in the city as a result of forced migration. We have a well developed City of Sanctuary network and organisations work closely to support people coming into the city.
The plight of those who have been forced to leave their home countries due to conflict and persecution has shocked us and as a city, we are committed to doing what we can to support and welcome those seeking sanctuary and to help rebuild lives. We know the public is keen to help and a webpage has been set up to share information on the opportunities to provide help and support.