We are a grass roots community organisation set up and run by women who are refugees and asylum seekers living in Middlesbrough. Founded in 2013 by Ramatoulie Saidykhan and Latifa Shomari

New Hope North East is a Registered Charity supporting children/young people with disabilities and their families from a diverse range of backgrounds in breaking down barriers that prevent them from accessing social, educational, economic, health, and wellbeing provisions available, and have their voices heard, and their needs met.

A Community Organisation based in Tyne and Wear with members of not only Sri Lankan origin but also supporting the wider community as a whole in the region. Formed over a decade ago, we have helped our refugees and Asylum seeking community access to health and higher education.

Purple Rose is a community organisation whose main aim is to support communities, especially asylum seekers and refugees, through social activities, to combat isolation. We work with and support asylum seekers and refugees with much needed items. We provide a space for socialisation and integration, reducing loneliness and isolation by coming together, sharing food, a chat, cultural music and to address issues affecting our communities. We run a weekly drop-in for asylum seekers and refugees living in Stockton on Tees. We raise awareness on FGM

Investing in People and Culture (IPC) is a registered charity that promotes the social and economic inclusion of people who are seeking asylum, refugees and other new and emerging minority communities in the North East of England. Our aim is to ensure that everyone who comes to Teesside and Tyneside as a refugee or seeking asylum has the opportunity to envisage their future in the North East. We are committed to helping every individual find a welcome and a true home within our wider community. With bases in Tyneside, covering Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland, and in Teesside, covering Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool and Redcar, IPC works to support and empower all members of our community.

We are a refugee-led community organisation managed by a committee of experienced volunteers. We support other refugees and asylum seekers to integrate into new and unfamiliar surroundings and to overcome some of the difficulties they face. We aim to provide peace of mind for those fleeing war, destitution, violence, forced marriage and political persecution, and to build a safe community in the North East of England. We work both alone and in partnership with existing groups and partners to deliver a range of social events and educational projects. As well as our weekly Advice drop-in in Gateshead we have range of other projects.

A not for profit women’s organisation to support/empower vulnerable refugee women in the area of Gateshead and Newcastle. Our volunteers also cook and sell food using recipes from around the world in order to raise funds to run the project.

One Community Link (OCL) is a registered charity based in Stockton on Tees which aims to identify, articulate and support the needs of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in Teesside. We seek to overcome barriers to successful integration, empower our community to freedom and to challenge any form of discrimination. OCL was formed in August 2016 after the Brexit referendum, with the purpose to promote social integration by raising awareness about hate crime and empowering BAME to report hate crime .

We are an Inspiring, encouraging group that focuses on building harmony in the community. We help to improve Women’s Health and Wellbeing by creating opportunities to socialise and exercise to make sure they understand why they are there and the benefit of being there, and also to clarify their concerns. Based in Stockton on Tees, we help our community learn and navigate the area We also provide help with Albanian, Arabic and Spanish Translation and Interpreting for organisations

We offer information and signposting that is relevant to the needs of those seeking asylum and refugees. We can help people to make contact with organisations and support by making referrals internally and externally. We do not provide advice or guidance. If clients or services need advice and guidance, we will try to help them find a service that can help. For example, we have been helping people with accessing winter clothing, food parcels, access to legal representation, health, providing interpretation, running life in the UK informative sessions etc.

A Network Group Celebrating African Heritage and Empowering Women. Historically, African women have not had access to technology, and as a result, they have been unable to share photos of food they have created. But at our networking group, we aim to change this by providing food photography, videography, and health and safety courses for women situated throughout Sunderland. Our objective is to integrate the community together and we aim to achieve this by sharing our African heritage with people from different cultures.

Our Club comprises people from the black and minority ethnic community in Tyneside who experience social isolation and marginalisation. Most of our members arrived in the UK 10 to 20 years ago and as adults struggle to fit in the mainstream way of life due to many factors such as inability to adapt to different climatic, employment, social and educational conditions. These changes often result in people lacking confidence to participate in activities which eventually leads to a range of physical and mental health conditions. Our mission is to remove barriers that hinder this target group from progression and integration within their respective communities.