STUDENTS AND REFUGEES TOGETHER (START) 

The funding will be used towards staff costs which will enable the organisation to continue to provide transitional support including one-to-one casework; assistance information and advocacy to ....more

The funding will be used towards staff costs which will enable the organisation to continue to provide transitional support including one-to-one casework; assistance information and advocacy to refugees who have been granted leave to remain status in the UK. The project aims to remove barriers for refugees and help and encourage them to live independently as contributing members of the community.

Practical Support for Refugees in Plymouth

The organisation alongside volunteers with lived experience will provide crisis and transitional support for refugee families who have been given leave to remain status.

as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively

Grant to Students & Refugees Together (START)

Delivering the core charitable activities of Students and Refugees Together (START) in 2021.

This grant will enable Students and Refugees Together (START) to provide its specialist support and advice services to increasing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in Plymouth.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Grant to Students and Refugees Together meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.

Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Students and Refugees Together (START), as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.

Grant to Students & Refugees Together (START)

START Community Activity Programme

START core costs in 2019

over three years towards the salary of the employment, training and volunteer worker at a transitional support service for people in Plymouth who have just been granted refugee status

£15,000 towards core costs. START aims to reduce isolation amongst refugees living in Plymouth. Students on practice placements work with refugees transitioning from the asylum system and provide ....more

£15,000 towards core costs. START aims to reduce isolation amongst refugees living in Plymouth. Students on practice placements work with refugees transitioning from the asylum system and provide specialist post-status support including employment, advice and wellbeing social activities.

The funding will support a programme of community walks for refugee and asylum seekers. The aim is to support their integration and familiarisation with the area in which they have been housed and ....more

The funding will support a programme of community walks for refugee and asylum seekers. The aim is to support their integration and familiarisation with the area in which they have been housed and provide a range of peer and other support.

Students and Refugees Together Charitable Activity Programme

Salary and related support for Job Club work with refugees. This will help them to gain experience, leading to better training, development and employment opportunities.

£10,000 towards core costs. START aims to reduce isolation amongst refugees living in Plymouth. Students on practice placements work with refugees transitioning from the asylum system and provide ....more

£10,000 towards core costs. START aims to reduce isolation amongst refugees living in Plymouth. Students on practice placements work with refugees transitioning from the asylum system and provide specialist post-status support including employment, advice and wellbeing social activities.

The Cultural Kitchen [CK], established in 2003, is a fortnightly event which offers a focal point for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers [ASR] and more established ASR communities to meet, ....more

The Cultural Kitchen [CK], established in 2003, is a fortnightly event which offers a focal point for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers [ASR] and more established ASR communities to meet, take part in community activities, share a meal and engage with wider communities. The CK helps to reduce isolation and supports vulnerable people by providing a safe space. The project offers 22 CK sessions a year, where ASR and other volunteers come together to prepare a healthy communal meal, using culturally appropriate ingredients. Alongside this, arts and crafts, drama and table tennis, are on offer until the food is ready, which promotes community interactions and cohesion between different groups. About 70 people attend each session. This funding would ensure CK continuation, enable us to develop the skills of our service user group so they can take a leading role in the CK and offer 4 open-house sessions promoted to wider Plymouth communities, again to develop better links, breakdown barriers and increase awareness of refugee strengths, skills and their human rights. The main outcomes of the project are: greater opportunities for volunteering, greater interaction between diverse communities, enabling skills sharing and community learning, and to have fun. We aim to build on the knowledge, experience and skills developed at the CK over the past 13 years since Plymouth became a dispersal city and develop stronger links within the refugee and wider communities.

This group will use the funding to train volunteers on drop in sessions for asylum seekers. The training will allow them to support individuals and their families when transitioning from the ....more

This group will use the funding to train volunteers on drop in sessions for asylum seekers. The training will allow them to support individuals and their families when transitioning from the immigration system, helping integrate them into the local community.

£10,000 towards core costs

Salary and related support for Job Club work with refugees. This will help them to gain experience, leading to better training, development and employment opportunities.

£10,000 towards core costs

Towards core costs of the service to help refugees by students in Plymouth.

This existing project in Plymouth aims to provide refugees, who have been granted leave to remain in the UK, with help with securing accommodation, one to one support and access to training, ....more

This existing project in Plymouth aims to provide refugees, who have been granted leave to remain in the UK, with help with securing accommodation, one to one support and access to training, volunteering and employment opportunities._x000B__x000B_