*All organisations below listed are not charging fees (free)
* Also working for East London except Alternatives

• Praxis

  • • Advice, training, mentoring, food, friendship and a welcome meeting place for refugees and migrants in London. Pott Street, London E2 0EF Monday to Friday 9.45am-12.15pm. 

    • Praxis runs the following services: Form-filling session: every Monday, 10am-1pm and 2-4pm – for help completing forms relating to welfare benefits (applications and appeals), housing, asylum support and some immigration matters. Call us to book a slot during these times. 

    • Address: Pott Street, London E2 0EF

    • Housing advice drop-in: every Tuesday 10am-12.30pm, 

    • Welfare benefits advice drop-in: every Thursday 10am-12.30pm

    • Immigration advice drop-in: every Friday 10am-12.30pm. 

    • Phone advice: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2-4.30pm: 📱 020 7749 7608

    • https://www.praxis.org.uk/securing-rights 

• Ramfel (REFUGEE & MIGRANT FORUM OF ESSEX AND LONDON)

  • • Immigration, housing legal advice, casework support, destitution support and crisis intervention for vulnerable

    • Food bank: Thursday 10-1pm drop-in. Cardinal Heenan Cnetre, 326 High Rd, Ilford IG1 1QP. (only for non-British citizen)

    • ESOL on Thursdays from 10-12 at the Ilford. 

    • http://www.ramfel.org.uk/make-a-referral.html 

• Magpie Project

  • • For women with NRPF, living in contingency accommodation, homelessness, student, asylum seeker or refugee.

    • Legal advice, immigration, housing +nappies, breakfast, play sessions.

    • https://themagpieproject.org/refer-a-family/ 

• Newham Immigration Clinics (In-Person) 

  • • In partnerships with Praxis, dron-in immigration advice clinic at the Stratford Library, every 2nd Thursday 10am-2pm. 

    • No appointment is necessary but it encourages to register by QR code. Registration here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=4Wk2NRiX-Eab7ZWvyHdsigAQqywjkWJPtKLjn3Lb-1tUMFpCSzNaOEY0NjcxNjdJTFZGSDlFME5IMy4u 

• Alternatives 

  • • Level 2 immigration advice for people living in Newham

    • https://www.altel.org.uk/what-is-counselling/ 

• East London Community Law Service

  • • Immigration, Debt, Housing, Family, Employment 

    • http://www.eastlondoncommunitylawservice.org.uk/?home-page,16 

• Queen Mary University Legal Advice Centre

  • • Black Justice Project, Domestic Abuse Form Filling Clinic, Fitness to Practice (FTP) Clinic, Social Welfare Benefits Clinic, Law in General, Law for the Arts, Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) Clinic, Criminal Justice Project, Pink Law - legal advice to the LGBT+ community, Images Based Sexual Abuse (SPITE), Family Law, Immigration Law, Company Law, CHOICE - Lasting Power of Attorney, Special Education Needs and School Exclusion, Wills and Probate, Legal Assistance During the Coronavirus Lockdown

    • https://www.qmul.ac.uk/lac/clients/advice/ 

• Lewisham refugee & migrant network

  • • Advice: immigration, housing and welfare benefits advice to people from refugee, asylum seeker and migrant backgrounds living in Lewisham and neighbouring boroughs.

    • Well-being: counselling and emotional support. Some of our projects are tailored to specific experiences – such as our Women Together project which supports migrant women who have experienced trauma due to gender-based abuse.

    • Emergency support: food, hardship funds, etc

    • Community: ESOL, gardening sessions, etc

    • https://fs25.formsite.com/Ccl1gf/adcenhtxmg/index.html?1617215417774