Welcome to Action Asylum
A project by Task Force Trust
Connecting asylum seekers with local communities, volunteering together to improve their neighbourhood and the environment
Mission Statement
Action Asylum provides opportunities for asylum seekers to volunteer alongside local people in their communities. The opportunities include improving their local neighbourhood and protecting the environment. This supports people’s well-being, encourages integration and shared learning, and demonstrates the contributions asylum seekers can make to our society.
Project Aims
- Provide volunteering opportunities for people seeking asylum and local people, to improve the environment through conservation and community efforts
- Promote integration and shared learning by connecting people seeking asylum to their local communities and so promote better mental health and wellbeing
- Improve public perception of people seeking asylum
LEAD ORGANISATION
Houses the National Coordination
Action Asylum National Coordinator: Emma Leaper
Phone: 0151 709 1713
Mobile: 07888 441523
Asylum Link Merseyside
St Anne’s Centre,
7 Overbury Street,
Liverpool, L7 3HJ
Liverpool
Project Lead: Rory Goldring
Phone: 0151 709 1713
Asylum Link Merseyside
St Anne’s Centre,
7 Overbury Street,
Liverpool, L7 3HJ
Portsmouth
Housed at Portsmouth City of Sanctuary
Project Lead: John Ashlin
Action Asylum Project Lead
Moblie: 07762478378
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Stockton-on-Tees
Project Lead: Katharine Lam
Action Asylum Project Lead
Refugee Futures
Phone: 07542 015896
Leeds
Refugee Education Training Advice Service (RETAS)
Project Leads: Ahmed Taghdi and Asiyeh Soork
Phone: 0113 380 5630
Mobile (Ahmed): 07379 365329
Mobile (Asiyeh):
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233-237 Roundhay Road,
Leeds, LS8 4HS
Cardiff
Project Lead: Kirran Lochhead Strang
Integration & Triage Worker
Phone: 07554 980309
OASIS Cardiff
69B Splott Rd
Cardiff, CF24 2BW
Wakefield
Project Lead: Shanelle Bateman
Phone: 07743178812
Art House Wakefield
Drury Lane
Wakefield
WF1 2TE
Visit their website
Email : shanelle@the-arthouse.org.uk
Our Partners
A huge thank you to all of our wonderful partners across the UK!
