§ Mr. HepburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the organisations which successfully bid for 20OO and 2001 reception and integration funding under the European Refugee Fund. [160687]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe successful bidders are:
Reception
Agroforep
Provides skills training to 15 people, supporting 10 children with homework, 20 children/youth in language of country of origin, and providing education and health advice to a minimum of 50 refugees.
Day-Mer Turkish and Kurdish Day Centre
Provides a range of information technology (IT) resources for an estimated 205 Turkish and Kurdish refugees, including an after school club of 8 to 16-year-olds.
Derby City Council
Provides advice work, policy development and individual/group work to build community capacity initiatives for the reception of approximately 520 asylum seekers.
Housing Association Charitable Trust (HACT)
Aims to support 38 refugee community organisations in delivering housing and related services to in excess of 6,780 clients.
Leicester City Council
Provides a casework service for 900 refugees in order that they are able to access housing, education, employment and health services.
Refugee Council
Assists clients with particularly complex needs; also unaccompanied minors.
Save the Children (Heathrow)
Provides child-friendly facilities at Heathrow Airport for 192 unaccompanied minors, and recruits, trains and manages a dedicated adviser to work with them.
Somali Advisory Bureau
Assists long-term unemployed Somali refugees and their families by providing counselling, advocacy and advice on employment. training and welfare issues.
Society of Voluntary Associates (SOVA)
Provides health, accommodation and immigration advice to unaccompanied minors and also provides for the recruitment and training of volunteers.
Tamil Relief Centre (TRC)
Provides support and guidance to bridge cultural and language barriers of children, and also English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and basic skill classes for adult refugees. They will also access accommodation, health and welfare advice through existing TRC benefits. Sixty people will benefit from this project.
Integration
Anyadwe Families Association
Provides extra educational support to 250 children of refugees and asylum seekers.
Asphaleia Project
Provides 10 unaccompanied minors with English language support, cultural guidance and work experience in order to better equip them for employment.
Bolton Ethnic Minority Achievement Service
Provides a co-ordinated multi-agency approach to ease the induction of 230 asylum seekers and refugees into Bolton by way of awareness and skill development according to need.
77WBournemouth Churches Housing Association
A rent deposit loan scheme, to enable 230 properties to be accessed by refugees/those granted Exceptional Leave to Remain (ELR).
Child Psychotherapy Trust
Provides a therapy service to 20 refugee children and support to their families.
Civic Trust
Produces a handbook on good practice for mental health professionals and refugee community organisations in delivering culturally appropriate mental health service to refugees.
East Lancashire Asylum and Refugee Support
Provides for the training and managing of 20 volunteers to provide a one-stop service for those granted refugee status/ELR.
East London Somali Association
Provides an advocacy/outreach service to enable between 3,000 and 4,000 Somali nationals annually to access services such as education, health and welfare support.
Ethnic Minority Achievement Team, Lambeth
Provides an induction programme to deliver key skills in literacy, numeracy and IT to 30 students in the 14–16 age category, and also funds two refugee support teachers and two bilingual assistants to deliver the programme.
Employability Forum
Addresses the needs of refugees with professional qualifications and experience who seek employment in the United Kingdom.
Ethiopian Association in Haringey
Provides ESOL and IT training to in excess of 100 Ethiopian refugees.
Glasgow North Ltd.
Assists in widening employment opportunities for 300 refugees.
Glasgow Young Men's Christian Association
Provides accommodation after National Asylum Support Service (NASS) support ends; arranges, where appropriate, English training and cultural life skills.
Hackney and Islington Refugee Training Partnership
Provides customised vocational training in ESOL for 144 refugees, job-search and careers advice for 250 refugees and general advice and advocacy for 500 refugees.
Hammersmith and Fulham Community Law Centre
Establishes a local Refugee Forum, providing 30 annual projects in areas such as employment, health, education, training and benefits advice, to hundreds of refugees.
London Action Trust
Aims to improve access to benefits, education, training, employment and overall support to refugees who have offended and are on probation within the Probation Service.
Middle East Christian Minorities Advice Centre
Provides information and advice to between 400 and 500 refugees in areas such as eduction, training, employment, health, social and cultural needs. The project also offers help in domestic violence situations and advises on how women can access the police, legal advice and social workers/welfare officers.
North East Consortium for Asylum Support Services (NECASS)
Assists, supports and enables refugees towards long-term settlement in the north east via the use of Innovative Inter Co-ordination Team (ICT).
Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM)
Provides ESOL training to unemployed refugees, and fast track IT training to highly skilled refugees. There will be an estimated 300 participants.
Nottingham City Council Housing
Improves access to benefits, accommodation, training and employment, in order to encourage resettlement locally, for approximately 400 refugees.
78WPECAN Ltd.
Provides ESOL training to unemployed refugees in general and fast-track IT training for highly skilled refugees in particular. An estimated 300 participants.
Portsmouth City Council
Provides mental health support for between 250 and 350 refugees and asylum seekers in a community based day-care facility.
Refugee Council
Promotes better access to key services—health, education, employment, benefits, housing for at least 15,500 refugees in the regions.
Refugees into Jobs
Provides a grant scheme for 100 refugees covering child care, travel costs, materials and books, employment or work placement materials, tuition and examination fees, business start-up costs.
Refugee Women's Association
Creates a network of mental health and social care support services to enable 1,200 refugee women to integrate into United Kingdom society.
Save the Children (Scotland)
Develops educational initiatives to promote the integration of 160 school-aged refugees/asylum seekers, 80 per cent. of whom have refugee status.
Slough Borough Council
Provides for two outreach workers to help refugees or those with ELR to integrate into host community. Encouraging self-reliance, concentrating on skills assessment and employment opportunities.
Somali Cultural Centre
Consolidates and expands the advice service, ensures appropriate service provision.
TLC College
Provides an employment and settlement project to increase the access of 500–600 refugees to education, training and employment.
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Provides staff and services in the areas of employment, accommodation and education.
Waltham Forest Youth Service
Provides a youth project for groups of 150 unaccompanied minors and young refugees to meet each other and break down cultural barriers.