SWVG Need Volunteers to Support Asylum Seekers and Refugees living in Southampton

About this , opportunity

SWVG (Southampton and Winchester Volunteer Group) are a group of volunteers who befriend asylum seekers and refugees in Southampton and Winchester.

We support by:

*Befriending and offering one-to-one support to asylum seekers and refugees.

*Offering modest financial assistance to those who are homeless and/or destitute,

*Giving one-to-one English teaching for asylum seekers,

*Helping people to find and work with a solicitor to further their asylum claims.


*Providing activities for asylum seekers


*Getting legal guidance for specific cases


*Working with other Southampton refugee charities at a weekly drop-in centre in the city


*Reaching out to churches, schools and community groups who can help them
*Campaigning for a fairer, more efficient asylum system in the UK.

We need volunteers for multiple roles to assist in supporting those who have been placed in Southampton by the Home Office while their asylum claim is being assessed, and to support them when they get leave to remain. We need befrienders, teachers, fundraisers, campaigners, activity organisers, social media and website experts, and many more. If you have a skill to offer we may well be able to find a use for it.



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