Each year around 450 young people access support from our youth service. Almost all of these young people have experienced extremely difficult journeys to the UK, and arrive in the UK alone and traumatised. Once here they face problems of isolation, disorientation, lack of parental guidance and support, and a complex and hostile immigration process which can further compromise their health and wellbeing.
Our youth casework service provides high quality advice and support to young people so that they can regularise their immigration status and find safety and stability in their lives. Alongside this we offer a range of opportunities for young people to have fun, make friends, and build on their skills and strengths through our youth activities programme and young leaders’ group.
Through our work we are always seeking to challenge the injustice and inequity experienced by young people subject to immigration control. To do this we are committed to supporting young people to have more say over the decisions that directly affect them, ensuring that their voices are amplified and that agencies across the sector and beyond stand with them. For example, in our Taking Care Campaign we have supported young people to demand that local authorities better address their immigration needs in order to end the ‘cliff edge’ of support for young migrants leaving care.
For more information on the different projects young people can access please follow the links below.
