During this current crisis WE ARE AVAILABLE – Please phone 01026 861180 – Option 2 to talk to an advisor.
Essex Integration is a DNA project based in Colchester, providing free advice, support and practical help to refugees, asylum seekers and migrant workers throughout Essex.
They offer a friendly face and understand the issues surrounding fitting into a new culture where systems are baffling and bureaucracy is overwhelming. They run a drop-in advice and advocacy service at their Colchester office for anyone to receive free advice and support on a broad range of subjects from housing, entitlement to benefits, employment to how to make friends and learn English.
Services
Services that Essex Integration provides include
- Basic English classes for women
- Occasional computer courses
- Advice with welfare, benefits and housing
Aims
Essex Integration aims to
- Identify and address the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrant workers resident, or intending to be resident in Essex
- Enable those with the right to remain to become full and equal members of the local community
- Challenge intolerance and ensure equal opportunity for all
For more about Essex Integration, see their website and Facebook page.