Asylum seekers and refugees BE101¶
Asylum seekers and refugees is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Beneficiary group category.
1,387 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 0.68% of all charities.
Keywords to find charities¶
UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.
The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:
\b(asylum|refugees?|immigration detainees?|human traffick?ing|deportation|leave to remain)\b
Distribution by size of charity¶
| Income band | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| Under £10k | 349 | 0.46% |
| £10k - £100k | 405 | 0.59% |
| £100k - £250k | 181 | 0.87% |
| £250k - £500k | 98 | 1.00% |
| £500k - £1m | 86 | 1.40% |
| £1m - £10m | 62 | 0.73% |
| Over £10m | 22 | 1.08% |
| Total | 1,203 | 0.63% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 1,241 | 0.73% |
| oscr | 110 | 0.44% |
| ccni | 36 | 0.50% |
| Total | 1,387 | 0.68% |
Ten largest charities (by income)¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| THE SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL WORK TRUST [Charity number: 215174] The provision of supported accommodation for homeless people Older peoples housing and supportWork to help unemployed people back into workAnti-Human Trafficking workAddiction Support ServicesOutreach programmes and services to communitiesFamily tracing serviceFrontline assistance to emergency services personnel and people affected by disasters |
£252,746,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY INTERNATIONAL TRUST [Charity number: 1000566] THE CHARITY'S MAIN ACTIVITIES ARE TO CONTINUE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH, PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SALVATION ARMY TERRITORIES, FACILITATING INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, CRISIS RELIEF, WORKING IN COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO QUALITY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES AS CLOSE TO THE FAMILY UNIT AND FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. |
£76,666,000 |
| United Kingdom for UNHCR [Charity number: 1183415] UK for UNHCR fundraises on behalf of the UNHCR in order to support their assistance programmes, including promoting awareness, encouraging the advancement of education for and social inclusion, for the relief and protection of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons. |
£55,748,000 |
| Migrant Help [Charity number: SC041022] 2.1 The objects for which the Company is established ('the Objects') are: 2.1.1 The relief of sickness and financial hardship of Beneficiaries including: (a) information and advice on counselling, health, legal and welfare services and assistance. (b) advice on financial maintenance which may include the direct provision of financial assistance, goods and services. (c) advice on and provision of residential accommodation. (d) such other items or services as the Trustees in their discretion choose to provide. 2.1.2 To advance the education and training of Beneficiaries and their dependants in need thereof so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community. 2.1.3 To promote for the public benefit the sound administration of the law by providing advocacy services to Beneficiaries and their dependants. 2.1.4 To advance the education of the public in general about the issues relating to human migration. 2.2 In this Article 2, 'Beneficiaries' are defined as individuals, being: 2.2.1 foreign nationals. or 2.2.2 victims of human trafficking or potential victims of human trafficking (regardless of their nationality). who are in difficulty on their arrival, stay or residence in or departure from the UK. |
£45,734,000 |
| Migrant Help [Charity number: 1088631] 1 The relief of refugees and their families and dependants who are in conditions of need,hardship or distress2 to inform, advise and assist foreigners and Commonwealth citizens who are in difficulty or distress during their stay in the UK or in connection with their arrival or departure therefrom3 to promote the rights of refugees through the provision of advocacy and information. |
£45,734,000 |
| Bryson Charitable Group [Charity number: NI101396] Our services are delivered through five subsidiary charitable companies and two social enterprise trading companies. Our work to address fuel poverty, Bryson Energy, remains within the parent company and will transfer to a charitable subsidiary as from April 2015. Our charitable services companies are: • Bryson Care – services to families and older people in Belfast and the North West; • Bryson Intercultural – support for black and ethnic minority people and the Traveller community; • Bryson Lagansports – promoting active living, health and well-being in inner city communities; Our social enterprise trading companies are: • Bryson Future Skills – providing employment and training initiatives to young adults and those living with long term employment; • Bryson Recycling – providing kerbside recycling services. In the last financial year we have had a positive impact in a wide range of areas: ? We delivered over 212,000 hours of care and support to older people, helping them to remain in their own homes. ? We supported over 1,200 vulnerable children and their families. ? We provided over 1,500 hours of advice and support to newly arrived people from across the world seeking asylum. ? We supported 180 people from the Traveller community through our health, education, training and youth programmes. ? We supported 7,600 people in developing their skills and finding a new job. ? We recycled over 60,000 tonnes of household materials, selling 35% to local companies to create new products and support local jobs. ? We insulated 4,428 homes, reducing fuel bills and increasing comfort. ? We supported health and well-being by providing active living opportunities to 6,552 people from across the city. |
£42,880,025 |
| Al-Khair Foundation [Charity number: SC042234] 3.1.1 The advancement of general and religious education including but not restricted to the study, promotion and support of: (i) primary, secondary, college and university education. (ii) knowledge and understanding of Muslims and the beliefs, teachings and practices of Islam and of any other useful knowledge. (iii) good parenting skills and the protection of women, children and young people. (iv) comparative religion and interfaith dialogue with the aim of securing mutual understanding, tolerance, harmony and peace between Muslims and those who hold different or similar beliefs and follow different or similar ways of life. (vi) art and culture. (vii) enhancing, improving and strengthening local communities by means of promoting community cohesion in particular and supporting community regeneration in general. (viii) the deterrence and prevention of any form of discrimination including but not restricted to racial, religious, disability and gender discrimination. (ix) the prevention of alcohol and drugs abuse and misuse. (x) the prevention of gambling and debt. (xi) the prevention of crime including any form of terrorism. (xii) the promotion of Islamic Shari'a compliant finance. (xiii) the observance and maintenance of human rights in accordance with the rule of law. 3.1.2 The relief of poverty, sickness, distress and suffering of any persons who are in need including orphans, refugees , disabled and displaced people irrespective of their nationality, race, ethnic origin and religious beliefs including but not restricted to the relief of those who are the victims of : (i) natural disasters including droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, fires, hurricane and goods. (ii) man-made disasters including industrial accidents, social conflict and wars. (iii) racial, religious, disability or gender discrimination. (iv) alcohol and drugs abuse and misuse. (v) gambling and debt. (vi) economic and social deprivation. (vii) crime including any form of terrorism. |
£31,275,010 |
| SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES [Charity number: 230165] PARISH MINISTRY: in parishes & in university chaplaincies SPIRITUALITY: centres, programmes & publications for spiritual education EDUCATION: schools, colleges of higher educationFORMATION: for Jesuits & Catholic clergySOCIAL JUSTICE & RELIEF OF POVERTY: Jesuit Refugee Service & service to the poorCARE OF INFIRM & ELDERLY JESUITS JESUIT WORK OVERSEAS |
£27,959,000 |
| REFUGE [Charity number: 277424] Refuge provides specialist support to women and children escaping domestic violence, modern slavery, human trafficking, forced prostitution, rape, forced marriage and 'honour' based violence. Services include: 24-hr national helpline, women's refuges, outreach and floating support, independent domestic and sexual violence advocates. We raise awareness and influence policy and legislative change. |
£25,388,031 |
| THE LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM (REED'S SCHOOL) [Charity number: 312008] To provide education in Cobham for boys from the ages of 11 - 18, and girls in the Sixth Form. The objects of the Foundation, as set down in the Act and Constitution, are to advance the education of boys or girls who have lost one or both parents through death, divorce, or other family disaster, and whose home life, as a result, is unsatisfactory, unhappy or abnormal. |
£24,948,000 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| CORSHAM SPONSORS REFUGEES [Charity number: 1190965] Supporting a refugee family from Syria |
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| ENFIELD COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE [Charity number: 1126285] TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS, PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AS WELL ADVACING EDUCATION AND SKILL OF AFRICAN REFUGEES/ASYLUM SEEKERS/MIGRANTS - WHO ARE LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD.TO PROVIDE ADVISE, INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE IN SUCH MATTERS AS HEALTH, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT |
£200 |
| WELCOME TO THE UK [Charity number: 1185125] Free Adult ESOL classes, Friendship Group, Information Workshops, One to One support, Homework support for EAL children, health and wellbeing support for Asylum Seekers, Refugees, migrants and EAL speakers in Southend and Thurrock. |
£220,398 |
| SOUTHWARK REFUGEE COMMUNITIES FORUM [Charity number: 1132229] AWARNESS of the role of RCOs and the skills they offerCOLLABORATION between RCOs, statutory and voluntary sectorsINTEGRATION of RCOs into mainstream structures and the promotion of real refugee participation RESOURCES and opportunities for the effective development of RCOs capacity |
£125,632 |
| THE SAM PEGRAM HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1204789] THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE ON THE MOVE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF:1. EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS;2. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE ON THE MOVE, INCLUDING GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION, AND IN RELATION TO THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS);3. WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT4. SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.5. ITEMS, GOODS, AND SERVICES TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS.6. TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING IN HUMANITARIAN WORK FOR THE ABOVE COMMUNITIES.“PEOPLE ON THE MOVE” REFERS TO THE INCLUSIVE DEFINITION FROM THE UNESCO HANDBOOK 2008 THAT INCLUDES: INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS; REFUGEES; STATELESS PERSONS; ASYLUM SEEKERS; NON-NATIONAL PERSONS AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS. |
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| SOUTHERN AFRICA LITERATURE TRUST [Charity number: 1181782] We advance the Christian faith in Central and Southern Africa through free distribution of Christian literature and humanitarian relief targeted on prisoners, refugees and other vulnerable individuals. |
£341,691 |
| Aman Association [Charity number: NI107995] The Aman Association is the only community organisation in the South West of Northern Ireland catering specifically for the needs of Muslims. Based in County Fermanagh, the Aman Association provides a point of contact for Muslims within County Fermanagh and surrounding areas, and organises religious and cultural activities and events, including the celebration of religious festivals, the organisation of prayer facilities, and provision of a mosque school and a women’s group. The Association acts as a point of contact providing outreach and pastoral services supporting the welfare of Muslims. This includes activities such as assisting recent Syrian refugees who have been resettled in the area and providing a point of contact and support for bereavement. The Aman Association represents the needs of Muslims to public authorities and service providers locally, such as Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, the PSNI, the health authority and schools, and works with agencies and organisations providing local services to ensure that they are aware of and cater for the religious, cultural and practical needs of Muslim members of the population. The Association also works in collaboration with the Council’s community relations department and with community organisations, including faith-based ones, to promote good community relations, to breakdown misconceptions and to foster mutual respect and understanding between Muslims and members of the wider community. The Association is acquiring its own premises in Enniskillen to provide a mosque and community centre. This will be the first ever mosque in the South West of Northern Ireland. The Centre will provide dedicated facilities for both religious practice and for welfare, including cultural, recreational and educational activities. |
£4,438 |
| SULTANA FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1196524] Relief of those in need (age, disability, ill-health, financial or other disadvantage)The prevention or relief of povertyMakes grants to individualsMakes grants to organisationsProvides servicesProvide relief to Refugees impacted by war and political turmoil in UK and Europe |
£8,835 |
| ENGLISH+ [Charity number: 1169790] We are English Plus, a Christian charity that supports new communities in Norwich to learn English, form friendships and to make this city a home. We welcome anyone who finds themselves isolated by lack of English language including refugees and asylum seekers; beginners and advanced; young and old; all faiths and none. |
£192,756 |
| Street Soccer (Scotland) Limited [Charity number: SC048756] 4 The company’s objects are: 4.1 to prevent and relieve poverty. 4.2 to relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.3 to advance education. 4.4 to advance health. 4.5 to advance citizenship and community development. 4.6 to promote equality and diversity. and 4.7 to provide recreational facilities and/or to organise recreational activities with the aim of improving the conditions of life for the people for whom the facilities or activities are mainly intended. through the provision of football-themed events and activities, the creation of educational, recreational and volunteering opportunities, and other activities directed towards building a better future, and creating positivity, change, motivation, inspiration and development, for those affected by social issues such as: homelessness, alcohol and substance abuse, mental health issues and long term unemployment or who are refugees, resulting in more positive outcomes and building hope and positivity to change lives, thereby challenging perceptions and the stigma related to people with these types of social issues and delivering social change in Scotland. |
£1,536,174 |
