Support for unaccompanied asylum seeking children
Some of our young people are unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC). The organisations below offer free activities and resources for UASC.
Bloomsbury Football
Bloomsbury Football offers football sessions and support for refugees and people seeking asylum at locations across North London, including Finsbury Park.
Visit Bloomsbury Football locations and book a session.
Phosphoros Theatre
Phosphoros Theatre runs a weekly drama group in Chalk Farm for refugees aged 16 to 21.
Find out about the Phosphoros Theatre drama group.
Refugee Council
The Refugee Council provides support for children under 18 who have arrived in the UK without a parent or guardian.
Contact them on WhatsApp: 07888 866 615.
Breadwinners
Breadwinners supports young people aged 16 to 24 who are seeking asylum by providing work experience in London.
Find out about the Breadwinners work experience programme.
Refugee Education UK
Refugee Education UK offers educational mentoring for refugees and people seeking asylum aged 14 to 25 in London.
Speak to your teacher or social worker about making a referral.
Springboard Youth Academy
Springboard Youth Academy runs Saturday, half-term and summer programmes for newly arrived teenagers across London.
Find out about Springboard Youth Academy and complete a referral.
The Dost Centre
The Dost Centre in Newham offers sports sessions and English, reading and homework classes twice a week.
You can attend any session without registering.
New Citizens' Gateway
New Citizens’ Gateway offers a range of activities for refugees and people seeking asylum aged 11 to 21.
Speak to your social worker about making a referral.
Guidance for educational settings
If you work with unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) in an educational setting, you may find the following resources helpful:
- Childhood trauma, migration and asylum toolkit (UK Trauma Council)
- Welcoming Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Learners (The Bell Foundation)
- Visual of a young person’s asylum-seeking journey (Refugee Council)
Our colleagues in Barnet Virtual School also facilitate and run a UASC Working Group with various professionals from across the UK to keep developing and sharing best practice when supporting UASC.
To find out more or get involved, contact Barnet Virtual School:
- Telephone: 020 8359 4534
- Email: barnet.virtualschool@barnet.gov.uk
Barnet Virtual School has also produced a UASC Working Group Resource Map, which brings together resources from across the UK.
Multi-lingual resources
We would like to thank our colleagues at Barnet Virtual School for producing these helpful videos about life in the UK.
You can watch the videos in other languages by using the links below each video.
Post-16 education guide
- Post-16 education – Arabic
- Post-16 education – Dari
- Post-16 education – Kurdish
- Post-16 education – Pashto
- Post-16 education – Albanian
Guidance for school and college
- Guidance for school and college – Arabic
- Guidance for school and college – Dari
- Guidance for school and college – Kurdish
- Guidance for school and college – Pashto
- Guidance for school and college – Albanian
Social care and what to expect from those around you
- Social care and what to expect from those around you – Arabic
- Social care and what to expect from those around you – Dari
- Social care and what to expect from those around you – Kurdish
- Social care and what to expect from those around you – Pashto
- Social care and what to expect from those around you – Albanian
Access to healthcare
- Access to healthcare – Arabic
- Access to healthcare – Dari
- Access to healthcare – Kurdish
- Access to healthcare – Pashto
- Access to healthcare – Albanian
Justice system
- Justice system – Arabic
- Justice system – Dari
- Justice system – Kurdish
- Justice system – Pashto
- Justice system – Albanian
Immigration
- Immigration – Arabic
- Immigration – Dari
- Immigration – Kurdish
- Immigration – Pashto
- Immigration – Albanian
Life in the UK
- Life in the UK – Arabic
- Life in the UK – Dari
- Life in the UK – Kurdish
- Life in the UK – Pashto
- Life in the UK – Albanian