Useful Organisations

Useful organisations provides a list of organisations, institutions, agencies and funding bodies that might be able to advise, assist or support you when considering avenues into Higher Education, Training and Employment.The list also includes some specialist professional bodies that might be able to support you in your ambitions. Please also refer to Useful Publications for further links.

The list has been subdivided into following main headings for ease of navigation.

Education & Training

Education General
Birkbeck, University of London Lifelong Learning
Education Action
Education Guardian
Educational Guidance Service for Adults (EGSA)
Educational Grants Advisory Service
GHARWEG Advice, Training and Careers Centre (for African refugees and asylum seekers)
Hero (The official gateway to universities, colleges and research organisations)
Learn Direct
LORECA (London Refugee Economic Action)
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
RAGU (Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit)
Reconnect
Refugee Education & Training Advisory Service (RETAS)
The Times Educational Supplement
The Council for International Education (UKCOSA)
Workers Educational Association

Higher Education
Everything you wanted to know about sponsorship, placements and graduate opportunities
Department for Education and Skills (DfES) Higher Education Gateway
Direct Gov Education and Learning
Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK (HERO)
National Association of Student Employment Services
National Recognition Information Centre for the United Kingdom
NATHFE University and College Union
Reconnect
Student Action for Refugees (STAR)
The Times Higher Education Supplement
UCAS
Uni 4 ME university guide online
University of Essex (MA in Refugee Care)

English Language Training
Bell International Language Training
National Association for Teaching English & Other Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA)
Southwark College

Training General
Empower Teachers
Lifeline Family Training Centre
London Refugee Voice
Migrant Training
Migrant Resource Centre
National Association for Teaching English & Other Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA)
New Direction Training Centre
Refugees Online
Scope
Time Bank Time Together (one-to-one mentoring for refugees over 18)
Trinity Centre (for refugee children 13 19)
Trans Ocean Development Agency (for African refugees and asylum seekers)
UCKG Training Centre

Employment
Careers A-Z
Community Action Network "Enterprise & Employment for Refugees"
Council for European Training, Research & Arts (CETRA FILEF)
Employability Forum
GHARWEG Advice, Training and Careers Centre (for African refugees and asylum seekers)
Job Centre Plus
LORECA (London Refugee Economic Action)
Professional Refugees into Meaningful Employment (PRIME)
RAGU; Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit
Reconnect
Refugees Access into Sustainable Employment (RAISE)
Refugees into Jobs
Volunteering England

Funding
African Educational Trust (AET)
All Saints Educational Trust
Lawrence Atwell Charity
Beit Trust (for refugees from Malaxi, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
Sir William Boreman's Foundation
British Council
British Federation of Women Graduates
British and Foreign School Society
The Frank Buttle Trust (for Children and Young People)
Campden Charities
Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust
City Parochial Foundation
The Canon Collins Educational Trust for South Africa (CCETSA)
The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics
Gilchrist Educational Trust
Gordon Memorial College Trust Fund at Khartoum
Great Britain China Educational Trust
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Ruth Hayman Trust
Nora Henry Trust
Higher Education Funding Council for England
International Students Trust
Islamic Relief
Aga Khan Foundation
Lambeth Endowed Charities
Henry Lester Trust
LORECA (London Refugee Economic Action)
Mercers' Company
Muslim Aid
Muslim Hands
Airey Neave Trust
Newby Trust
Elizabeth Nuffield Educational Fund
Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme
Prince's Trust
Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund
Professional Classes Aid Council
Royal Aeronautical Society-Education Fund
St. Vincent de Paul (SVP)
Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust

Women
LORECA (London Refugee Economic Action)
Refugee Women's Association
Refugee Women's Legal Group
Women Returners Network (WRN)

Asylum Seekers
Advice Now
Asylum Welcome
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK (ICAR)
Refugee Access (for refugees and asylum seekers in Yorkshire, Humberside and the Liverpool area)
Refugee Action
Refugees Online

Health Professionals & Medical Support
British Dental Association
British Medical Association
BMA Charities (for doctors and their dependents)
General Medical Council (GMC)
Health for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Portal (HARP)
London Deanery – Overseas Doctors’ Office
Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Reconnect
Refugee and Overseas Qualified Doctors Programme
Refugees into Jobs
Refugee Therapy Centre
ROSE; Refugees and oversees qualified health professionals into employment in health and social care
St George’s Refugee Doctors Course
Southwark College – The Medical English Unit
The British Arab Medical Association (UK & Ireland)

Iraqi & Iraqi Kurdish Organisations
Al Muntada Al Islami Trust
Iraqi Charities Forum
Iraqi Community Associations
Iraqi Orphan Care Organisation (IOCO)
Iraqi Welfare Association
Iraqi Women’s League
Kind Aid International
Kurdish Human Rights Project
Kurdish Information and Advice Centre
The AMAR International Charitable Foundation
The Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)

Legal
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID)
Detainee Support and Help Unit
Detention Advice Service
Immigration Advisory Service
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK (ICAR)
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI)
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)
Refugee Legal Centre
Refugee Women's Legal Group

Refugee Organisations in Scotland
Black and Ethnic Minorities Infrastructure in Scotland
The Bridges Programme
Edinburgh Refugee Centre
Institute of Contemporary Scotland
The Initiative
Positive Action in Housing
Refugee into Teaching in Scotland
Scottish Council for Minorities (SCM)
Scottish Funding Council
Scottish Refugee Council

Other Useful Organisations
Arts and Humanities Research Board
British Academy
British Council
British Red Cross
Centre for Research and Ethnic Relations (CRER)
Economic and Social Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Evelyn Oldfield Unit
Home Office – Equality & Diversity
International Association for the Study of Forced Migration
Institute of Race Relations
The Migration Research Unit
National Association for Teaching English & Other Community Languages to Adults (NATECLA)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
PRAXIS
Refugee Access (for refugees and asylum seekers in Yorkshire, Humberside and the Liverpool area)
Refugee Action
Refugee Council
Refugees in Effective and Active Partnership (REAP)
Refugee Net
Refugee Studies Centre
The Royal Society
Southwark Race and Equalities Council
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – UK (UNHCR)
UK Visas