Useful Resources

Funding Directory

The funding directory is an extensive list of funding bodies that may be of further assistance. Unfortunately CARA is unable to meet all applicants and enquirers needs and therefore we encourage to apply to other organisations for better funding success.

For a Funding Directory please click here

Employment Guidance

CARA’s successful three year Education Training and Employment Advice Service (ETEAS) has recently come to an end. CARA wishes to thank the European Refugee Fund (ERF) for its three year financial support and commitment.

In order to continue CARA’s support we hope you will find the information bellow useful:

Navigate the UK Labour Market – A useful guide to helping you navigate and understand the UK employment market (Coming soon)

Job Applications – a useful website that helps you write the perfect job application

Cover Letters – a website guide to writing to the perfect cover letter

Job Searching – a guide to practical job-searching websites

Career Options with UK Universities – A guide to finding a career in UK Universities
Self Evaluation – a guide to the key skills expected of Graduate Researchers in the UK

Links to follow

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 
Education Guardian 
Educational Guidance Service for Adults (EGSA) 
Learn Direct 
LORECA (London Refugee Economic Action) 
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) 
RAGU (Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit) 
Reconnect 
The Times Educational Supplement 
The Council for International Education (UKCISA) 
Workers Educational Association
Department for Business Innovation and Skills
Direct Gov Education and Learning 
National Association of Student Employment Services 
National Recognition Information Centre for the United Kingdom 
Student Action for Refugees (STAR) 
UCAS 

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

Training General 
Empower Teachers 
London Refugee Voice 
Migrant Resource Centre
New Direction Training Centre
Refugees Online

Employment & Training
Careers A-Z 
Employability Forum 
Job Centre Plus 
Refugees into Jobs 
Volunteering made easy  
Time Bank           
                                                   
Funding 
African Educational Trust (AET) 
All Saints Educational Trust
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
Campden Charities 
Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust 
The Canon Collins Educational Trust for South Africa (CCETSA) 
Gilchrist Educational Trust 
Gordon Memorial College Trust Fund at Khartoum 
Great Britain China Educational Trust 
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Postgraduate Studentships
Ruth Hayman Trust 
Higher Education Funding Council for England 
Islamic Relief
Muslim Aid 
Muslim Hands
Airey Neave Trust
Elizabeth Nuffield Educational Fund 
Trust For London
Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme 
Prince's Trust 
Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund
Professional Classes Aid Council
Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust

For a summary of various funding organisations you may refer to the Directory of Funding 2010.

Other funding sources

Women 
Refugee Women's Association 
Testimony Project
Women In London
IFUW Hegg Hoffet Fund

Asylum Seekers 
Citizens Advice Bureaux 
Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK (ICAR)
Refugee Action
Refugee Council
North of England Refugee Service

Health Professionals & Medical Support 
British Dental Association 
British Medical Association 
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 Justice Network
Medical Research Council (MRC) 
Refugee Therapy Centre 
ROSE; Refugees and oversees qualified health professionals into employment in health and social care 
The British Arab Medical Association (UK & Ireland)
Red Cross
Praxis

Iraqi & Iraqi Kurdish Organisations 
Iraqi Orphan Care Organisation (IOCO) 
Kind Aid International 
Kurdish Human Rights Project 
Kurdish Advice Centre 
The AMAR International Charitable Foundation 

Legal 
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) 
SOAS Detainee Support Group
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 and Migrant Justice 

Refugee Organisations in Scotland
Scottish Refugee Council
Black and Ethnic Minorities Infrastructure in Scotland 
The Bridges Programme 
Institute of Contemporary Scotland 
Refugee into Teaching in Scotland 
Scottish Funding Council 

Other Useful Organisations 
Arts and Humanities Research Board 
British Academy 
British Council 
British Red Cross 
Economic and Social Research Council 
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Institute of Race Relations 
The Migration Research Unit
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) 
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Refugee Access (for refugees and asylum seekers in Yorkshire, Humberside and the Liverpool area) 
Refugees in Effective and Active Partnership (REAP) 
The Royal Society 
Southwark Human Rights, Race and Equalities Bureau 
UK Visas

Refugees
Refugee Action
Refugee Council
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees- UK