Please feel free to contact us via email or telephone until we can afford a community welfare officer to work for those needing help in asylum, social issues, filling in forms etc. in the meanwhile we have listed useful site of organisations that can help with advice on asylum, racial issues, the job centre, department of Works and Pension, HALT Domestic Violence (Help, Advice and the Law Team) offers information, advice, advocacy and support to women who have experienced violence from a man they know, Leeds Mental Health, Unipol student housing agency, Refugee Access and helpful information on raising your children.

Leeds City Council
www.leeds.gov.uk

The Citizens Advice Bureau Service offers free, confidential, impartial and independent advice.
www.nacab.org.uk

Commission for Racial Equality work in both the public and private sectors to encourage fair treatment and to promote equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of their race, colour, nationality, or national or ethnic origin.
www.cre.gov.uk

Race Action Net Website bringing together expertise and experience in tackling racial harassment and racist attacks in the home and neighbourhood.
www.raceactionnet.co.uk

Job Centre Plus Help and advice on job hunting, making a claim for benefit, helping you to meet your recruitment needs, information for organisations working with and alongside Jobcentre Plus.
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the Government's welfare reform agenda. Its aim is to promote opportunity and independence for all. It delivers support and advice through a modern network of services to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children and disabled people.
www.dwp.gov.uk

DirectGov. The easy way to find government info and services online.
www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm

HALT Domestic Violence (Help, Advice and the Law Team) offers information, advice, advocacy and support to women who have experienced violence from a man they know. They support women through the court system and/or explore legal options. They operate in Leeds and take referrals from women themselves, and any other organisation i.e. the Police, Probation, Social Services, hostels and voluntary groups.
www.halt.org.uk

Women's Aid Federation of England (Women's Aid) is the national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children.
www.womensaid.org.uk

Leeds Mental Health NHS website provides a wide range of information on mental health and learning disability services available across Leeds .
www.leedsmentalhealth.nhs.uk

Rethink working together to help everyone affected by severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, to recover a better quality of life.
www.rethink.org

The Market Place website for young people.
The Market Place is based in Leeds City Centre and offers free and confidential services such as advice and counselling to 13-25 year olds in Leeds .
www.kududesign.co.uk/marketplace

Unipol is a charity. They provide housing directly to students and indirectly as the central point for students looking for private housing in Leeds .
www.unipol.leeds.ac.uk

Refugee Access is the website for asylum seekers, refugees and agencies working in Yorkshire and Humberside.
www.refugeeaccess.info

raisingkids.co.uk is an online parenting magazine offering support, information, and friendship to everyone who's raising kids - whatever your circumstances or income.
www.raisingkids.co.uk