There have been, and will continue to be changes to the way that services for asylum seekers and refugees are running due to Corona Virus (Covid-19). Please find below a documents produced on behalf of the Newcastle City Wide Group, detailing information about current service delivery updates:

Covid-19 Services updates

Please find below three documents produced on behalf of the Newcastle City Wide Group, detailing information about the agencies that may be able to offer advice and support to those seeking sanctuary, where to access ESOL, and what drop-ins are on in the City:

Where to get support

ESOL

Drop-ins

Please find below a link to a free City of Sanctuary online training module aimed at front line professionals, volunteers and anyone else wanting to get a simple overview of migration in Newcastle. You will need to sign up to access the course:

City of Sanctuary Training Course

Please find below a number of documents, with translation for some of the most commonly spoken languages, detailing information about the agencies that may be able to offer advice and support to those seeking sanctuary:

Newcastle CofS Agency Info – English

Newcastle CofS Agency Info – Amharic

Newcastle CofS Agency Info – Arabic

Newcastle CofS Agency Info – Farsi

Newcastle CofS Agency Info – Kurdish Sorani

Please find below a Health Access Card. These leaflets are an important resource to provide factual information in an easy to use way, about how to use NHS services:

Newcastle Health Access Card

Please find below some information on European Union Settled Status. This leaflet gives general information in English, Czech and Romanian:

EU Settled Status

We endeavour to keep information up to date and relevant but, unfortunately, this is not always possible. If you would like to add, update or change any of the information please contact us.