Wellbeing leaflet

- Offering practical support and friendship to refugees and asylum seekers -
Asylum Link Merseyside is a charitable
organisation helping asylum seekers and
refugees in Merseyside. Most services are
accessed on a drop in basis and the centre is
open from Monday to Friday, providing tea,
coffee and a place to meet.
We also provide:
• Immigration Advice & General Casework
- Offering practical support and friendship to refugees and asylum seekers -
- Offering practical support and friendship to refugees and asylum seekers -
Asylum Link Merseyside
Garden and Allotments - we have 3 plots at
Dunbabbin allotments in Childwall where people
can learn how to garden, growing food to be
used back at the centre. There are also small
gardens At St Anne’s which are used for herbs
and flowers.
• Furniture and Clothing
• English Classes
• Destitution support
• Befriending/Volunteering
• Social Support and entertainment
All our services are free and confidential. We aim
to create a friendly environment for asylum
seekers and refugees of all faiths and cultures.
Cycle Club - old bicycles are recycled and given
away in a lottery held each Friday. Trips to the
Wirral and surrounding areas are also arranged.
Welcome, Support and Friendship
for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
So why don’t you come and visit us!
Target Well Being
Asylum Link Merseyside runs a series of
programmes in partnership with Groundwork and
the Primary Care Trust, aimed at improving the
Health and Well Being of Asylum Seekers. Much
of this is funded by the National Lottery.
Healthy Eating Porridge
for
breakfast and soup
for
lunch
on
Mondays
and
Thursdays
and
Friday Fruit from
midday each week. Additionally there are
volunteer lead Fruit Smoothie and healthy cooking
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St Anne’s Centre, 7 Overbury Street
Liverpool, L7 3HJ
Oral Hygiene Sessions - Sessions on Teeth and
Mouth cleanliness are held throughout the year.
Advice on how smoking affects oral hygiene is
also available from Roy Castle Fag Ends, who
run a drop in at St Anne’s on a Tuesday morning.
There are many other activities at the centre to
help people’s physical and mental well being. To
take part contact Ewan or Maggi on the main
office number
0151 709 1713
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Tel: 0151 709 1713(34fax)
[email protected]
www.asylumlink.org.uk
Open Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
OISC regulated
Charity No. 1095180 A Company limited by guarantee,
Company No. 4468629
Registered Office: Business Accounting Services,
111 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5TF
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- Offering practical support and friendship to refugees and asylum seekers -
- Offering practical support and friendship to refugees and asylum seekers -
- Offering practical support and friendship to refugees and asylum seekers -
Why should we help?
Asylum Seekers are one of the
disadvantaged groups in our society.
most
• They are not permitted to work
• £40 per week for food, clothing & transport
Asylum
Link
St Anne’s
• They are subject to reporting restrictions
• They live in a climate of fear and disbelief
Church
created by politicians and the tabloid press.
• Their chances of success are 1 in 4.
Almost everyone has an opinion about Asylum
Seekers but very few people have ever met one.
If you would like to help or find out more, please
get in touch.
How to find Us
Reliance
House
Refugee Action
Asylum Link
We are situated between Upper Parliament
Street and Picton Road, near St. Anne’s School
(close to the Taskers DIY Store)
Cathedral
We can be reached by 79 Bus from Picton
Road. Get off near Wavertree Police Station
or
the 86 Bus from Upper Parliament Street.
Get off near the Power House
or
the 26/27 Shiel Road circular from Tunnel Road.
Get off at Edge Hill Railway Station
Greenbank
The closest Motorway is the M62 which follows
on to Edge Lane
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