Guidance
Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Welcome Programme: Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Year 1 (2021/2022) grant schemes: successful organisations and supporting information
Updated 21 June 2022
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List of successful grant recipients across the voluntary, community, and social enterprise year 1 grant schemes including information regarding the services available and links to the Strategic Migration Partnerships Welcome Hubs.
| Scheme | Organisation | Amount | Project summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Hongkongers in Britain (HKB) | £99,850.00 | Develop educational resources for schools and Further Education (FE) on Hong Kong BN(O)s |
| Hate Crime | Protection Approaches | £299,556.00 | Protection Approaches will be launching a new, UK-wide support and reporting service for anyone in the UK who identifies as East and Southeast Asian who has experienced racism or any forms of hate, including a 24/7 freephone helpline available in multiple languages and live online chat and reporting forms. The service will be the place to find compassionate, practical and culturally sensitive support. Contact information: The service is due to launch shortly, and further information will be provided |
| National | Barnardo’s | £300,000.00 | Barnardo’s is the UK’s largest children’s charity. Every year Barnardo’s help over 300,000 children, young people and their families. Barnardo’s run services in all four UK nations which range from help for young people, counselling and therapeutic support, and advice and support to refugees and asylum seekers. Barnardo’s Helpline provides advice, and counselling to Hong Kong British Nationals settling in the UK, including adults and children. Barnardo’s provide advice on a wide range of issues e.g., housing, employment, education, accessing health services, etc. Barnardo’s can provide practical support such as food vouchers, devices, sim cards, internet access, toys and more. This service is in place because it is recognised that living in a new country can be difficult at times, so if you want to talk to someone about how you are feeling and adjusting to life in the UK, Barnardo’s have a team of psychotherapists available to meet with over the phone or virtually. Staff can speak in English or Cantonese. Barnardo’s are also running a weekly online conversation club – this is open to anyone across the UK, and you can find out more about this on the Barnardo’s website. Contact information Website: www.barnardos.org.uk/get-help Contact: boloh.helpline@barnardos.org.uk Telephone: 0800 151 2605 The Helpline is open Monday – Friday (10am-8pm), and Saturday (10-3pm) |
| National | British Future/ Welcoming Committee for Hong Kongers | £145,000.00 | The Welcoming Committee for Hong Kongers is an independent, non-profit umbrella group for all those who care about the integration of new arrivals from Hong Kong. It is housed within the immigration and integration think tank British Future under the direction of Sunder Katwala. The Welcoming Committee is working to coordinate efforts to support BN(O)s across the UK. This includes holding a series of webinars to help welcoming organisations promote their work. The Committee is also conducting a research project to help improve policy and practice for present and future arrivals. The research team, Heather Rolfe and Phyllis Chan, have been conducting stakeholder and individual interviews, as well as focus groups, while delivering a number of thematic seminars. To ensure this is based on the real experiences and needs of Hong Kongers, The Welcoming Committee welcome any interest in participation whether by an organisation or an individual. All participants will be anonymised, and information they give will be treated as strictly confidential. A further aim of the Welcoming Committee is to support organisations to tell positive stories about welcoming Hong Kongers. The communications team can help to promote projects in the media and online, including social media and filming case studies. Contact information: Contact: heather@britishfuture.org phyllis@welcomehk.org media@welcomehk.org |
| National | Hongkongers in Britain (HKB) | £294,875.00 | Hongkongers in Britain (HKB) and 8 national/regional VCSE organisations have worked collectively to introduce a community project, ‘Mission PERM’, to provide UK-wide support for BN(O) integration in line with the UK Government’s Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Programme objectives The project’s strategic focus is on the key pillars of integration: 1) Encouraging Participation in local community life 2) Facilitating Employment 3) Building community Relationships 4) Safeguarding Mental health/wellbeing Contact information: Website: https://www.hongkongers.org.uk/mission-perm |
| National | Migrant Helpline | £186,312.00 | At Migrant Help, a dedicated team of client advisers are available to help with a range of support options to assist BN(O)s with gaining employment. Migrant Help can support with skills assessment, training, CV writing, interview skills, employment, self-employment or business training in the UK. Migrant Help offer tailored support specific to needs and can support every step of the way, across the UK delivered virtually, or in person where practical. Where needed, Migrant Help will use the high-quality translation services of Clear Voice, to ensure clients are supported in their own language and fully understand the support, options and services available to them. Contact information: Website: www.migranthelpuk.org/hongkong-welcome-programme Contact: hongkongwelcome@migranthelpuk.org Telephone: Teresa Snowden 07485 388286 Halima Abba 07485388027 Nahida Ahmed 07815694994 |
| National | UKHK/Welcome Churches | £312,000.00 | UKHK provides social, professional, and educational assistance to new arrivals from Hong Kong across the UK . Socially, the Welcome Course and Friendship Festivals are good opportunities for newly-arrived Hongkongers to learn about British life and culture, have fun, and make friends. Professionally, Skills-to-Work Workshops, Online Career Fair, and Career Portal offer a step-by-step companion on different stages of career-building in the UK, from writing CVs, cover letters, to starting a business. On education, a Parents-Teachers Online Event will help both Hong Kong parents and British teachers to understand the UK and the needs of newly-arrived school children. A Welcome Magazine has been produced and is available for all Hong Kong primary schoolchildren in the UK, to welcome them and provide information on services and resources they can access. Contact information: Website: www.ukhk.org |
| Organisation | Region | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regional | St Nicholas Church, Nottingham | East Midlands | £18,000.00 |
| Regional | Transform Training Ltd | East Midlands | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Citizens Advice St Albans District (CASTAD) | East of England | £25,950.00 |
| Regional | Colchester Life in the UK CIC | East of England | £30,000.00 |
| Regional | Community Action Dacorum | East of England | £20,120.00 |
| Regional | Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA) | East of England | £24,056.64 |
| Regional | FaithAction (Part of LifeLine Community Projects) | London | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Good Neighbour Church England | London | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Groundwork London | London | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Hackney Chinese Community Services | London | £28,418.00 |
| Regional | HKG International | London | £35,000.00 |
| Regional | Hong Kong Business Hub | London | £25,000.00 |
| Regional | Islington Chinese Association | London | £39,091.00 |
| Regional | Light Foundations | London | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Meridian Wellbeing | London | £39,600.00 |
| Regional | Renaisi | London | £32,789.70 |
| Regional | Sutton Vineyard Church | London | £30,000.00 |
| Regional | Volunteer Centre Sutton | London | £35,341.00 |
| Regional | Citizens Advice Newcastle | North East | £20,000.00 |
| Regional | All Arts and Media | North West | £20,215.00 |
| Regional | Cheetham Hill Advice Centre | North West | £12,698.00 |
| Regional | Cheshire, Halton & Warrington Race & Equality Centre | North West | £39,734.00 |
| Regional | Citizens Advice Liverpool | North West | £22,591.54 |
| Regional | Hong Kong Business Hub | North West | £25,000.00 |
| Regional | Wai Yin Society | North West | £39,963.00 |
| Regional | Chinese Association of Southampton | South East | £20,130.00 |
| Regional | City Life Church Southampton | South East | £36,750.00 |
| Regional | Coffee and Craft | South East | £36,994.00 |
| Regional | Diversity Resource International | South East | £37,800.00 |
| Regional | North West Kent Citizens Advice Bureau and Hong Kong Brits | South East | £28,240.00 |
| Regional | Oxfordshire Chinese Community & Advice Centre | South East | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Groundwork South | South West | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | St Sidwells Centre | South West | £22,977.00 |
| Regional | Chinese Community Centre Birmingham (CCC-B) | West Midlands | £34,719.00 |
| Regional | FaithAction (Part of LifeLine Community Projects) | West Midlands | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Good Neighbour Church England | West Midlands | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Positive Youth Foundation (PYF) | West Midlands | £11,682.00 |
| Regional | FaithAction (Part of LifeLine Community Projects) | Yorkshire & Humber | £40,000.00 |
| Regional | Health for All (Leeds) | Yorkshire & Humber | £19,750.00 |
| Regional | Sheffield Chinese Christian Church | Yorkshire & Humber | £18,000.00 |