The below list is not an exhaustive list of all actors in Finland working for the integration of migrants, refugees and asylum applicants. However, it provides a good initial overview of a wide variety of actors, their focus and it offers the opportunity for partnership-building.
ORGANISATION | TYPE OF ORGANISATION | THEMATIC FOCUS | LOCATION | WEBSITE |
Skills Development Scotland |
Agency |
Employment-based aid and labour market training |
Glasgow |
https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/ |
BEMIS |
NGO |
Immigration related services |
Glasgow |
https://bemis.org.uk/ |
Close the Gap |
NGO |
Policy lobbying services |
Glasgow |
https://www.close-the-gap.org/ |
Radiant & Brighter |
NGO |
Immigration related services |
Glasgow |
https://radiantandbrighter.com/ |
Oxfam |
NGO |
Immigration related services |
Glasgow |
https://oxfamapps.org/scotland/ |
Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees |
NGO |
Immigration related services |
Glasgow |
https://www.sfar.org.uk/ |
Refugee Survival Trust |
NGO |
Immigration related services |
Glasgow |
https://www.rst.org.uk/ |
Glasgow ESOL Forum |
NGO |
Language and training related services |
Glasgow |
http://www.glasgowesol.org/ |
British Red Cross |
NGO |
Immigration related services |
Glasgow |
https://www.redcross.org.uk/ |
Milk Café |
NGO |
Integration services and language |
Glasgow |
http://www.cafemilk.co.uk/ |
Federation of Small Businesses |
Association of companies |
Policy lobbying services |
Glasgow |
https://www.fsb.org.uk/ |
Department for Work and Pensions |
Public Office |
Employment-based aid and labour market training |
Glasgow |
|
Business Gateway |
Public Office |
Entrepreneur-based support |
Glasgow |
https://www.bgateway.com/ |
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce |
Association of companies |
Policy lobbying services |
Glasgow |
https://www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com/ |
Home Office |
Public Office |
Immigration related services |
London |
|
Access - Supporting Migrants in East Anglia |
NGO |
integration support |
East Anglia |
|
Action for Community Development |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Action for Refugees in Lewisham |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Afghan Association Paiwand |
NGO |
training and education |
Edgware |
n.a |
African Cultural Association |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
African Educational Cultural Health Organisation |
NGO |
employment |
London |
n.a |
African Refugee Community |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
African Social Health Agency |
NGO |
training and education |
Stoke-on-Trent |
n.a. |
Afro Scottish Development Association |
NGO |
training and education |
Glasgow |
n.a. |
Afro-British Support Services |
NGO |
integration support |
Birmingham |
|
Afro-Innovation Group |
NGO |
integration support |
Leicester |
|
Agency for Culture and Change Management |
NGO |
training and education |
Bedfordshire |
|
Alington House Community Association |
NGO |
integration support |
Durham |
http://www.alingtonhouse.org.uk/ |
All Nations Ministries |
NGO |
integration support |
Plymouth |
|
Amera International LTD |
NGO |
other |
Reading |
|
Amnesty International Scotland |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Edinburgh |
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/scottish-human-rights-blog/who-we-are |
Anah Project LTD |
NGO |
integration support |
Bradford |
https://www.anahproject.org/ |
ANYiSO |
NGO |
skills development |
Glasgow |
|
Artists in Exile Glasgow |
NGO |
employment |
Glasgow |
|
Ashford BME Association |
NGO |
integration support |
Ashford |
|
Ashiana Sheffield |
NGO |
other |
Sheffield |
|
Ashtead Churches Community Trust |
NGO |
integration support |
Ashtead |
|
Aspiring Communities Together LTD |
NGO |
integration support |
Sheffield |
|
Asylum Justice |
NGO |
integration support |
Swansea |
|
Awaaz 'Voice' for All BME Communities |
NGO |
other |
Nottingham |
|
Baraka Community Association |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Barnet Refugee Service |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Barnet Somali Community Group |
NGO |
employment |
Barnet |
|
Bath Welcomes Refugees |
NGO |
integration support |
Bath |
|
Bedford Refugee & Asylum Seekers Support Service |
NGO |
training and education |
Bedfordshire |
|
Belong Nottingham |
NGO |
employment |
Nottingham |
|
BEMIS |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Glasgow |
|
Big Leaf Foundation |
NGO |
training and education |
Surrey |
|
Birmingham New Communities Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Birmingham |
|
Blossom Foundation |
NGO |
training and education |
n.a. |
|
BME United LTD |
NGO |
integration support |
Wolverhampton |
|
Bolton Multi-Cultural Integration Group |
NGO |
integration support |
Bolton |
|
Bosnia Herzegovina UK Network |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Birmingham |
|
Bradford Refugee Forum |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Bradford |
https://bradfordrefugees.org.uk/ |
Breaking Barriers |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
Bridges Programme |
NGO |
employment |
Glasgow |
|
Bristol Somali Resource Centre (BSRC) |
NGO |
integration support |
Bristol |
|
British Red Cross |
NGO |
integration support |
London/Glasgow |
|
Bryson Intercultural |
NGO |
integration support |
Belfast |
|
Bude Refugee Support Group |
NGO |
integration support |
Bude |
|
Building Communities Resource Centre |
NGO |
integration support |
Ballymoney |
|
Camden Chinese Community Centre |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
CARAS - Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
CEMVO |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Glasgow |
|
Central and West Integration Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Chineke Foundation |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
Citizens Advice Bureau |
NGO |
integration support |
Country wide |
|
City of Sanctuary |
NGO |
integration support |
Country wide |
|
CLEAR Project |
NGO |
employment |
Southampton |
|
Code Your Future |
NGO |
training and education |
Glasgow/London |
|
Community Education Employment and Advice LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
Nottingham |
|
Compact for Race Equality in South Tyneside |
NGO |
employment |
South Tyneside |
https://www.crest.uk.com/ |
Connect: North Korea |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Coventry Somali Community Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Coventry |
n.a. |
CRER Scotland |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Glasgow |
|
Derby Refugee Forum |
NGO |
integration support |
Derby |
|
Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support |
NGO |
training and education |
Plymouth |
|
Diagrama Foundation-Psychosocial Intervention |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Kent |
|
Displaced People in Action LTD |
NGO |
integration support |
Wales |
|
Diversity Living Services (DLS) |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Diversity Voice |
NGO |
integration support |
Bridgwater |
|
Douglas Valley Outreach |
NGO |
training and education |
Parbold |
|
Dynamic Support of Greater Manchester LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
Manchester |
n.a. |
East Glasgow Integration Network and Cranhill Development Trust |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Ebenezer Community Learning Centre |
NGO |
skills development |
London |
|
Education and Skills Development Group |
NGO |
training and education |
Ealing |
|
EFA London |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Ethiopian Women's Empowerment Group |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Ethnic Minority Centre LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Ethnic Voice UK |
NGO |
integration support |
Braintree |
|
Ethnic Youth Support Team |
NGO |
other |
Swansea |
|
Extern Group |
NGO |
integration support |
Belfast |
|
Family Refugee Support Project |
NGO |
integration support |
Liverpool |
|
Faversham and Villages Refugee Solidarity Group |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Faversham |
|
Fife Migrants Forum |
NGO |
integration support |
Kirkcaldy |
|
Freedom from Torture |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
French African Welfare Association |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
n.a. |
Friends of the Drop-In for Asylum Seekers and Refugees |
NGO |
integration support |
Sunderland |
|
Future Enlightenment |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Gairth |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Glasgow |
n.a. |
Gambians in Scotland Community Association (GAMSCA) |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Ghana Welfare Association |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Gharweg Advice, Training and Careers Centre |
NGO |
integration support |
Bolton |
|
Glasgow Ahlul-Bayt Association |
NGO |
training and education |
Glasgow |
|
Glasgow Night Shelter for Destitute Asylum Seekers |
NGO |
other |
Glasgow |
|
Golden Opportunity Skills and Development (GOSAD) |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Govan Community Project |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Granby Community Mental Health Group |
NGO |
other |
Liverpool |
|
Grassroots Enterprise for Social Inclusion and Poverty Relief (GESIPR) |
NGO |
training and education |
Leeds |
|
Great Lakes African Women Network |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Helping Hands for Refugees and Disabled |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Hillingdon Refugees Support Group |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Hope for the Young |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Horn of Africa Refugee Welfare Group |
NGO |
integration support |
Middlesex |
|
Human Rights Watch |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Humber All Nations Alliance LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
Hull |
|
Humber Community Advice Services LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
Hull |
|
ILAYS |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
Ileys Community Association |
NGO |
employment |
West Midland |
|
Indo-American Refugee and Migrant Organisation |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Integrate UK |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Integration Support Services |
NGO |
training and education |
Essex |
|
International Care Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Dorset |
|
International Women's Group |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Investing in People and Culture |
NGO |
employment |
Middlesbrough |
|
Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Islamic Relief |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants |
NGO |
skills development |
London |
|
Islington Chinese Association |
NGO |
skills development |
London |
|
Islington Somali Community |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
JobSearch - Employment Mentoring (JEM) |
NGO |
employment |
Derby |
|
Jewish Council for Racial Equality |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Kalayaan |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Kanlungan Filipino Consortium |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Kent Refugee Action Network |
NGO |
training and education |
Kent |
|
Kent Refugee Help |
NGO |
other |
Kent |
|
Kenyan Women in Scotland Association (KWISA) |
NGO |
integration support |
Edinburgh |
|
Khaas |
NGO |
integration support |
Bristol |
|
Kings Cross - Brunswick Neighbourhood Association |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Kosmos Centre |
NGO |
other |
London |
|
Kurds House UK |
NGO |
other |
Manchester |
|
Laamiga |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
Lancashire BME Network LTD |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Blackburn |
|
Latin American Disabled People’s Project (LADPP) |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Latin American Women's Aid Refuge |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Leeds Refugee Forum |
NGO |
integration support |
Leeds |
|
Lewisham Churches for Asylum Seekers |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Lisburn Psp |
NGO |
training and education |
Lisburn |
|
Manchester Council for Community Relations |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Manchester |
|
Manchester Refugee Support Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Manchester |
|
Maryhill Integration Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Middle Eastern Women & Society Organisation |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Migrant Centre Ni |
NGO |
training and education |
Belfast |
|
Migrant Help |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Migrant Organise |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Migrant Training Company |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Migrant Voice |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Migrants' Rights Network |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Migrateful |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
Muslim Charities Forum |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
AMINA |
NGO |
employment |
glasgow |
|
Muslim Women's Welfare Association (Waltham Forest) |
NGO |
skills development |
Redbridge |
|
Near Neighbours |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
New Hope for Life |
NGO |
skills development |
London |
|
New Step for African Community Charity |
NGO |
training and education |
Rochadale |
|
North Glasgow Integration Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
North of England Refugee Service |
NGO |
integration support |
Newcastle |
|
North Somerset Black and Minority Ethnic Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Somerset |
|
North West Migrants Forum |
NGO |
integration support |
London Derry |
|
North-Herts Minority Ethnic Forum |
NGO |
skills development |
North Hertfordshire |
|
Notre Dame Refugee Centre |
NGO |
other |
London |
|
Nottingham African Consortium |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Nottingham |
|
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum |
NGO |
integration support |
Nottinghamshire |
|
Oasis Cardiff |
NGO |
integration support |
Cardiff |
|
Oasis English Language School |
NGO |
training and education |
Ipswich |
|
Ocean Somali Community Association |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Oromo Community Scotland |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Oxford Kurdish Association |
NGO |
integration support |
Oxford |
|
Patra Incorporating ACDA LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
Nottingham |
|
Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community association (PARCA) |
NGO |
integration support |
Peterborough |
|
Phoenix Social Enterprise LTD
|
NGO |
training and education |
Bristol |
|
Positive Action in Housing |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Glasgow |
|
Poverty Concern |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Praxis Community Projects |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Prince Trust |
NGO |
employment |
Glasgow/London |
|
Race Council Cymru |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Wales |
|
Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research (RAPAR) |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Manchester |
|
Refugee Action York (RAY) |
NGO |
training and education |
York |
|
Re-Act |
NGO |
integration support |
Scotland |
https://www.re-act-scotland.org/ |
Reading Community Learning Centre LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
Reading |
|
Refuaid |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
Refugee Action |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Refugee Action Kingston |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Refugee and Migrant forum of Essex and London |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Refugee Council |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Refugee Education Across Conflicts Trust |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Refugee Resource |
NGO |
integration support |
Oxford |
|
Refugee Rights Europe |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Refugee Support (Devon) LTD |
NGO |
integration support |
Devon |
|
Refugee Survival Trust |
NGO |
integration support |
Edinburgh/Glasgow |
|
Refugee Women of Bristol |
NGO |
integration support |
Bristol |
|
Refugee Women's Association |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Refugee Workers' Cultural Association |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
Refugees in Effective and Active Partnership |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
RefugeeYouth |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Refuweegee |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Retas Leeds |
NGO |
integration support |
Leeds |
|
Right to Remain! |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance LTD |
NGO |
integration support |
Rotherham |
|
Runneymede Trust |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Rural Refugee Network |
NGO |
other |
Hampshire |
|
Saheliya |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow/Edinburgh |
|
Salusbury World |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Samphire |
NGO |
integration support |
Dover |
|
Samuel Lithgow Youth Centre |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Sanctuary Hosting LTD |
NGO |
other |
Oxford |
|
Sandwell African Women Association |
NGO |
other |
West Bromwich |
|
Savera UK |
NGO |
other |
Liverpool |
|
Scottish Action for Refugees (SCIO) |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Scottish Afghan Society |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
https://www.facebook.com/Scottish-Afghan-Society-544578632233208/ |
Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society |
NGO |
integration support |
Edinburgh |
|
Scottish Refugee Council/Refugee Council |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow/London |
|
Sharing Voices |
NGO |
other |
Bradford |
|
SHPRESA Programme |
NGO |
integration support |
Plaistow |
|
Slough Immigration Aid Unit |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Slough Refugee Support |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Solace - Surviving Exile and Persecution |
NGO |
other |
Leeds |
|
Somali Well Women Project |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
South East Integration Network |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
South London Refugee Association |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Southwark Refugee Project LTD |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Space4U Cardiff |
NGO |
training and education |
Cardiff |
|
Student Action for Refugees (STAR) |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Students and Refugees Together (START) |
NGO |
training and education |
Plymouth |
|
Suffolk Refugee Support |
NGO |
employment |
Suffolk |
|
Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre |
NGO |
employment |
Sunderland |
|
Support for Wigan Arrivals Project |
NGO |
integration support |
Wigan |
|
Sweissy Union |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Syrian Kurdish Centre |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Teamwork WYC |
NGO |
integration support |
Birmingham |
|
Tern |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
The Bike Project |
NGO |
other |
London |
|
The Boaz Trust |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
Manchester |
|
The City of Sanctuary Southampton Group |
NGO |
integration support |
Southampton |
|
The Congolese Association of Merseyside |
NGO |
integration support |
Liverpool |
|
The Cotton Tree Trust |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
The Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre |
NGO |
integration support |
Coventry |
|
The Destitution Project |
NGO |
other |
Bolton |
|
The Evelyn Oldfield Unit |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
The Gap - Wales |
NGO |
other |
Newport |
|
The Hummingbird Refugee Project |
NGO |
integration support |
Bristol |
|
The Learning Station Project |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
https://www.facebook.com/pg/thelearningstationproject/about/?ref=page_internal |
The North of England Refugee Service LTD |
NGO |
integration support |
Newcastle |
|
The Refugee and Migrant Centre LTD |
NGO |
integration support |
Wolverhampton |
|
The Voice of Domestic Workers |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Transitions |
NGO |
employment |
London |
|
United Migrant Workers Education Project |
NGO |
training and education |
London |
|
Unity in the Community (Glasgow) |
NGO |
integration support |
Glasgow |
|
Universities Scotland |
NGO |
training and education |
Edinburgh |
https://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/publications/refugees-welcome/ |
Voice4Change England LTD |
NGO |
policy advocacy |
London |
|
Walthamstow Migrants Action Group |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Warm Hut UK |
NGO |
integration support |
Manchester |
|
Waverly Care |
NGO |
other |
Edinburgh |
|
Welsh Refugee Council |
NGO |
integration support |
Cardiff |
|
WHEAT Mentor Support Trust |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Women Seeking Sanctuary Advocacy Group Wales |
NGO |
integration support |
Cardiff |
|
World Jewish Relief |
NGO |
integration support |
London |
|
Ydance |
NGO |
training and education |
Glasgow |
|
Yemeni Community Association in Greater Manchester |
NGO |
training and education |
Manchester |
|
Zaghawa Community Association |
NGO |
employment |
Southampton |