Resources
Organisations offering support, advice, and access to activities, training and volunteering.
Migrant Help
Migrant Help, exist to protect people affected by displacement and exploitation. Support offered includes Asylum Support, Victims of Slavery and Human Trafficking Support, Refugee Resettlement and access to Interpreting Services.
Care 4 Calais
Care4Calais is a volunteer run charity delivering essential aid and support to Asylum Seekers and refugees living in the UK, Northern France and Belgium. They can offer access to legal support, support on arrival to the UK, clothing and social interaction.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Offer a face to face impartial advice service for advice surrounding Benefits, Work, Debt and money, Consumer, Family, Housing, Law and courts, Immigration and Health.
Salvation Army
Offers holistic support including offering a space to talk, get practical advice around budgeting support and homelessness support.
Furness Refugee Support
Furness Refugee Support is a small, registered charity. Offer support to refugees that live in our community. They can help with practical support, such as going shopping, creating a home, going to appointments, learning English and dealing with agencies for example.
Mind in Furness
Offer a range of Mental Health services and projects and have a base in Barrow-in-Furness.
CADAS
Cumbria Addictions: Advice and Solutions (CADAS) provides free support for individuals who are struggling with their own, or someone else’s, drug, alcohol use or addictive behaviour.
Cumbria CVS
Cumbria CVS (Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service) offers help, advice, training and support to third sector groups throughout Cumbria.
Women’s Community Matters
A vibrant women-only centre making a positive difference to the lives of women in Barrow-in-Furness with care, kindness, compassion and love. Offering a wide range of courses, support groups, activities and appointments in a safe, women-only space.
