North East England (including Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland)
Regional Migration Support:
Hong Kong Welcome Hub (North East Migration Partnership)
British Future is an independent, non-partisan thinktank and registered charity, engaging people’s hopes and fears about integration and immigration, identity and race. It houses the Welcoming Committee for Hong Kongers.
A local branch of Citizens' Advice, which offers free, independent advice to those in the Newcastle area navigating a variety of obstacles to do with employment, debt/money, housing, family, immigration, and more.
Good Neighbour Church England helps HongKong BN(O)s on social and professional integration in settling the UK, including career workshops and English classes, as well as a range of children’s services. We also provide whole person and well-being development classes, for instance, mindfulness workshops and face-to-face advising.
Hong Kong Assistance and Resettlement Community is a registered charity setup before UK BN(O) visa scheme, with the core aim of assisting Hongkongers, whether they are BN(O) holders or asylum seekers, to have a soft landing once they arrived in the UK.
An independent international business organisation, committed to supporting, accelerating and connecting Hong Kong entrepreneurs and businesses through business services, professional service referrals incubation programme, trainings, company profiling and networking opportunities, while also promoting and safeguarding the interests of the Hong Kong entrepreneurial community in the UK.
Monitoring and researching situation in Hong Kong, political lobbying. Has a page on FAQs to do with the HK BN(O) visa route.
Hong Kong Well UK is serving the mental wellbeing/health of children and teenagers newly migrated to the UK from Hong Kong as well as their parents in their mother tongue. We are a registered Community Interest Company.
Offers comprehensive support via casework (signposting and referrals), mental health, employment, outreach and online/in-person events across the UK, with Mission PERM for BN(O)s and Project HAVEN for non-BN(O)s, including asylum seekers and refugees from Hong Kong.
IPC’s ‘Housing Alliance for Hongkongers’ aims to remove barriers that may limit Hongkongers’ access to adequate housing, and to use the development of adequate housing as a foundation for social and economic opportunities.
Migrant Help aims to to provide Hong Kong BN(O)s with support and access to education, training, and employment opportunities to help people feel confident and prepared to settle into their new live in the UK. A dedicated team offers free advice and support focused on employability.
We are helping new arrivals from Hong Kong (mostly BN(O) Status Hongkongers) settle in North East England. We have received funding from the North East Migration partnership to deliver the BN(O) Welcome Program since March 2022.
A UK-wide support and reporting service for East and Southeast Asian Community members who experience racism and/or other forms of hate.
Pathways to Work is a project for people seeking safety in the UK, who want to work on their career and education goals. We focus on aspirational employment and confidence building.
A strong network of hundreds of churches across the UK providing local, informal help to newcomers. Also runs a number of programmes promoting welcoming, inclusion, and well-being in different cities and online, as well as the Welcome Course.
Victoria Harbor Group is a community developer working to develop new communities for Hong Kong immigrants. We aim to develop sustainable, outward looking and global new communities designed around innovation and enterprise, branded as 21st Century New City.