North West England (including Liverpool, Manchester and Warrington)
Regional Migration Support:
Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Hub (North West Regional Strategic Migration Partnership)
Breaking Barriers is a specialist refugee and forced migrant employment support charity which works to enable refugees and forced migrants to build new lives through meaningful employment. Breaking Barriers have teams across the country and have nurtured successful partnerships with businesses and communities to support refugees and forced migrants into new careers in the UK.
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.
CHAWREC aims to support Hong Kong BNO to integrate into the area by providing opportunities for socialisation and one to one support to access key services, including employment, health, education, language etc. We cover local authority areas of: Cheshire West & Chester, Warrington, Cheshire East, Halton.
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.
Hong Kong Cultural Community C.I.C., a not-for-profit organisation based in Greater Manchester, is dedicated to promoting Hongkongers’ culture and facilitating their integration into the local community.
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.
To support migrants from Hong Kong in the North West, Jobs for Hongkongers has been set up by The Growth Company, across the North-West of England to support Hong Kong BN(O) residents coming to our region. This site provides access to employment and support services.
Lancashire County Council’s Refugee Integration Team leads the County Council’s response to and work with refugee and forced migrant communities across Lancashire. Established 8 years ago the team has a shared vision of integration, equitability, sustainability, co-production, empowerment and fostering the potential and contributions of refugees and asylum seekers. With over half of the team having lived experience of being a refugee, asylum seeker or forced migrant the Refugee Integration Team will be delivering support across both Lancashire and Cumbria.
Manchester Communities is a not-for-profit organisation. We aim to support people from migrant and culturally diverse communities to connect to community resources, receive practical help, and undertake educational and group activities, including volunteering, so that people can improve their chances of finding work, make friends and engage in their local communities.
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.
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.
Trafford Hongkongers CIC is a community interest company (CIC) aiming at helping newcomers from Hong Kong settle and thrive in Trafford areas. Our visions are to help Hongkongers integrate into the UK, to build inclusive and cohesive community and embrace British Values, and to conserve Hong Kong culture and language.
“United for Hong Kong” is an initiative delivered in the North-West by The Growth Company – A non-for-profit social enterprise based in Manchester.
Torus Foundation are the charitable part of the Torus Group, the North West’s largest affordable homes provider. Torus works with a wide range of partners, businesses and VCSE organisations to support people across the region into work, with their wellbeing and with education, helping to improve lives and build stronger communities. Torus have already supported over 100 BN(O) visa holders in Cheshire and Merseyside.
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.
Our project seeks to provide an accessible, friendly and helpful advice and support service for Hong Kong BN(O) Visa holders settled in the North West Region, with a focus on the Liverpool City Region. The project will deliver advice face to face, via telephone and online. Advice given will be available in both English and Cantonese.
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.
Wai Yin Society is a Chinese charity based in Manchester that supports the Chinese and other ethnic minority communities through the provision of education, health, family and employment services