Stronger Communities North East

What we are offering

We are running a 3-year programme called Stronger Communities to provide intensive support for two community partners per year in the North East, a region identified as a legal aid ‘desert’.  Our aim is to enabling grassroots organisations to cultivate their own immigration advice and support skills

Our support to partners includes:

• A sub-grant of £5,000 enabling organisations to give their staff time to engage in our training and support, and to help maintain their services
• Developing organisational needs assessments and action plans
• Quarterly mentoring meetings
• Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) training at levels 1 and 2+

• Help to register with the IAA
• Study support for IAA assessments
• Bespoke support to strengthen immigration advice capacity

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Year 1 (2025-26)

In Year 1 (2025-26), we are delighted to be working with Action Foundation and Communities Together Durham.

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Year 2 (2026 - 2027)

Now open for Applications

We have space for 2 partners to join the project in 2026 - 27.

To apply to join, please download and complete this application form, and return it to: DanielF@refugee-action.org.uk.

(to download the form, follow the link, click 'File' in the top left corner > 'download' > 'Microsoft word (.docx)')

Deadline for applications is 21st August 2026

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