Refugee and Asylum Programme (RAP) – Service User

What services we have to offer

We offer different types of help depending on what you need:

• Youth Welfare support
• Advocacy
• Mentoring
• Group well-being / counselling
• Participation
• Belong youth group
• Peer mentoring scheme
• Advice & guidance for professionals
• Individual training
• Residential trips

Eligibility:

• Age 11 to 25
• Seeking asylum
• Separated minor (UASC)
• Hong Kong with British National (Overseas) status

Current Projects and Services

Youth Welfare (Wales) Project

The Youth Welfare Project is aimed to support the well-being of young people who have recently arrived in the UK.

The team have two Youth Welfare Officers, who act as a friendly point of contact for a young person in need.

The Officers will:

• Assess your welfare, mental health and other needs
• Provide one-on-one support, including help with making and attending appointments
• Ensure you have access to essential services, including legal, health, housing, education, activities and mental health counselling
• Help you feel comfortable living in Wales
• Create a safe space to find friends and support
• Encourage attendance at locale youth groups
• Invite you to events hosted by TGP Cymru
• Seek new, free or affordable opportunities
• Guide you towards other TGP Cymru services if you have additional needs
• Allow you to have a say in your own life

Eligibility:

• Ages 18 to 25, including age disputed young people
• In Home Office adult asylum system in IA Hotels or DA accommodation
• If you have additional vulnerability the Project may support you even if you arrived with family, live with family or have been reunited with family
• If you have recently been granted Refugee status you may be supported by the Project if you are encountering difficulties with the Move On process.
• Based in Swansea or Cardiff, or nearby areas like Ponypridd.

Belong Project

Ages 14 to 24

Belong can help you develop confidence, and to strike to be “the best you can be”. Belong is a safe spaces to meet, learn new skills, and better understand systems and culture in Wales.

This includes:

• Specialist advocacy – to identify and resolve issues.
• Mentoring – to set goals and work to achieve e.g. educational objectives.
• Group well-being / counselling
• Individual well-being support
• Participation – group and individual opportunities
• Weekly youth group, 1630 – 1830 in Cardiff
• Activities during school holidays in a range of areas
• Remote zoom sessions to reach young people from rural areas
• Workshops

Wales Sanctuary Seekers Service (WSS)

Ages 11 to 25

Wales Sanctuary Seekers Service is here to help you have the right information and documents to settle into Wales.

We provide:

• Specialist advocacy
• Age Assessment – TGP Cymru will support young people through this process
• Peer mentoring – Support from young people who have similar experience

In partnership with our friends at WRC, Asylum Justice, DPIA, BAWSO & EYST

Mind Our Future: Dreamers Project

Ages 16 to 25

Mind Our Future is a working to ensure you have the best future, by providing activities and opportunities to develop coping skills and improve your mental health.

Mind Our Future is a collaboration between TGP Cymru, Oasis Cardiff and CAVHIS (Cardiff and the Vale Health Inclusion Service).

Welsh Youth Parliament (WYP) Partner Organisation

The Refugee and Asylum Project (RAP) team are long-term partners with the Welsh Young Parliament, which allows young people we support to become a WYP member.

Becoming a Welsh Youth Parliament member provides training in the following areas:

• Working with unaccompanied children seeking asylum (UASC)
• Awareness raising Training
• Advocacy / campaign training for sanctuary seekers
• Age assessments

Contact Lee Evans if you are interested.