What it's all about

I am interested in offering ongoing support to women and children seeking asylum in birmingham My interest is African but not tied to that idea am flexible.

Do you know any projects i could research to find what they most need to develop their own services as its is more liberating to achieve for their selves and mold to their own specific needs.

Just a few ideas, would be glad to hear what others think ...small scale and success is propably better to aim for than big and flashy with short term benefit

for example shadowing women with poor English to go to colleges to learn skills for progress leisure and education social interaction Many asylum women are isolated and find adapting to culture difficult many communicate through a child and many of their worries are unsuitable for this method of communication

many only have the access to work skills usually of low standard and payment arrange creche facilities with someone on hand who speaks a relevant language as small children often do not speak english. (as many have big families and feeding their babies which means they have to be close by. There are large numbers of women who have lost husbands and children in wars and may be alone parents or completely alone

Possible have a similar service for men. Develop after school services as these children often fall behind due to language barriers.some even become disruptive. Teach these kids fun skills like circus skills for personal confidence and something which gets them noticed for different reasons than being from else where .....I could probably think of more ideas in time

This could be a project where people with a range of skills could offer bits of time and knowledge and could also learn a lot more from working with some amazing people.

What's needed to make it a reality